“We distribute bulky, unpiped utilities like drinking water and cooking energy in African cities,” Ndiang’ui told Disrupt Africa. The average consumer in emerging markets cities replenishes their daily essentials at a rate of over 17 times per month. Currently operating from Nairobi, the startup intends to expand to four more Kenyan cities over the next two years, before moving into other East and Central African cities. Due to lack of piped infrastructure, the growing urban population is driving significant demand in unpiped utilities,” said Ndiang’ui. But the infrastructure to distribute the unpiped utilities is broken.
