By Silvia Nyambura
Courier services giant DHL Express has today signed a retail partnership with Total Uganda in a bid to provide better access to global express services. This agreement will allow customers looking to send parcels or documents to walk into a Total station and access this service. According to DHL Country Manager Fatma Abubakar, this will ensure greater convenience and accessibility for the company’s customers across the country.
She was speaking at the signing event held at the Kibuli Total station where she said, “The express logistics industry and specifically retail services for consumers and small and medium enterprises are becoming hugely important in Uganda. For us to better service this market and open up global opportunities for students, small business owners and general consumers, we need to increase access to our products. We also need to simultaneously make it easier and more affordable to use these products. Total is therefore a good strategic fit for us as they have an extensive retail footprint across the country.”
The project will pilot at 15 Total Stations across Uganda and then roll out in phases later. 15 more service stations are earmarked for phase 2.
Total Uganda Managing Director Florentin de Loppinot said, “Total delivers high quality fuels safely, swiftly and reliably to our customers. Partnering with DHL means that we extend our service offering and also provide our valued customers the access and affordability around express services they need.”