Twiga, an agri-tech firm in Kenya has unveiled a distribution centre in Tatu City. The facility was launched by President William Ruto who further sa
Twiga, an agri-tech firm in Kenya has unveiled a distribution centre in Tatu City. The facility was launched by President William Ruto who further said the government will give the firm Sh300 million loan for onward lending to suppliers and customers through the yet-to-be-launched Hustler Fund to boost small enterprises.
Twiga Foods is a business-to-business marketplace platform that sources produce directly from farmers and delivers it to urban retailer. The Twiga Foods distribution center is a 200,000 sq ft facility that will offer fulfillment by Twiga services to manufacturers, brand owners, and farmers across East Africa.
Modern warehouse
The facility is features the latest logistics and warehouse technology. It has a large capacity storage fitted with racking systems, banana rooms, modern dock door systems, and product scanners which have enhanced food traceability among other functions. The automated facility will see the company expand its overall capacity and ability to deliver a selection of fresh produce, and retail products and provide partners access to over 140,000 customers across Kenya and Uganda. According to Twiga’s Group C.E.O, Peter Njonjo stated that the move will ensure convenient and affordable, food and retail commodities distribution across Kenya and Uganda.
“Today, we are extremely proud of the official opening of the Twiga distribution center. This world-class facility will help push our daily handling capacity to 8Million Kgs. This facility will form the backbone of our supply chain and will be key in enabling our new service, fulfilment by Twiga. This will allow Twiga to offer fulfilment services to manufacturers, brand owners, and farmers, offering distribution across Kenya and Uganda. This will give access to over 140,000 retailers, which will improve product assortment and affordability across the region,” said Peter Njonjo, Twiga’s Chief Executive.
“The Sh300 million that you lend to your 140,000 suppliers and customers across Kenya, we are going to make that amount of money available to you so that they can borrow at lower rates and hopefully increase their earnings,” said President Ruto.