Ghana: Zipline builds on Jumia pilot to diversify into home deliveries
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Jonas Nyabor
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April 19, 2023 13:39
Flight operators scan a package for delivery amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Accra, Ghana April 16, 2020. Picture taken April 16, 2020. Zipline/Handout via REUTERS
Zipline Ghana’s planned expansion into e-commerce and home deliveries will take lessons from the company’s recent pilot programme with Jumia, says country manager Mawuli Atiemo who sees the diversifications as a potential game-changer in the logistics business.
Zipline, based in California, was launched in Ghana in 2019 as a medical drone delivery service. The company also operates in Nigeria and Rwanda, Japan, and the US, with plans to tap into Côte d’Ivoire and Kenya.
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