F E AT U RE Putting it all together: the AGS team installs new furniture at a university campus for 10 days 24/7 to ensure the safety of in-transit and storage moves, Morel told FIDI Focus. AGSs policy is to attract young people keen on working in an international environment. Internal FIDI training enables them to develop. FIDI membership is a guarantee of quality for customers and our partners - joining more than 10 years ago has allowed us to increase business significantly. Cut-price competition is high in Egypt. We have to justify and convince our customers that quality has a price, and that we select high-level partners, so their personal belongings are handled properly. The strength that comes from belonging to a global company has been vital for the fortunes of AGS Tunisia known locally as Carthago Moving and Storage and helped it survive uniquely stressful times. AGS took control of Carthago in 2005, since when the country has to cope with fallout from the Arab Spring and the IS massacre of tourists at Sousse in 2015. There was a major shift in the moving market when the African Development Bank (AFDB) headquarters decamped from Tunis to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in summer 2014. It was a real challenge, says branch manager Alexandre de Beauregard. That one move consisted of relocating 1,200 families with all their private belongings and vehicles, as well as bank assets, in cooperation with AGS Ivory Coast. Briefly, AGS Tunisia became one of the main national exporters, with more than 100 containers of family belongings on a single boat out of Tunis Port. But it proved a short-lived boom. Over time, the Tunisian market has shrunk in size, volume and turnover. The company has had to adapt drastically to handle the post-AFDB era. But thanks to our agility, the AGS network and relationship with FIDI agents worldwide, the transformation has been successful, says de Beauregard. AGS Tunisias trade is divided into three main categories: business on behalf of agents mainly FIDI Affiliates all over the world; business sent from the AGS network; and a local market of international removals, corporate and overseas. GOLD STANDARD RELOCATIONS RIGHT ACROSS AFRICA INCLUDING EGYPT We are the African coast-to-coast network forged from 25 years of thorough local knowledge. We communicate at dazzling speed and our gold standard service is provided through an entirely non-aligned, wholly owned network. Kampala Care and Prudence Across 17 African Nations. FIDI Affiliate Office: Kampala worldwidemoversafrica.com 70 FF294 DecJan20 pp64-77 Regional Focus.indd 70 WWW. F I D I . OR G 20/11/2019 15:18