SA supermarket chains are not only central to how markets work in Southern Africa — they can help improve supplier capabilities, especially for food products, and take a lead in the roll-out of digital technologies to enable more efficient supply chains critical for competitiveness and employment growth.

As key routes to market for producers, their growing logistics networks are integrating Southern Africa by opening up new and larger markets for producers and other participants in value chains...

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