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Deliveries Startup Errand360 Partners Jumia Food to Offer Last Mile Support in Nigeria

July 22, 2022

Errand360 co-founder Jaiyeola Ayodeji David

Bicycle community delivery platform Errand360, which was built to serve users with demand for quick and short errands within their communities and on-demand delivery services, has entered into a strategic partnership with Jumia Food in Nigeria to offer last mile deliveries to the company’s customers.

Launched in 2021, Errand360 bicycles serve users with a variety of delivery services, with users able to access its services via mobile app.

The startup, which raised a pre-seed funding round in November and is now working on its seed, will work with Jumia Food in Nigeria with hundreds of riders across multiple locations. The partnership will enable customers to order and pay for meal deliveries via the Jumia Food app, with seamless delivery to either their homes or offices conducted by Errand360.

“This Jumia deal is a nationwide deal and for at least three years across multiple locations with at least 100 riders to start with. It’s a mega deal and a gamechanger for the company and will see the company deliver thousands of orders monthly,” said Errand360 co-founder Jaiyeola Ayodeji David.

Errand360 is operational in Lagos, Abuja and Ibadan, and has so far delivered over 55,000 orders. It has also signed deals with Glovo, Gokada, and Bolt, and is currently delivering for those brands.

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Errand360 Launches Bicycle-Based Delivery Service in Nigeria

July 26, 2021

Errand360, a new logistics startup has launched bicycle based delivery service in Nigeria. The decision to choose this innovative route according to founder Adele Adetola is that “We spotted a need for fast and affordable deliveries, and a need for short errands for people within a community, and this is what inspired our model.”

“We decided to create a community delivery system with bicycles as it will not need fuel and it can be cheaper.”

The bicycle delivery platform is built to serve users with demand for quick and short errands within their communities and on-demand delivery services.

It serves users with a variety of delivery services, with the first phase of rollout beginning in Lagos and users able to access its services via mobile app.

The self-funded Errand360 has purchased 100 branded bicycles, backpacks and helmets, and deployed its apps, and is now working on building its user base.

“It’s been promising as we have had a lot of businesses willing to partner and users asking for our rollout plans. It gives us a sense of impact. Looking at the logistics industry, we are the first to scale bicycle delivery in Nigeria and we hope to expand more,” Adetola said.

“Knowing how diverse and peculiar the market is, we want to operate in phases and cover several communities in Lagos before we move to other states and other parts of Africa.”

Errand360 hopes to expand to become the largest logistics firm with a zero carbon footprint in Africa. It plans to deploy another set of 250 bikes before the end of the third quarter of 2021, and moving forward will gradually introduce electric bikes into its fleet.

“Our major goal is to deploy as much as 1,500 bikes and electric bikes in Lagos and other major cities in Nigeria in 24 months,” said Adetola. Errand360 makes money from delivery fees and commission.