Overview

Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa: APPTO is a South Africa's new on-demand shopping delivery service. We deliver from local merchants such as Restaurants, Pharmacies, Grocery Stores, Liquor Stores, Hardware Stores, Food Markets and Spaza Shops. We think of ourselves as a local economy enablement platform solving the shopping convenience problem fueled by the lazy economy and social distancing need enforced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The so-called lazy economy refers to a new type of consumption demand, which by nature is timesaving, labour-saving and convenient. As the pace of life accelerates, people spend increasingly working, commuting and social life, and conversely do not have time to spend on brick-and mortar shopping or cooking. As an on-demand local shopping delivery service for essential commodities, we have emerged to meet people's demand for a convenient and safer local shopping experience while creating local jobs through Driver Partner programme.