I have always been fascinated by the constant flow of trucks through cities, towns and villages, transporting large containers of goods to all sorts of destinations and businesses. I understood early on the importance of moving goods and how we all rely on this movement…
Last week marked three years since Ife and I officially launched Kobo360. A whole three years. We were two young American-educated guys who were hungry to “disrupt” Africa’s logistics sector. Impossible, right? “Obi, you dream too big” I’ve lost count how many…
60 years ago we became independent. 60 years ago we took charge of our destiny. 60 years ago, we became NIGERIA. 1 October 1960, is when our journey began.
Between the 60s and 80s, the Nigerian economy boomed, and yes, logistics played a significant role in this boom. The…
I consider myself to be one of the luckiest men in the world; I am beyond thankful and fortunate, having built a life with a beautiful wife and two incredible, happy, and healthy children. On a day like Father’s Day, I can’t but thank God for what He has provided me…
Being an entrepreneur has always been in my blood. My entrepreneurial journey started at the age of 13 when I was in boarding school. I used my allowance to purchase a Nokia phone and charged my fellow classmates, who called their loved ones to stay connected. Not only was I…
Kobo360’s informal motto is to always “Keep Africa moving”. When we started the company in 2017, our blueprint mapped out our expansion across Africa and our plan to facilitate the fluid movement of goods to drive growth and the development of our…
Happy New Year to you all! I hope you started this new year and decade in good spirits with family and friends.
Now that we’re a couple of days into the new year, we, at Kobo360, are focused on not just executing the plans we’ve set for ourselves, but exceeding them…
Two years ago today, Ife and I started Kobo360. Our goal? To tackle logistics in Africa – more specifically, to get the continent moving. Having both previously worked in the business and transport sector on the continent, we were both frustrated that the continent’s…
Growing up as a young boy in a farming village in Enugu, I started a logistics business at the local truck park. The challenges I faced then, as a teenage business owner, were still the same challenges SMEs & large enterprises were facing in 2016. I knew something had to…