A tomato farmer in Kano harvests 500 crates of produce on a Monday morning. Contents Why This Matters for Your Business Right Now Key Takeaways Frequently Asked Questions By Friday, half of it had rotted, not because of bad farming, but because nobody had a fridge or refrigerated truck available, and the road to the market was a two-hour nightmare, long and tiring. Meanwhile, there’s a small fashion brand in Lagos that’s losing customers every week because its deliveries take five days, and nobody tells the buyer where the package actually is. That’s Nigeria’s logistics problem in summary. A new wave of Nigerian tech startups isn’t waiting for the government to fix the roads. They’re building smarter systems around the chaos, using APIs, real-time tracking, cold-chain technology, and data-driven route optimisation to move goods faster, cheaper, and more reliably than ever before. According to TechCabal Insights, African startups raised $575 million across 58 deals between January ...