Gokada, the Nigeria-based last-mile supply, logistics and transportation start-up has introduced Nikhil Goel as its new CEO.
Goel first joined Gokada in 2019 as a Vice President of Rides, bringing with him intensive expertise within the world last-mile logistics house. In India, Nikhil was Basic Supervisor of unicorn meals supply start-up Zomato, after which as Head of New Verticals at SafeBoda in Kenya.
He’s been accountable for main the corporate since Gokada tragically lost its founder, Fahim Saleh, in July 2020. Based on Gokada, Goel has helped the corporate improve its income by 10X and develop it’s supply order quantity by 100X, enabling the corporate to achieve profitability up to now 12 months.
Commenting on Gokada’s present enterprise mannequin, Nikhil Goel mentioned, “Gokada now serves 1000’s of people and companies throughout Lagos. Our vary of supply options now spans various sectors similar to meals supply, grocery supply, parcel supply, eCommerce fulfilment, and extra. What makes me so happy with Gokada is the corporate’s By no means-Give-Up perspective. Even within the midst of the pandemic which shortly adopted the ride-hailing ban, we had been capable of convey most of our pilots again to jobs whereas in parallel launching dependable logistics options to assist companies in Nigeria, which allowed them to proceed to offer their companies to their clients.”
Whereas the corporate started as a ride-hailing service, it has since turn out to be a pacesetter in meals supply, parcel supply, and different “final mile logistics” options all through Lagos. With a rising fleet of over 1,000 riders and 1000’s of SME clients, Gokada plans to increase throughout different states in Nigeria in 2021.
Within the final 12 months, the corporate has tackled and surmounted many challenges; from the okada ban to the ‘EndSars’ protests in October 2020. As they increase into new geographies and verticals, Goel’s robust monitor report of prior success within the sector is poised to be an enormous benefit for Gokada.
