The
DHL Global Connectedness Index has ranked Nigeria 38 out of 140 countries and
12th worldwide on the breadth of connectivity.
DHL
said in a statement yesterday in Lagos that the index was obtained after a
detailed analysis of the state of globalisation around the world by the
company’s Global Logistics Department.
The
statement quoted the Managing Director of DHL Express, Sub Saharan Africa,
Charles Brewer, as saying that the index
was based on international flows of trade, capital, information and people.
It
said Africa averaged the third largest increase in connectedness among all
global regions in the last four years.
It
noted that five countries — Burundi, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mali and Cote d’
Ivoire –showed the largest increase in
