This is a press release reaching me from the stables of Jumia, Nigeria's Number one online retail store. It makes for a good read.
On the trail of successes they have achieved as one of the
pioneers of online retail in Nigeria, co-founders of Jumia , Raphael Afaedor and Tunde Kehinde
have been featured in April’s edition of Forbes
Africa magazine. In this awe-inspiring piece the duo talk to Abisola Owolawi
about finding their dream, rising against the odds, their challenges and their
rise to building Nigeria’s number 1 online retailer.
In another exciting sequence, the website has grown to be the 5th
local content website in Nigeria and the customer’s number 1 online retailer of
choice.
The 10 month retail store has seen exponential growth in
size of baskets and traffic to its site. Inadvertently leading to growth in all
areas of its operations from staff, fleet, warehousing facilities, to more
recently the addition of 3 locations in Warri, Kaduna and Benin; an addition to
those existing in Lagos, Abuja and Port-Harcourt.
“As Nigeria’s
no.1 online retailer, Jumia will continue to pioneer the Nigerian retail
market, with a vision to being the answer to retail both offline and online in
sub-Saharan Africa. As a place for direct retail shopping online with limitless
reach and audience, we have seen orders come in large numbers from every nook
and cranny of Nigeria, and in our commitment to our customers and making good
on our promises of on time for delivery, we are gradually expanding and gaining
foothold in more cities across Nigeria”, explained co-founders Tunde Kehinde
and Raphael Afaedor.
To view article, click
here.
To get a copy, click
here for April’s edition of Forbes Africa magazine.
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