Mesh

Founder @tabbHQ_ | ex-Founder Sendy | co-founder @Boya_Inc YC W22

[Mesh @ifmesh]

The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. 

[Mesh @ifmesh]

140+ orgs quietly launched Open USD this week.

The folks building for the continent should be holding a lockdown meeting about where cross-border payments are actually headed. https://t.co/d1uwrFqY2B @endichu @AliHKassim @shollsman @Benji_Fernandes

[Mesh @ifmesh]

I can usually tell within five minutes whether we’re asking customers about their business or trying to convince them about ours

[Mesh @ifmesh]

We've been quietly working on this for a while.

@tabbHQ_ fuel credit line is now live at Galana Energies stations, powered by our bank partners.

SMBs move economies. We are on a mission to keep them moving

[Nailab @thenailab]

Are you a student at a Kenyan university who has owned and operated your business for at least six months? Join the @EO_GSEA for a chance to refine your business model through personalized mentorship from Kenya's top business leaders!

🔗 Apply: https://t.co/8WddnEbHgm

[Benjamin Fernandes 🇹🇿 @Benji_Fernandes]

Wow, dreams come true.

#TheNextBillion #1PercentBuilt

[Mesh @ifmesh]

time goes by so quickly

[Tim Kipchumba @TimKipchumba]

Time flies / @VusiThembekwayo @ifmesh

[Mesh @ifmesh]

Extreme curiosity makes you reach levels you wouldn't have thought possible.

[Mesh @ifmesh]

Sendy has stepped up to fill this gap with a fully automated network of Fulfilment centers shared by all suppliers and integrated with our core last-mile logistics network giving suppliers an all-in-one fulfillment service that is reducing their logistics costs by up to 60%

[Mesh @ifmesh]

Last year, @SendyKenya Fulfilled ~$200m worth of goods that have given us interesting insights into the changing modern retail in East Africa:

The demand for smaller, more frequent and faster orders to supermarkets is growing extremely fast!

Here is why:

[Mesh @ifmesh]

into smaller orders now and deliver them directly to 50 stores of a single Supermarket chain. That is a 50x change! That has left the suppliers scrambling to keep up, and, in some cases, the cost to fulfill an order exceeds the value of the order itself.

[Paul Kimani 🇰🇪🌍 @PaulNKimani]

We are delighted to announce that we have secured $2.7 million in funding to support the expansion of our HR, Payroll, & Benefits solution across Africa. We welcome new partners onboard, incl. @LaunchAfricaVC ,Saviu, Acadian, @Proparco , @FondationBotnar , Kara, & @AxianGroup.

[Mesh @ifmesh]

🚀 Express - fulfilled immediately
🛵 Same day - fulfilled within the day
🚚 Next day - fulfilled the following day
⏱ Scheduled - fulfilled at a future date up to 7 days

2. Your customers can choose their preferred delivery time and change the location anytime.

[Mesh @ifmesh]

We heard you. You wanted your customers to choose when it is the most convenient time to receive their orders.
That is why @SendyKenya made 2 product changes:

1. As a merchant, you can now choose up to 4 delivery options:

[Victor Otieno @AgollaVictor]

It has taken a village to raise Kenya’s startup bill, congrats to all stakeholders. As Paul said 1 Corinthians 3:6 ‘I planted the seed, Apollos watered it’ many contributed to the journey leading to this moment! @SakajaJohnson @SheilahBirgen @ifmesh @njonjo2012 @afromusing

[Mesh @ifmesh]

@SendyKenya Whenever you want to build for the better, you have to put your heart on the line. The team of over 200 folks at Sendy has put their hearts on the line. We have enabled over 100k businesses so far, with millions to go.

[Mesh @ifmesh]

Our mission at @SendyKenya is to make it easy for businesses to trade across Africa. We want to do to Africa what Alibaba has done for China. This is a two decade goal. We are just in year 7 in 4 countries. It's still day 1.

[Mesh @ifmesh]

@SendyKenya Step 3/3: Build Financial services to enable these businesses to grow further

[Mesh @ifmesh]

@SendyKenya Step 2/3: Build commence tools and work with 3rd parties to help these businesses run and grow their online commence

[Mesh @ifmesh]

@SendyKenya Step 1/3: Build a Fulfillment infrastructure that will help businesses deliver goods to consumers and retailers affordably and efficiently. The cost of getting goods to consumers is still as high at 60% of the value of the goods.