PODCAST | Solving last-mile logistics issues in SA
Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Lars Veul, co-founder at logistics tech firm Pargo
09 June 2022 - 17:15
by Mudiwa Gavaza
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Rethinking delivery: Pargo founders Lars Vuel (left) and Derk Hoekert. Picture: Supplied
Solving logistics issues to increase e-commerce adoption in SA is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight.
Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Lars Veul, co-founder at logistics tech firm Pargo.
Join the discussion:
Veul says Pargo is “a tech-enabled last-mile delivery solution that simplifies online delivery for anybody in Africa that is an innovative enterprise that has scaled, or is planning to, beyond our borders and into the continent.”
One of the company’s biggest services is a click-and-collect model where customers can have goods delivered to one of 3,000 collection points around SA. It counts companies like The Foschini Group, FNB, Cape Union Mart and OneDayOnly as clients.
Veul also spends time talking about the technology powering the platform, how Pargo sets about delivering goods to more remote parts of the country, as well as how the startup has been funded so far.
Topics of discussion include: Pargo’s business model; trends in the crowdsourced logistics space; last-mile logistics as a driver for e-commerce adoption; and challenges with delivering parcels to secondary towns and rural areas.
Support our award-winning journalism. The Premium package (digital only) is R30 for the first month and thereafter you pay R129 p/m now ad-free for all subscribers.
Business Day Spotlight
PODCAST | Solving last-mile logistics issues in SA
Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Lars Veul, co-founder at logistics tech firm Pargo
Solving logistics issues to increase e-commerce adoption in SA is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight.
Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Lars Veul, co-founder at logistics tech firm Pargo.
Join the discussion:
Veul says Pargo is “a tech-enabled last-mile delivery solution that simplifies online delivery for anybody in Africa that is an innovative enterprise that has scaled, or is planning to, beyond our borders and into the continent.”
One of the company’s biggest services is a click-and-collect model where customers can have goods delivered to one of 3,000 collection points around SA. It counts companies like The Foschini Group, FNB, Cape Union Mart and OneDayOnly as clients.
Veul also spends time talking about the technology powering the platform, how Pargo sets about delivering goods to more remote parts of the country, as well as how the startup has been funded so far.
Topics of discussion include: Pargo’s business model; trends in the crowdsourced logistics space; last-mile logistics as a driver for e-commerce adoption; and challenges with delivering parcels to secondary towns and rural areas.
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