5 PH Businesses Using Tech to Keep Operating During COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic hit us all like a tidal wave. It has made things harder than usual for countries, families, individuals, communities and businesses.

With lockdowns in our cities, stores are closing and we are supposed to stay home, so these apps are how many of us still get our basic needs and do necessary errands.

1. Foodpanda

Foodpanda is a mobile food delivery marketplace available in 13 countries. In the Philippines it covers Metro Manila, Makati, Pasig, Quezon City, Cebu and many more cities.

Users pick from local restaurants and order through the mobile app or the website.

2. Grabfood

Grab started as a car-booking app and has expanded into food delivery. GrabFood connects local food businesses to people, and in the Philippines it operates in Metro Manila, Rizal, Cavite, Laguna, Pampanga, Cebu and more.

When a customer orders through the Grab app, a GrabFood delivery partner picks the order up from the restaurant and brings it to them.

3. Angkas Padala

Residents in Metro Manila and Cebu can use the Angkas app to book Angkas drivers to deliver essential items anywhere within the city. Angkas Padala is an on-demand roadside delivery service, so the sender and the receiver meet the biker outside to hand over and collect the items.

The items go by motorcycle, so each delivery can weigh up to 10 kg and measure up to 43 cm x 38 cm x 24 cm.

4. Lalamove

Lalamove offers on-demand and same-day delivery through its mobile and web app in Manila and Cebu.

It delivers small goods, large goods (furniture, construction materials) and valuables (documents, gadgets) with motorcycles, MPVs and light trucks.

It also has a purchase service, so Lalamove can buy the goods you want and deliver them to you.

5. GCash

GCash is an e-wallet for buying load, paying bills and sending money.

With the app, nobody has to transfer money over the counter or at an ATM, or go to the mall to pay water, electricity, internet or credit card bills. Users can even pay their insurance, healthcare and educational loans and plans without leaving the app.

These companies are helping many Filipinos get things done despite the limits this pandemic has put on all of us. They saw why adapting to technology matters, and that has kept their businesses operating and serving their customers.

This health crisis is one more sign that if your business doesn't adapt, you won't stay long in this game.

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