Kobo360
All-In-One Robust Logistics Solution

In the absence of efficient logistics management, all economic activities throughout a country’s supply chain suffer. Customers face difficulties purchasing goods, having them delivered on time, to the proper location, without incurring any damage to the product, condition-wise. Supply chains and logistics operations in a country encounter complications due to substandard terrains and no other effective modes of transportation. The sub-par terrains in Africa is a burden for the transit of goods within the country. Africa, as a major commodity supplier, witnessed a surge in tech-driven logistics deployment to reduce the complication in the movement of goods. The growth in internet penetration across Africa increased the number of online customers and businesses using cloud services, necessitating the logistics sector to improve simultaneously. The country’s supply chains and their existing infrastructures were soon strengthened by tech-enabled logistics firms, making the industry more efficient and automated. Also, owing to the current social distancing conventions, logistics requires essentially little human interaction, obligating the supply chains in Africa to digitalize extensively.

In light of this, Africa is witnessing a wave of new-age startups that can adapt to evolving customer requirements like agility in transportation, tracking of wares, and the need to innovate as required. And among the multitude of firms taking the African logistics arena by storm, the one that has always been at the vanguard of innovation is Kobo360. Since its inception in 2016, the company has played a critical role in enhancing Africa’s economy by leveraging mobile technology and big data to help customers better track their shipments, reduce inefficiencies, and streamline operations. Kobo360, a third-party logistics firm, ensures that goods are properly shipped from the source to the point of consumption. It also works to bring together Africa’s logistics terrain to improve the delivery of industrial and enterprise goods across the continent through controlled, transparent, and accessible systems. Kobo360’s solution allows for greater efficiency and reduces economic waste.

Kobo360 efficiently manages end-to-end haulage operations to assist freight proprietors, truck owners, drivers, and cargo recipients in achieving an efficient supply chain framework. With Kobo360’s solution, cargo owners can order any vehicle they want and have their goods picked up and delivered to desired locations. Furthermore, Kobo360’s all-in-one robust logistics ecosystem reduces the need for human intervention by enabling the execution of day-to-day logistics processes with a single click of a button on the company’s seamless mobile and online applications. The organization delivers unprecedented efficiency and cost reduction in a supply chain, providing 360-degree visibility while delivering products of all sizes safely and on time.

Kobo 360 is keen on supporting the numerous freight companies which require safe, efficient, and dependable hauling of a client’s goods from/to cargo recipients and the designated markets. Remarkably, it has been able to reduce friction and mitigate challenges that come with procuring secure, reliable, and rewarding road-based logistics for companies and individuals with freight needs. The requirements for transportation are met by the usage of truckloads that are larger than a regular shipment. Truckloads reduce damage risk, increase transit speed, and provide better insurance coverage.

With the level of efficiency put forward by Kobo360’s mobile technology and analytics, the company has helped its clients move over 260 meters per kilogram of goods, serviced over 1,339 businesses, and aggregated a fleet of over 10,000 trucks.

Together with one of its customers, Honeywell Flour Mills Plc, Kobo360 was featured in BBC news for its impact on the patron’s business as well as its work on leveraging its technologies to enhance Africa’s logistics industry. The organization also developed a mobile application called KoboCare, that provides discounts on diesel prices and access to various maintenance centers across Africa to freight drivers who are affiliated with the company. Kobo360 also reduces logistics friction while enabling rural farmers to earn more money by decreasing farm waste; it also assists manufacturers of all sizes in finding new markets.

With a mission to become a global logistics provider, Kobo360 is pursuing this goal of empowering enterprises, and the economy, through logistics. The company promotes creativity, drive, and perception, which are vital to Africa’s economic future.