UK-based OX Delivers, makers of an electric truck for the Global south, has outlined plans to almost double its workforce.

The original OX Truck, designed in 2016 by Professor Gordon Murray (ex-F1 designer and creator of the Le Mans winning McLaren F1 supercar), was the world’s first flat-pack truck and the first vehicle designed specifically for Africa in forty years. The OX team has continuously advanced the truck design, evolving it into the first purpose-designed electric truck for the Global South. It is ten times cheaper to run than existing alternatives and will transform transport services across the continent.

For less than $1, an OX Delivers customer can transport a sack of goods to market across poor quality roads, which are typical in the Global South. Efficiently and sustainably completing the task in a matter of hours instead of days by foot or bicycle, the OX Delivers transport-as-a-service model enables farmers and traders to access larger markets further from home, where prices are higher and new opportunities are available. This generates profit for OX Delivers, and creates a self-reinforcing cycle of economic and social growth within local communities across the Global South.

With the introduction of the next-generation truck, OX Delivers will continue scaling its impact across East Africa and beyond, targeting three billion people in developing countries without access to affordable, sustainable transport.

Natalie Dowsett, CCO and Co-Founder of OX Delivers, said: “We are creating a world-class team to deliver our mission to revolutionise the way the Global South does business. We have spent the past four years developing and validating our technology, building our infrastructure and proving out the as-a-service model. Now, we are significantly expanding our UK team to deliver the next exciting phase of development of our all-electric truck and getting prepared for continuous truck build next year.”

With OX Delivers’ unique transport-as-a-service business model, customers pay only for the space they need on a kilogramme-per-kilometre basis. The service is easily accessible via an app or toll-free number. Since the launch in 2021 of its pilot operation in Rwanda, OX has seen strong demand and is now supporting more than 5,000 customers including smallholder farmers and traders.

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