By Chinenye Anuforo
A Nigerian tech start-up, eRRANDA Technologies, is set to tackle a lot of logistics challenges facing persons and small and medium-scale businesses in the country.
The company said it has a plan to launch a People-to-People internet-enabled delivery solution soon but their website is already live for the public to sign up to their waitlist.
eRRANDA was founded by King Victor Amakodi, a UI/UX professional while Osho Joseph; a full stack software engineer, and Franklin Tochukwu, a front-end software engineer are the technical co-founders.
Speaking to journalists, the CEO of eRRANDA, King Amakodi said that eRRANDA is a platform that “will connect businesses with travellers with the sole aim of getting the travellers to help transport their small goods to their customers with speed since the model leverages on already intended travellers. The travellers will in turn be paid for the service.”
He disclosed that there are at least 2.3 million Nigerians who travel every day within the country. Amakodi stressed that the eRRANDA app can be leveraged for seamless deliveries. He said, “eRRANDA connects travellers to people who need to move goods, deliver a package to any destination within Nigeria. It also helps travellers earn while travelling or help cut the cost of travelling”
Amakodi is an expert in UI/UX designs. He also has a robust background in sales, business development, branding, customer satisfaction and customer relationship management. He has garnered professional experiences at reputable multinationals like PZ Cussons, Procter&Gamble and others where he held managerial roles before setting out as an entrepreneur.
Adding his voice, co-founder, Osho Joseph said that the insight from the platform was born from their innate desire to use technology to solve practical problems. “We were trying to solve real-time problems using technology.
eRRANDA is a win-win situation for both the traveller who is earning while travelling and the business person who is able to fulfil his promise to the customer and do so with speed. The platform helps businesses match travellers, agree on pickup modalities and initiate the delivery process. We have also put security systems in place to make sure that the traveller does not abscond with the goods and have set up guidelines to prevent the peddling of illicit or dangerous items using the eRRANDA app.” He said.
When asked whether the platform is secure from data prowlers and hackers, co-founder, Franklin Tochukwu stated that given the combined expertise and experience of the three of them, they have been able to come up with a secure platform that is interactive across all devices, protects the data of the users from infiltration or hacking and secures the payments of travellers upon delivery.
He said, “I am sure that eRRANDA will soon become a household name in the country. We put our heads together to produce a secure platform that any small business or any person can use to reduce the logistics stress. We are sure that your data is safe from hackers and you can conduct fast and secure deliveries using our platform. Also, we all know that the current price of fuel has made logistics an unbearable task for many people and small businesses. It jacked up to as high as 300 per cent, so Instead of having to deal with the high costs from traditional delivery companies or drivers and bus park unions who also charge higher, and may not deliver goods in a timely and responsible manner, you are have a more personal connection with someone who sees the benefits, earns for doing it and delivers to your client at a reduced cost.