Even the poor have use for a Quickspaza
Online business already sells hampers of basic food, cleaning, cosmetics and other products in Khayelitsha
The total value of the formal retail grocery sector rose from R394bn in 2014 to R453bn in 2017, Statistics SA says. To get a slice of this, Quickspaza is changing township consumers’ lives by turning the often stressful experience of shopping — transport to a store, long queues and transport home with heavy parcels to carry — into a simple process that involves ordering online via a mobile app, WhatsApp or SMS. "We are an online business selling hampers of basic food [and] cleaning, cosmetic and other products in Khayelitsha, Cape Town," says cofounder and joint CEO Paul Duval. "We deliver our products free to our customer’s house or shack in a branded tuk-tuk vehicle." In January 2014, the locally owned and community-focused company began as a mobile shop pilot study in Wallacedene and Bloekombos informal settlements on the eastern outskirts of Cape Town, with the first hub opening at Teguka Business Park on the border of Khayelitsha in May 2015. It targets consumers in LSM categor...
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