RUN Delivery is increasing its strategic partnership with Young Shall Grow Transport, bringing collectively a technology-led logistics platform and one among Nigeria’s longest-established transportation networks to enhance how items transfer between cities and attain clients’ doorsteps.
The settlement was formalized in January 2025 following two in-person conferences between RUN Delivery CEO Oluwaseun Akoyon and Young Shall Grow CEO Obiora Obianodo on the transport firm’s Lagos headquarters. More than a yr later, the businesses are strengthening operational collaboration and getting ready to scale the association.
Under the partnership, Young Shall Grow supplies interstate transportation for shipments coordinated by way of RUN, drawing on its established routes and terminals nationwide. RUN helps Young Shall Grow with intrastate, pickup and last-mile supply providers, initially in Lagos, serving to join long-distance transportation with the ultimate leg of supply.
The collaboration combines established transport infrastructure with RUN’s asset-light logistics orchestration mannequin. Rather than duplicating fleets and terminals, the method connects current capability with digital coordination, giving companies a extra built-in strategy to handle deliveries.
“Nigeria’s logistics opportunity is not just about adding more vehicles. It is about connecting the infrastructure we already have, improving visibility and making delivery easier for businesses and customers,” mentioned Oluwaseun Akoyon, CEO of RUN Delivery. “Our work with Young Shall Grow is an important part of that vision.”
RUN helps companies with native deliveries, interstate shipments and technology-enabled logistics administration. Its broader platform additionally incorporates SoftPOS fee collections, enabling retailers and supply operators to digitize transactions and enhance fee accountability. The firm supplies supply providers for companies and shoppers throughout Nigeria.
Sustainability and financial inclusion are additionally central to RUN’s method. Its initiatives embrace supporting electrical motorbike adoption and financing, monitoring carbon emissions and averted emissions, and creating incomes alternatives for market ladies supply brokers and different riders.
During the unique partnership discussions, Young Shall Grow’s Head of Logistics, Mr Ikechukwu, described RUN’s asset-light method as a promising course for the business.
“RUN’s asset-light model is the winning model in this industry,” he mentioned. “It allows logistics businesses to expand their reach through smart partnerships, rather than every operator building the same infrastructure independently.”
Young Shall Grow, whose transport enterprise dates again to 1972, brings a long time of operational expertise and nationwide connectivity to the association.
“Our strength has always been connecting cities and communities,” mentioned Obiora Obianodo, CEO of Young Shall Grow Transport. “This partnership creates an opportunity to extend that connection to the customer’s doorstep through RUN’s delivery technology and local network.”
Both firms say the subsequent part will deal with tighter operational coordination, cargo visibility and broader entry to dependable end-to-end logistics providers. The preliminary focus stays on Lagos supply operations.
