PHOTO: SWITFLY is 'born'!

A Ghanaian IT firm, Iyris K.O, headed by young Edem Kwame Dotse, has developed the first ever Mobile APP for the freight-forwarding industry.

The name of the new Shipping & Delivery App is ‘SWIFTLY’.

SWIFTLY is a collaborative shipping platform (software) launched in Ghana, to boost cargo and package delivery activities.

The concept works by pushing all matches made on the app platform to freight forwarders; with the shipping process remaining the same.

SWIFTLY takes both the freight-forwarder and the client through the same handling process, same use of operated scanners with each party being registered as co-signers to the shipment.

The parties share cost with each getting cheaper and more affordable service.

“Sometime back, I had wanted to bring a gear box down from the UK, it could never happen because I didn’t get the opportunity to ship just that. Thereafter and knowing very well that I wasn’t the only one in that predicament, I decided to tackle the problem myself”, says Edem Dotse.

“In the next ten years we see Swiftly as the first point of call for everyone interested in moving cargo, our business will catch on with everyone and those who hitherto could not afford Shipping services will now be able to do so. We declare a golden age of business for freight forwarders, our strategic partners in this venture”, Edem Dotse stated.

“Swiftly has come in to make an industry that can be expensive really affordable and much more judicious. It has been a matter of waste when someone has to ship a half full container by sea, a half full package by air or hire a delivery service without fully utilizing the space there in. We aim to solve that by linking shippers to each other in other for them to share their extra space. Others also wish they could find someone to collaborate with to load a shipment; we are the matching platform for such people”, Dotse added.

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The launch was chaired by Ghanaian IT expert, Chinerey Hesse, who lauded the innovation and made a personal pledge to help in promoting SWIFTLY to greater heights.

Swiftly works by pushing all matches made on the Platform to Freight Forwarders, the actual shipping process remains the same. The cargo goes through the same handling process and operated scanners with each party being registered as co-consignees to the shipment this means that there are no additional security risks to users of the Swiftly platform. The parties share cost with each getting a cheaper and more affordable service.

This model greatly supports the work of freight forwarders, while bringing lots of business to them. Freight Forwarders worldwide are entreated to go on forwarders.swiftlyweb.com to register SWIFTLY APP for free.

Swiftly covers all locations worldwide. The SWIFTLY platform can be accessed by downloading the apps on the Google Playstore and Appstore.