Amitruck, Sky.Garden strengthen partnership to keep supply chains moving

• Both companies have built smart technology with AI and ML to secure and maintain a competitive edge.
  

April 20, 2021: Amitruck and Sky.Garden have announced reinforcing partnership to defy Covid-19. Deemed as essential service to keep delivering goods, support the economy and by keeping business supply chains moving, this alliance aims at keeping economic and social chains alive during lockdown.

Collaborating since 2019, Amitruck and Sky.Garden are one of the important players in digital logistics and e-commerce having already contributed to improve B2B efficiencies and create hundreds of jobs.

Mark Mwangi, Amitruck CEO, said, "Creating growth requires teamwork, partnerships, and technology, particularly in our continent. Likewise, creating a better Africa and a better World has to be the mission of an entire army of companies and people. Sky.Garden and the Amitruck team are delighted to be leading the way with shared objectives and values.”

Forming an end-to-end digital chain for goods pick-up, promotion, online sales, provisioning and deliveries to the last mile, the partnership allows more than 6,000 B2B clients to keep their business alive and maintain jobs across many industries.

Both companies have built smart technology with AI and ML to secure and maintain a competitive edge powered by leading players such as Amazon Web Services and Google.

According to the African Tech Startups Funding Report 2020 released by startup news and research portal Disrupt Africa, the year saw $190 million in investments flow into Kenya, which remains at the top of Africa's list of recipients. The two companies have recently announced funding from top investment firms and intend to develop their activities further across Africa this year.

"At Sky.Garden we are always delighted to find partners that are eager to disrupt the African market and bring lasting solutions that are continent specific and breed further innovation in the region. We have found that with the innovative logistics platform, Amitruck, and look forward to the leaps and bounds we can achieve together,” stated Isaac Hunja, co-founder & managing director at Sky.Garden.

Sky.Garden is a mobile first SaaS eCommerce Platform for African retailers, delivering a stellar experience from product through guaranteed fulfilment.

In light of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the combination of digital logistics and e-commerce is set to unlock barriers and facilitate the accomplishment of trades within the World’s largest economic zone, including not less than 54 countries across the continent.