Nigerian logistics startup Cargoplug has launched in the United Kingdom (UK) to power the growing UK-Nigeria trade route via a self-run hub serving expanding C2C, B2C, B2B and B2B2C clientele.
Founded in Nigeria in 2013 by Kikelomo Fola-Ogunniya and Ujama Akpata, Cargoplug – formerly Jand2Gidi – started with a mission to solve the everyday challenges people face when sending and receiving goods between the UK and Nigeria.
Today, Cargoplug uses its proprietary technology to also serve B2B and B2B2C markets, offering seamless API integrations with clients, including e-commerce platforms, logistics providers and global lifestyle brands.
This enables clients to improve service delivery and revenue flows by offering the same value-added logistics services to their customers, spanning efficient cross-border and nationwide deliveries and covering everything from overseas pickup and customs clearing to insurance and last-mile delivery.
The company has already fulfilled over one million packages in the past 12 years, and has now announced its official expansion into the UK with the launch of its first self-managed hub. This strategic move comes in response to growing and evolving customer demands and the corresponding need to bolster its service offerings across the UK-Nigeria trade route.
“After over a decade of exponential growth through valued partnerships, we’re thrilled to launch our first self-run UK hub. This sees us doubling down on our commitment to being the go-to logistics firm for the movement of goods between the UK and Nigeria,” said Kikelomo Fola-Ogunniya, co-founder at Cargoplug.
“This is a mission that originated after our firsthand experience of the challenges of costly, delayed, and opaque shipping fees, tariffs and processes after returning to Nigeria from studying in the UK. Establishing our on-the-ground presence here was the natural next step in our growth as a company, even as we now set sights on some of our other high traffic markets such as the US, Turkey and China.”
