#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)

Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed-stage, enterprise startups. Find out more at: https://www.dynamo.vc/.

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