We aim to bridge inland market logistical gaps to allow businesses to focus on growth – Ajijola
Temitope Ajijola wants businesses to stop worrying about how their goods move and start focusing on how their businesses grow. That single idea sits at the heart of what his team is building in Nigeria's inland logistics space, a sector he believes is overdue for serious attention.
His argument is straightforward: trade does not end at the seaport. Goods that arrive at Lagos or Port Harcourt still need to reach warehouses, distributors, and customers deep inside the country, and that last stretch is where many businesses hit a wall. The infrastructure gaps, the coordination headaches, the costs that quietly eat into margins. Ajijola sees all of that as the problem his company exists to solve.
Nigeria's inland logistics market carries enormous potential, and that potential has gone largely untapped because the focus has traditionally been on port activity rather than on what happens after the cargo clears. Shifting that focus is exactly what Ajijola says he is after.
The pitch is simple but the execution is anything but. Bridging logistical gaps across a country the size of Nigeria, with its varied terrain and uneven road infrastructure, demands more than good intentions. Whether the model can scale to match the ambition is the question worth watching.
Originally published by BusinessDay.