Being a woman in trucking is...
...a bit of a rocky road.
My name is Chiamaka
and I'm a female CEO in a man's industry.
There's a lot of inefficiencies in West Africa.
You book a truck.
You keep your fingers crossed.
Hoping, waiting to see a shipment at your door.
If it shows up, fine. If it doesn't show up, too bad.
I was like why?
Why do we have to go through all of this?
Growing up, I always used to like to
take things apart, put things together.
I was always curious about what makes things work.
But I wanted to solve a real problem
like a real world problem.
Truckr is an app where shippers can go find
any kind of truck they want
to move whatever kind of cargo they have.
You click a button
and the truck comes to you, just like magic.
Google Maps Platform helps our customers
see in real time where their truck is.
You can watch the truck from the pick-up location
to the drop off.
All through the journey, they can talk to the driver
in real time.
Young Chiamaka would be so, super proud
of where I am right now.
Because when you can show that you do good work
in this male dominated industry,
they give you your respect.
We want to expand all through West Africa
and then definitely, it's Truckr to the world!