OnePort 365 Unfolds Plans to Change Africa’s Participation in Global Trade

By Igbawase Ukumba

A freighting company, OnePort 365, yesterday said it had unfolded plans to usher in a radical change that will enhance Africa’s participation in global trade with a complete systematic transformation.

The Co-founder of the freighting company, Mr Hio Sola-Usidame, disclosed this when fielding questions from journalists during a virtual media parley organised by the freighting company for journalists.

To change the narrative, the Co-founder continued that the freighting company had provided 100% visibility for shipments with powerful trackers that allowed monitoring of shipments across every inland point, thus enabling detailed reportage.

Sola-Usidame explained that OnePort 365 was Africa’s digital channel to seamless containerised freight management that has streamlined the trade process for African cross-border traders.

He said: “We have developed a freight management platform that integrates containerised freight processes in a simple, orderly and efficient format.”

Consequently, Sola-Usidame added that the freighting company’s pipeline channel has so far shipped over $15 million worth of goods since its inception in June, 2019.

Acccording to him, “prior to the establishment of OnePort 365 in June 2019, we were traditional freight forwarders that shipped over 1,200 FEUs. Since the inception of OnePort 365, we have shipped additional TEUs in excess of 1,300 containers.

“Additionally, 60% of our pipeline are SMEs, with over $15 million in value of goods shipped. We are a growing workforce. We have over 200% cumulative average growth rate in our client base, and recently launched version 1 of the platform.”