• Nigerian entrepreneur Foluso Ojo co-founded truQ to digitize and streamline logistics.
• truQ connects companies with nearby vehicles to cut delays and increase transparency.
• The start-up won Lagos AOT mobility award in 2022 and ranked among Nigeria’s top 10 innovators in 2023.

Foluso Ojo, a Nigerian tech entrepreneur, co-founded and now leads truQ, a logistics start-up that aims to digitize and optimize freight transport across Africa.

Founded in 2020, truQ operates a platform that connects businesses with available logistics vehicles nearby. The system enables faster and more efficient transport of goods.

The start-up works as digital infrastructure for third-party logistics providers, helping reduce delays, optimize routes and make operations more transparent.

truQ explained: “On the users’ side, we save them the stress of making several phone calls to different vehicle owners each time they need to move something, spending time negotiating prices, and depending on a driver’s availability, with occasional disappointments.”

Ojo graduated from Adekunle Ajasin University in Nigeria with a bachelor’s degree in communication in 2014.

She began her career in 2012 as an intern at public relations firm CMC Connect. In 2016, she joined Nigerian management company Brooks and Blake as a project manager.

In 2020, she became community manager at eTradeforWomen, an initiative that supports female digital entrepreneurs.

truQ’s progress has earned industry recognition. In 2022, the start-up was named best mobility start-up of the year at the Art of Technology (AOT) Lagos event.

In 2023, it was ranked among Nigeria’s top 10 most innovative companies by NSIA Group, a financial services firm specializing in banking and insurance.

This article was initially published in French by Melchior Koba 

Adapted in English by Ange Jason Quenum