Independent Nigeria · May 2026
Independent covered the same shipping outlook, emphasizing MSME-led export growth, social commerce, and Topship's integrated air, sea, and land freight platform.
Flexport for African Merchants - Building the OS for Global Logistics
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Topship is a Lagos-based YC W22 logistics and shipping platform for African businesses and individuals. It focuses on local and international parcel, cargo, and freight delivery, plus embedded shipping APIs, shop-and-ship, sea freight, and frozen-food logistics [Topship; YC; TechCrunch]. Public sources disagree slightly on founding year (2020 vs. 2021); YC and TechCrunch describe it as founded in 2020, while some company directories list 2021.
Primary product
An AI-assisted, API-enabled shipping platform for local and international parcel, cargo, and freight delivery.
Founded
2020
Headquarters
Lagos, Nigeria
Team size
11-50 employees
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
Sub-industry
Digital freight forwarding / cross-border shipping
Offices
Lagos, Nigeria (HQ)
Abuja, Nigeria
Ibadan, Nigeria
Business model
asset-light logistics services
digital freight forwarding
shipping marketplace / courier aggregation
API-enabled shipping infrastructure
transactional shipping margins and related services
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$3.5M
Latest round
Seed · May 2022
Latest amount
$2.5M
May 2022 · Flexport
Jan 2022 · Y Combinator
Mar 2021
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CTO
Executive Officer
Design Lead
Head of Marketing & Partnerships
Work & culture
Customer-first, fast-moving, and strongly product/ops oriented. Public messaging emphasizes simplifying shipping, staying asset-light, and making logistics feel as easy as booking an Uber.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
Public hiring signals include a YC job posting for a Product Operations Manager in Lagos/Remote (Nigeria) at $1.5K-$2K per month plus 0.50%-1.00% equity. A 2021 LinkedIn hiring post also mentioned a backend engineer salary range of 200k-250k (currency not specified).
Benefits
equity on some open roles
remote (Nigeria) on some open roles
Product & market
Pricing
Per-shipment pricing with published import/export rates starting at ₦600 per kg for larger/heavier packages, plus shipping margins and related service fees.
Differentiators
- —Air-first, asset-light cross-border shipping built for African merchants
- —Unified platform for local delivery, exports, imports, shop-and-ship, and freight
- —API and plug-ins for embedding shipping into e-commerce products
- —Customs/documentation support and tracking visibility
- —Expanded to both air and sea freight from one platform
Technology
JavaScript
React
React Native
Node.js
NestJS
gRPC
TypeORM
Redis
PostgreSQL
GitHub Actions
Paystack
Google Maps
Shopify
WooCommerce
WordPress
Slack
Customers
African merchants and SMEs
e-commerce brands and marketplaces
individual consumers shipping parcels
importers and exporters
third-party logistics companies
Competitors
Flexport
Sote
SEND
OnePort365
Shipbubble
Kobo360
Sendbox
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M
Estimated monthly visits
7.5K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Latest news
Vanguard News · May 2026
Topship's African Shipping Outlook 2025 projected Nigeria's air freight market to rise from $3B in 2024 to $5.6B by 2029 and highlighted broader export growth trends.
Forbes Africa · Mar 2025
A feature on Topship's role in African trade infrastructure, including logistics automation, smart documentation, and integrations with global logistics partners.
Arise News · Aug 2024
Arise highlighted the sea-freight rollout, Topship's 18,000+ business customers, and CEO Moses Enenwali's comments on more flexible and less fragmented shipping.
BusinessDay · Aug 2024
Topship launched door-to-door sea freight and positioned itself as the first Nigerian shipping tech platform to offer both air and sea freight in one product.
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