Challenge
As global supply chains become increasingly complex, insufficient logistics infrastructure can impede a country’s ability to compete and to access essential goods. Lower-income countries have significantly weaker logistics performance, according to a World Bank analysis, and poverty is often concentrated in poorly connected areas. While these constraints can burden local economies, they can also obstruct the shipment of goods made in America and other global markets.
Solution and Impact
A $4.2 million DFC partial loan guaranty is helping Trella Holdings BV strengthen its fast-growing digital logistics business in Egypt to map more efficient routes and connect more shippers and truckers, thereby bolstering supply chains and improving truckers’ incomes. The guaranty mobilizes a $6 million loan from the U.S.-based global sustainable debt lender ALMA to Trella, whose platform links truckers and cargo shippers. Trella offers a mobile app that provides visibility into demand for shipping services and helps promote fair pricing and improved load utilization.
These improvements provide both local and global benefits. For local carriers, Trella’s technology supports higher earnings and timely and secure payment via digital wallets. For partnering American businesses, the platform helps strengthen supply chains to ensure timely and transparent shipment of goods. Trella receives 15 percent of its revenue directly from American companies including Amazon, General Motors, Heinz, Coca-Cola, and Pepsi. In addition, 40 percent of its revenue comes from shipping via international ports, which could include third-party transportation of U.S. goods.
This project was profiled in 2025.