Three young Nigerians and two Ghanans have created an app that uniquely creates a way for you to get goods from other countries.

The concept is very simple and now the technology exists thanks to the startup named Shypmate created by Chisom Ebinama, Kwadwo Nyarko, Perry Ogwuche and Tochukwu Okoro.

So, how does it work?

Well, you go to the website, you find the product you want, and buy it through the Shypmate site.

Then The site finds you a traveller who is coming back soon. They send the package to that traveler and then encourage you to meet them at the airport.

Easy!

Of course every delivery person is carefully vetted, their details are kept and it seems like a very safe service.

A traveller could theoretically make around 50% of the cost of their flight making this a worthwhile thing to do if you have space in your luggage and time to meet.

This is just yet another app that is doing an amazing job at connecting people to get simple tasks done.

Would you make use of Shypmate?