Spanish on-demand delivery platform Glovo today announced plans to double its investment in Africa and expand its operations on the continent.
The Barcelona-based company has invested up to €25M ($30M) by bringing its food delivery service to six African countries — Morocco, Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, and Nigeria.
Glovo is available in more than 40 cities with more than 300,000 users, 8,000 restaurants and 12,000 couriers in these countries. Earlier this year, it launched operations in Lagos, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana before expanding to Tema, another Ghanaian city last month.
Over the next 12 months, Glovo says it will invest an additional €50M ($60M) to drive expansion into