Yudala makes first ever drone delivery in Nigeria

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November 27, 2015 1:44 PM

The delivery was made in fulfillment of a Black Friday order – a Nokia Lumia phone - placed by Yetunde Lawal, a staff of Access Bank Plc.

A drone in action.

Composite online and offline retail chain, Yudala, reportedly made history yesterday with the first ever drone delivery in Nigeria.

The delivery was made in fulfillment of a Black Friday order – a NokiaLumia phone - placed by Yetunde Lawal, a staff of Access Bank Plc., who was shopping on the Yudala site for the first time.

According to a Nigeria CommunicationsWeek report, the drone making the delivery took off from the Yudala headquarters and made its way down to the Access Bank branch along the Gbagada-Oshodi expressway.

A yudala staff was available at the drop point to process the invoice and hand over the phone to an elated Yetunde who utilized the payment on delivery option.

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“I am extremely delighted and indeed short of words to explain how I feel to be the first person to receive an item via drone delivery in Nigeria, all thanks to Yudala. This is an innovative concept in the evolution of e-commerce in the country which I am sure other competitors will want to copy. Yudala has met and exceeded my expectations and I can only encourage all my colleagues, friends and family to shop and shop Yudala. Black Friday is here and I am glad that the Yudala offer will run till Monday,” Lawal said.

Yudala entered the ecommerce space a little over four months ago with both online and offline stores , making it the first composite retail chain in Nigeria.

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