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Cars45, Nigeria’s top automotive trading platform, has partnered with last-mile delivery provider Gokada to provide Lagos residents with options for delivering their parcels across the state at a cheap price. With a Nationwide presence in 50 of Nigeria’s 11 states, Cars45’s motto is on building commercial infrastructure that allows for fast and efficient exchange of value across the auto value chain. The signing ceremony took place at Gokada’s headquarters in Alausa, Lagos.
The relationship will allow Cars45 to enhance its customer experience where select retail outlets shall serve as delivery and collection hubs for Gokada. In turn, Gokada’s customers can access and enjoy Cars45’s services at their retail outlets.
There have been seismic changes in how products make from the way to the final consumers. The global pandemic has only promoted measures on social distancing and contactless transacting prompting companies such as Gokada to be more purposeful in how they deliver their products and services across Nigeria.
Founded in 2019, Gokada supports hundreds of bike riders across Lagos state while handling thousands of deliveries that facilitate the delivery of parcels across Lagos.
Sanya Chawla, Head of Special Projects at Gokada termed the need to make deliveries “fast and accessible” while thinking about the convenience offered to customers.
Bemigho Awala, the PR and Communications Manager at Cars45 expressed excitement in working with one of Nigeria’s “efficient and trusted courier delivery solution providers.”
