Obi Ozor
Obi Ozor is a Nigerian entrepreneur and the CoFounder of Kobo360, a technology-driven logistics platform that connects businesses and individuals to reliable, efficient, and affordable logistics services across Africa.
A digital platform, Kobo360 uses data and technology to connect truck drivers and cargo owners. The platform provides real-time tracking of shipments, transparent pricing, and on-demand delivery services.
Obi’s interest in logistics began while he was working at a logistics firm in Lagos. He noticed the challenges that businesses and individuals faced in transporting goods across the country, including high costs, delays, and inefficiencies.
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Since inception in 2016, Kobo360 has continued to serve SMEs and eCommerce platforms, leveraging existing infrastructure in providing cost-effective logistics solutions for these Nigerian businesses. This has been made possible through partnerships with key logistics players in the country such as Chisco Transport Group, DHL, UPS, Air France, KLM, SA Airlines, and a network of drivers all over Nigeria and Ghana.
Kobo360 has also served close to 500 businesses, aggregated a fleet of 5882 trucks and moved 53.9 million kilograms of cargo since 2017.
Kobo360 was admitted into Y Combinator’s (an American seed accelerator, which started in 2005) class of 2018, receiving a $120,000 equity investment from the seed fund and gained some working capital in the form of $1.2 million in pre-seed funding led by Western Technology Investment.
Obi completed a bachelor’s degree in Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Business Administration in Owner/President Management from Harvard Business School.
Before Kobo360, Obi served as an investment Banker at J.P. Morgan and as Operations Coordinator at Uber, where he played a prominent role in its expansion drive across Africa.
A role model for young African entrepreneurs who want to use technology to solve real-world problems, Obi has demonstrated that with passion, dedication, and hard work, it is possible to build a successful business that can have a positive impact on society.