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RunAm by Chimere Princewill Okoko

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Business

Business summary (RunAm by Chimere Okoko / Ronam Technologies)

  • Company: Ronam Technologies — online grocery delivery startup in Nigeria.
  • Core value proposition: Deliver fresh groceries from local traders/markets to customers’ doorsteps in under 1 hour, helping traditional sellers regain business lost during COVID-19 disruptions.
  • Problem addressed: Pandemic-driven decline in customer patronage and food waste, worsened by limited storage and infrastructure—especially in traditional markets.
  • Go-to-market approach: Hyper-local delivery using a growing fleet of riders (“runners”) plus a web/app experience for customers, admin operations, and order fulfillment.

Target market & distribution model

  • Market connection: Traditional local traders connected to Nigeria’s large online population (stated as 76 million internet users).
  • Starting point / launch: Operations kicked off on July 7 at Relief Market, the largest sports market in Imo State.
  • Validated via pilot: Prior campus pilot where groceries/orders were received (via Wasa) and confirmed by phone calls.

Product & service design (what they sell)

Two main services:

  1. Quick Buy

    • Ronam shops from retailers and delivers to the customer quickly.

  2. Shared Buy

    • Ronam shops from wholesalers and offers up to 15% discount if customers invite friends to shop together.

App capabilities mentioned:

  • Simple shopping flow
  • Rider + admin interfaces
  • GPS order tracking
  • Delivery scheduling
  • Shopping list functionality
  • Rating/review system
  • Improved customer communication with riders
  • Eco-friendly delivery mode

Operations & fulfillment playbook

  • Rider-based logistics: Orders are fulfilled by a team of runners/riders.
  • Hyper-local model: Shops within a 1–2 km radius of the customer.
    • Claimed outcome: ~60% faster delivery than competitors
  • Eco-friendly delivery mode: Bicycles used to reduce carbon emissions and overhead.
  • Wrong-order handling: GPS tracking supports correcting/returning wrong orders (as stated).

Pricing & unit economics (explicit metrics)

  • Customer delivery fee: $2 to $3.3 per delivery (USD values cited).
  • Revenue share / take rate:
    • Ronam keeps 40% of delivery revenue
    • 60% allocated to mobility partners and contract riders

Pilot results & KPIs (from campus validation)

  • Pilot period: first 4 months
  • Deliveries: 1,500
  • Gross value / delivery worth: 3,014 USD
  • Recorded revenue: 1,205 USD
  • Scale context: Pilot deliveries described as about 0.03% of the target audience (framing provided in the talk).

Growth & demand signals (market evidence used)

  • Claim: In Nigeria, young people spent $142 million on food and groceries online in 2021 (used as demand validation).
  • Company mission framing: help traders regain customers and become resilient for future lockdowns.

Process emphasis (how the solution was proven)

  • Pilot → validation: Campus pilot using an order intake process (Wasa + phone confirmation) before launching at Relief Market.
  • Operational launch: July 7 start in a major local market, with the same underlying model:
    • order capture → rider fulfillment → GPS tracking + delivery

Frameworks / playbooks mentioned

  • No formal frameworks (e.g., OKRs, Lean Startup, SWOT) were explicitly named.
  • The video instead describes an execution sequence:
    • Pilot validation (campus deliveries) → market launch (Relief Market) → hyper-local logistics + two-tier service offerings (Quick Buy / Shared Buy).

Presenters / sources

  • Presenter: Chimera “Chimere” Princewill Okoko (project manager, Ronam Technologies)

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