Dossier
supply chain constraints
Coverage of supply chain constraints in the Nexus archive.
- Iran war disrupts phone shipments to Africa
The Iran war is disrupting smartphone shipments to Africa, reducing availability and increasing prices. Supply chain constraints, component costs, and weakened demand linked to the conflict have slowed shipment growth to the continent. Transsion, Africa’s top smartphone seller, faces a more challenging market due to rising supply chain costs and a memory chip shortage worsened by the Middle East crisis.