Uber wrangles with kenyan local taxi drivers I tend to think the Kenyan 2012 presidential elections was won the day Jubilee party branded itself a digital government and rode to statehouse in a vehicle shouting of a new way of doing things, an e-way, a virtual way, a wired way, an online way, an easy way. Kenya is an adolescent country. What else do you call a country whose 42.1 percent of the population is below the age of 14? Isn’t that a country going through adolescence and puberty? The social and psychological growth; struggling to break a voice, grow… Read More »
Branch instant online loan App: How it works and latest updates
Here is what you need to know about Kenya’s best instant online loan provider mobile App Branch. Branch App News: Mobile-based financial services company Branch has raised a Series A equity funding round of $9.6 million, as it positions itself for further growth and expansion into new markets. The funding will allow for the scaling of its operations, hiring talent in Kenya as well as expansion across East Africa in 2016. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) , a prestigious US-based VC firm that has previously backed top international technology companies such as Facebook and Airbnb. Alex Rampell,… Read More »
Jumia Local unveiled to boost local Manufacturers: Made in Kenya Products
Jumia Kenya has today unveiled the ‘Jumia Local’ program that will allow Kenyan manufacturers to showcase their ‘Made in Kenya’ products on its website to thousands of customers across the country thus encourage consumption and scalability. This collaboration between local manufacturers and Jumia will see products under this arrangement featured more prominently on the main Jumia platform and promoted through the e-tailer’s marketing channels. Vendors joining the program will enjoy reduced commissions and receive round-the-clock training and support from Jumia’s vendor management team. Sellers can either store their products in Jumia warehouse or drop-ship once an order is made.… Read More »
Jumia Pay: Africa’s best Mobile Money online payment-Cashless solution
Jumia Pay: Africa’s best Mobile Money online payment-Cashless solution – Leading pan African e-commerce Jumia announced yesterday the launch of JumiaPay, a third party online payment solution aimed at providing a safer, faster and more convenient online payment experience. The online payment solution JumiaPay is a first for e-commerce Jumia and will most certainly be decisive in facilitating online payments across the 23 African countries where it operates, encouraging the progressive change to cashless societies. If the majority of payments performed on Jumia’s platforms is cash on delivery (between 70 to 90%), JumiaPay comes as a major milestone for improving… Read More »
Jumia announces take over as Africa’s top online market
Jumia sister companies Jovago, HelloFood, Lamudi and Kaymu rebrand Africa Internet Group is today connecting its companies into Jumia’s ecosystem with a new vision, “Expand your horizons”. The new Jumia ecosystem will give access to products and services from its leading platforms. After 4 years of successfully establishing and growing its online services as leaders in their markets, Africa Internet Group, now Jumia, has become the N°1 E-commerce platform in Africa. “We founded our companies with a very strong belief: Internet can improve people’s lives across the globe. Uniting all services allows us to better help our customers fulfill their… Read More »
Jumia Kenya names Sam Chappatte as the new Managing Director
Jumia Kenya has named Sam Chappatte as Managing Director for its Kenyan operations. Prior to his appointment, Sam was managing Jumia’s New Countries, overseeing operations in six countries; Ghana, Uganda, Cameroon, Tanzania, Senegal and Algeria. He replaces Parinaz Firozi who is leaving the company after two years of service. Outgoing MD Parinaz Firozi said, “It has been a hugely rewarding and exciting part of my life. It has taken a lot of energy, learning and enthusiasm to grow Jumia to where it is today, with incredible support from our customers and employees. I feel it’s a good time to… Read More »
MTN partners with Jumia to launch the first of its kind entrepreneurship challenge across Africa
MTN, in partnership with the MTN Solution Space and Jumia, are proud to announce the launch of the MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge powered by Jumia. The Pan-African competition launching today, will be the first of its kind in Africa, bringing together over 1000 entrepreneurs, students and investors, to collaborate on ways to amplify and consolidate the continent’s entrepreneurs. Targeting more than 60 universities in 13 countries across Africa, the competition will challenge students to develop a unique digital application or smart solution that will solve a tangible problem faced on the continent. “We are incredibly excited… Read More »
Hellofood: Kenya’s best online food website; a look at mobile orders
Best food websites in kenya Hellofood Kenya has announced that orders placed via mobile applications have surpassed desktop to stand at 65 percent from the 2015-2016 shopping trends analysis. Desktop now takes a bow at 25 percent. The company has reported. The jump in mobile order percentage represents a big upsurge from the 40 percent recorded in 2014 a change the online food portal attributes to the growing mobile and internet subscriptions that stands at a record 88 and 74 percent respectively. Android still maintains lead in mobile orders at 95 percent while other mobile applications share the… Read More »
Jumia Kenya to double Black Friday bargains this year with great product offers
Jumia Black Friday products on offer, 2015 Online sales are expected to triple those of last year as Jumia Kenya gears to double its bargains for its second edition of Black Friday scheduled for 27th – 30th of this month. If the prediction is true, it will be the biggest Black Friday in the history of Kenya. With only two weeks remaining before the anticipated shopping weekend in Kenya’s history, leading brands selling on the Jumia online marketplace have moved to cut prices and offer massive discounts of upto 90% on products besides optimizing their online shops layout as Jumia… Read More »
