It’s usually stated that – ‘necessity is the mom of invention, a proverb that arguably accounts for the current fast progress of technology-based startups in Nigeria. As we speak, Nigeria is the thirty third largest marketplace for e-commerce with a income of US$6.9 billion in 2021, putting it forward of Denmark and Colombia. It’s no surprise some consult with Nigeria as “Silicon Savannah”— a rising energy within the tech world. This goes to indicate that younger individuals in Nigeria and Africa by extension are strategically positioned to resolve the exhausting issues that plague the continent, paving the way in which for the emergence of recent markets.
Nevertheless, the convenience of enterprise within the e-commerce business has been marred by logistical issues related to offline processes as regard to the secure pickup and supply of cumbersome and fragile objects. Within the quest to bridge this hole, forward-thinking younger Nigerians have launched platforms that make sure the secure supply of things, offering dependable choices for each the shoppers and retailers concurrently. Main this cost with exemplary providers and merchandise is Kiakia. The Kiakia model has created a particular array of services tailor-made to the logistics wants of Nigerians. These services permit Nigerians to get pleasure from secure, versatile, and handy logistics engineering from any a part of the nation.
The brain-child of Kiakia, Adepoju Phillips, a 22-year-old Entrepreneur, and business agrofarm proprietor, and Adewale Sulaiman a self-taught programmer, Kiakia was birthed after the founders observed a dearth between buying objects and the secure supply of the stated objects to the ultimate customers. Talking on the inspiration behind the model, Philips shared that the thought of Kiakia was a results of the frustration he encountered when attempting to ship a parcel urgently inside 20km of his then location. In response to him;
“First, I couldn’t get a dependable and trusted dispatch rider on time as a result of I used to be attempting to ship an costly merchandise that could possibly be simply carted away and broken if not dealt with with care. I searched on-line for logistics corporations and nearly all that I discovered gave excuses of how they have been totally booked for the day and must ship my parcel the following day however I couldn’t wait as a result of it was an pressing supply. The others I discovered weren’t useful both. The primary one had a really difficult app and glitches that wouldn’t let me even move the sign-up web page whereas the second had extraordinarily excessive fares. I ended up paying the excessive fares, and added to that, needed to plead and promise the rider a tip to make sure speedy same-day supply. This frustration prompted me into deep vital pondering and I reached out to my good pal Adewale who coincidentally, had only in the near past skilled one thing related. That day, we promised to determine an answer and proceeded to hold out market analysis as to why there have been restricted logistics corporations aside from the quite a few small-scale logistic enterprise house owners with restricted service vary and capabilities. That promise has led us right here and with Kiakia our purpose is to resolve the final mile supply points in Africa”.
As a full-service dispatch firm, Kiakia is strategically positioned to upscale companies in Nigeria by offering a sustainable mannequin that leads to a win-win for all events concerned. On this regard, Kiakia connects people and companies with close by completely vetted supply brokers to resolve supply wants with the Kiakia Magic App. Additionally poised to contribute their quota to fixing unemployment in Nigeria, the model provides unbiased supply brokers (automobile house owners, truck drivers, and dispatch riders) the chance to enroll, settle for and full deliveries, thereby making sustainable revenue on their schedule with the Kiakia Pilot App.
Subsequently, the Kiakia Companions App (a fleet administration product), permits small-scale logistics enterprise house owners to enroll and onboard their supply brokers to just accept and full deliveries with the privilege to trace and handle their supply brokers’ actions and in addition obtain speedy direct remittance of all funds for accomplished deliveries. Kiakia is just not solely dedicated to fixing supply points by connecting customers with close by vetted supply agent’s alone, however the model has additionally created a conducive platform for the supply brokers to ship objects on time and with ease by implementing a number of laudable options together with the Route Navigator which provides and directs the supply agent’s on the quickest routes utilizing Google maps to ship a number of ongoing errands inside their estimated supply timeframe.
With all of this and extra, the Kiakia model is effectively on the way in which to solidifying its place as an business chief, dedicated to enabling all gamers within the e-commerce business to expertise seamless transactions, whereas guaranteeing safety, high quality service, and satisfaction. Within the close to future, the model hopes to change into accessible and accessible to resolve particular person and enterprise supply wants in each metropolis of Africa from Nigeria to Ghana, South Africa, Ethiopia, Egypt, Kenya, and the remainder of Africa. To remain updated with their model and their services, discover them throughout all social media platforms:
Instagram; https://instagram.com/kiakia
Fb; https://fb.com/KiakiaHQ
Twitter; https://twitter.com/KiakiaHQ
Linkedin; https://linkedin.com/firm/KiakiaHQ
Web site; https://kiakia.africa
