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Global Distributors Collective

The Global Distributors Collective (GDC) is a collective of last mile distributors around the world. We are dedicated to supporting distributors to help them reach millions of unserved customers with life-changing products, and to developing the last mile distribution sector as a whole.

We have over 200 members in over 60 countries, who have reached over 40 million people in last mile households with beneficial products such as solar lights, clean cookstoves and water filters.

Our ambition is to make last mile distribution the first priority so that beneficial household products can be made affordable and available to all.

LMD Business diagnostic webinar

Assess your LMD company's health and impact

This webinar digs into fifteen key industry areas that are essential to running a successful last mile distribution company. Participating LMDs anonymously rated themselves in the fifteen business areas, using our three-tier benchmark.

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E-commerce webinar

Making e-commerce inclusive in low and middle-income countries

Register now for our webinar on 12th October starting 2pm EAT to hear directly from top e-commerce companies on how they have made their product offerings and delivery models more suitable for last mile consumers.

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Powerlive: creating opportunities for Zimbabwean communities through off-grid solar products

Powerlive: Creating energy access opportunities

This video, produced by BBC StoryWorks and World Energy Council, follows the story of GDC member Powerlive Zimbabwe, who has built a network of women sales agents that distribute off-grid solar products and productive use of energy (PUE) technologies in remote Zimbabwean communities.

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Assess your LMD company's health and impact

Making e-commerce inclusive in low and middle-income countries

Powerlive: Creating energy access opportunities

Collective solutions

Find out how we support last mile distributors to save time, money and reach profitability.

Our members

Get to know our members, who work in over 50 countries and sell more than 10 types of products.

Join us

If you are a last mile distributor and would like to join the GDC, we’d love to hear from you!

GDC reports and resources

State of the last mile distribution sector 2022

State of the last mile distribution sector 2022

Last Mile Distribution: State of the sector update 2022 (full report)

Gender in Business: Lessons learned for last mile distributors

Embracing digital solutions in last mile distribution: six steps for introducing new tools to sales agents

Digital transformation to support last mile distribution: Overcoming barriers together

Implementing Effective Innovation Challenges: Three lessons from the last mile distribution sector

Five hurdles to getting productive use of energy products to the last mile

Last Mile Distribution Capital Continuum: trends, gaps and opportunities

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