Bwala Africa Group which is a last mile logistics marketplace launched in 2018 has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Justin Caldeck a Silicon Valley angel investor.
Investing in his personal capacity, Justin Caldbeck has also made investments in Collective Health, Uber, SpaceX, Opendoor, Boom Technologies, Imperfect Produce, Anomalie, Goodeggs and others. He will be joining Bwala Africa as a Board Member.
Kennedy Nyabwala, Bwala Africa’s founder and CEO, said, “I would like to officially welcome San Francisco based Investor and entrepreneur Justin Caldbeck to Bwala Africa as a Board Member. Justin was previously Co-Founder of Binary Capital and a former partner at Lightspeed Ventures.” He also added that “Bwala will be Justin’s first African investment. It is a great honour and opportunity to bring his vast experience and knowledge to our board and be part of our pan-African expansion journey. We do look forward to working with Justin, learning and growing the Bwala SaaS last mile technology across various African markets.” 
The firm also announced BwalaPay escrow payment service to collect payments for its customers. BwalaPay allows customers to pay on delivery and the seller on the other will either get cash when the item is sold or returned. Their offerings are seeing accelerating adoption from a wide range of brands including Jumia, Naivas, Copia among others.
Earlier this month, Bwala expanded to Kampala, Uganda where it has made over 100 deliveries in its short span of existence in its second market in East Africa. The firm is also signing up more fleet partners and truck owners to its platform for last mile fleet connectivity in the country.
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