#132: The African Freight Opportunity with Mark Mwangi of Amitruck
Hosted by Santosh Sankar on July 20, 2022
Summary
During this episode, Santosh is joined by Mark Mwangi, the co-founder and CEO of Amitruck. Amitruck is a digital logistics partner that enables corporations to scale their business in East Africa. Santosh and Mark discuss driver relations, technology enablement, hard-learned lessons, and more.
Show Notes
Highlights from their conversation include:
- What Mark’s building in Africa (1:15)
- Mark’s background and career journey (2:17)
- The freight opportunity in Africa (3:34)
- Who Amitruck serves best (5:59)
- How Amitruck helps solve the issue (7:03)
- Driver recruitment and relations (8:55)
- Amitruck’s technology enablement (10:50)
- Working on the underlying fundamentals (13:24)
- Hardest learned lesson (15:33)
- How to educate yourself (16:25)
- Favorite weekend pastime (17:49)
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