Mohamed Sekkina Digs Deep Into Quick Commerce at Consoleya

Mohamed Sekkina, General Manager of leading quick commerce platform, talabat mart, hosted the latest “Business Meetup” session organized by Consoleya on “Understanding and Seizing Quick Commerce.”

The event took place on Tuesday 26th of July at 6 pm.

“Our biggest pride is not only rooted in introducing quick commerce to the region, but that we are still innovating as the market leader. Leveraging the world-class tech of Delivery Hero and localizing it to fit our local market needs is what enables us to achieve such remarkable results and continue offering an ultra-convenient experience,” said Sekkina during the session.

Increasing profitability by 200%

Having grown talabat mart’s footprint by 200% and increased profitability by 50% during the last six months, Sekkina shared his hands-on experience and deep knowledge of the market with over 70 attendees from the startup and tech ecosystem.

Sekkina took the attendees on talabat mart’s inspiring journey and detailed how the leading platform is able to deliver thousands of orders per day through technology and customer-obsession.

Stressing on the importance of being efficient, hyperlocal and adaptive as key to the journey of scaling up and reaching profitability.

The session also touched upon the operational reality of running a quick commerce platform, such as setting-up dark stores on an average of three weeks, innovating to earn consumers’ trust and steadily shifting mindsets in favor of online shopping.

He explored the factors that prepared quick commerce to skyrocket and drew parallels between traditional retail and quick commerce - highlighting that the business model brings businesses closer to customers in unprecedented ways. Which in turn, positions dark stores as sustainable on the business and environment front.

Originally starting in Egypt as Otlob

When one thinks of food delivery in the MENA region, he/she will be pretty surprised if talabat didn’t pop into his/her mind first! Originally starting in Egypt as “Otlob” in 1999, it’s grown quite a lot over the past 23 years.

Today, the company deliver hundreds of millions of food orders, grocery items and other products per year, to our customers in nine countries throughout the region. The company’s q-commerce concept, talabat mart, now delivers groceries to customers in 20 minutes or less!

The company’s customers, partners, people, riders, and the communities in which it operates are at the heart of what it does. In 2021 alone, it facilitated the donation of well over 900,000 meals to those in need, as well as donated over USD 2,200,000 in donations to charity with the help of its partners and customers across the region. talabat is part of Delivery Hero, the global leader in online food delivery and q-commerce.