New App can help you store your luggage anywhere in town!

Running errands is hard enough, why carry bags?

It is hard to run errands and carry bags around at the same time. It is even worse when the errands are spread across different town segments. Not to mention jostling with others just like you.

Sometimes we get so caught up moving through errands, we end up misplacing a bag or two. Then there is also the risk of getting robbed. The time has come for a break!

I recently stumbled on an App called ‘Weka Luggage’ on Google’s play store. It allows you to store your things at a place of your choice and pick them up later. 

It is like leaving your bags from other errands at the supermarket entrance, without having to go into the supermarket. Only this time, you do not necessarily have to look for the supermarket.

Being a sucker for new apps, I was forced to do some more digging on ‘Weka Luggage’. It is then that I stumbled upon what I think is a very enterprising business model.

Most of us know ‘someone’ from a shop we have once or regularly purchased either goods or services from. In the long-run, we mostly use this relationship to leave small pieces of luggage for brief storage at those shops.

Three questions: how many such ‘someones’ can you know? Is their spread across the Nairobi CBD convenient for you? and how well do you trust them with your luggage?

The ‘Weka Luggage’ app answers all these questions. It basically says: “You can know and trust everyone across the entire CBD”.

There are numerous shops in the CBD, mostly in the fashion and electronic industries. These shops store goods for sale but rarely are they always full. The app takes advantage of this.

A Nairobi street full of storage potential.

It allows such shop owners to partially participate in brief luggage storage for you and I, and in so doing, make some extra cash.

So, if you are in town, have errands to run and nowhere safe to leave your bags, kindly download the app.

Based on your Geo-location, it provides a reviewed catalogue of the nearest ‘store-point’ to you. After you select one, you get full contact information of the shop and other relevant details.

It even gives you the privilege to have the shop owner come and collect your bag, saving you the hustle of having to go to them. It’s no wonder their motto is ‘Store & Go play Bila worries’.

To sweeten the pie, it is purely a Kenyan innovation. Even more refreshing is the fact that it was founded by a lady. I believe it is a step in the right direction, especially when the call for more ‘Women in Tech’ is at an all-time high.

Uber is the world's largest taxi company that owns no taxis. Likewise, 'Weka Luggage' has the potential to become the largest store-point, without owning actual storage units.

Sadly though, the app is currently only available for android users.

You can get more details from the Weka Luggage website.

Go try it. Let me know.

Aaron Ogunde.