Bolt has expanded its Bolt Send parcel delivery service in Mombasa to include motorbikes, giving businesses and individuals a faster option for moving small parcels across the city.
The service launched in Mombasa using cars in March this year.
The addition of motorbikes targets a gap in urban delivery, where small parcels do not always require a car but still need a quick, affordable way to move through the city.
Motorbikes can navigate traffic and reach locations more easily than larger vehicles, making them suited to short-distance, time-sensitive deliveries.
Bolt Senior General Manager for Rides in East Africa, Dimmy Kanyankole, said delivery has become central to how businesses serve customers.
“For a small business, a delayed delivery can mean a delayed sale, a missed customer or an unnecessary operating cost,” he said.
Customers can request Bolt Send through the Bolt app, receive an upfront price estimate and track deliveries in real time.
Parcels are transported by eligible Bolt driver-partners, giving businesses without their own delivery fleet an on-demand alternative to dedicated courier arrangements.
The expansion comes as e-commerce and social-commerce activity grows in Kenya, with retailers, online sellers, restaurants, pharmacies and offices increasingly needing logistics that can respond to orders as they happen.
Maintaining delivery vehicles or outsourcing every delivery to a courier adds cost and complexity for businesses. An on-demand model allows businesses to access delivery capacity as needed, without maintaining their own fleet.
The motorcycle option also gives Bolt’s driver-partners a new earning avenue, allowing eligible motorcycle partners to take on parcel deliveries alongside the platform’s other services.
The expansion forms part of Bolt’s wider strategy of applying its technology and driver-partner network to everyday mobility and logistics needs, as urban operators in Kenya increasingly turn to motorbikes and other smaller vehicles to move goods through busy areas.
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