Obi Ozor, the Chief Executive Officer of Kobo360, an African tech-enabled digital logistics platform that aggregates end-to-end haulage operations, has been appointed as Enugu state commissioner of transport.
Obi Ozor’s appointment is coming, following Enugu state governor, Peter Mbah’s appointment of 20 commissioners who will support the implementation of his policies in the state.
Announcing the appointment of the commissioners, Governor Mbah said,
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“It is our hope that you are going to bring those experiences to bear and to work for the people of Enugu State. We want to attract investments to Enugu and it will require you, deploying not only your skills, but also making sure that you acquire those new skills that we need to fix the challenges of breaking new grounds of economic development and growth.”
Obi Ozor will be bringing his over six years of logistics and supply chain experience to drive the goals of the Enugu state executive council. He manages all key aspects of his startup, Kobo360, including investments, compliance risk management and product growth.
He has also been focused on creating mass-employment for Africa through job creation, with Kobo360 working with over 50,000 trucks and drivers across the continent. Prior to building Kobo360, Obi was the operations Coordinator at Uber Nigeria and an investment banker at J.P Morgan.
A leader in the African logistics and technology ecosystem, Obi boasts several accolades and awards. In 2019, he was named “innovator of the year” and “young business leader of the Year” at the CNBC All Africa Business Leaders Awards.
In 2020, Obi alongside his co-founder, Ife Oyedele Il, was selected to be a part of Endeavor’s global network of high-impact entrepreneurs.
He was also named one of Fortune Magazine’s 40 under 40 global leaders in technology. Obi was also listed as one of the top sixty Nigerian tech entrepreneurs by Bendada in 2020, in commemoration of Nigeria’s 60 independence day celebration.
In 2021, Obi Ozor was honored as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Through the program, he embarked on a five-year leadership development journey that will help him reach the next level of impact as he continues to build and scale his logistics company into a global brand.
Since his company (Kobo360) was founded, it has raised more than $68 million in funding, and has scaled across 7 countries on the continent.
To date, the company’s tech-enabled platform has connected over 50,000 trucks and drivers, who have delivered 2.9 billion tonnes of cargo to over 1,000 SMEs and large enterprises such as DHL, Maersk, Unilever, Medlog, and OLAM.