36 min
Ep 1: The Last Mile The Gig is Up
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- Business
Free two-day shipping has become so common in e-commerce today, it’s changed how we buy online. We often don't realize how much we expect it until it's not there. But for most of the world fast delivery is not possible, it's very expensive, and it's often unreliable. In Africa, this comes down to the Last Mile of delivery. How is this holding back the growth of business in otherwise booming places like Kenya and Nigeria? And how have China and Indonesia already begun to solve for it?
Free two-day shipping has become so common in e-commerce today, it’s changed how we buy online. We often don't realize how much we expect it until it's not there. But for most of the world fast delivery is not possible, it's very expensive, and it's often unreliable. In Africa, this comes down to the Last Mile of delivery. How is this holding back the growth of business in otherwise booming places like Kenya and Nigeria? And how have China and Indonesia already begun to solve for it?
36 min