Jumia And Techpoint To Host Serial Tech Investor, Andre Iguodala In Nigeria
It’s another new month and the year is fast winding up in an accelerated manner. In spite of this, there are numerous opportunities that have been released and will be released this month irrespective of where you are in the tech ecosystem. The only lucky people who would get these opportunities are those who take […]
There’s Need For More Disruption In Africa’s Tech Scene
For most people living outside Africa, they imagine the continent as the home of poverty, corruption, internet fraud, infrastructure deficit, and everything that describes under-development, marginalization, oppression, bad leadership, insecurity, diseases, and many more. Although the continent is truly beset with some perennial development issues, some of these notions are preposterous and not entirely peculiar to Africa. […]
Xiomi Partners With Jumia For The Official Launch Of Its Flagship Store In Nigeria
Xiaomi, a Chinese company founded in 2010 by two friends- Lei Jun and Lin Bin celebrated its 9th anniversary in April 11, 2019 where MI fans (the logo for Xiaomi) celebrated its progress especially with the news of its official launch in the country. Before then, MI fans have had to ship for its new phones […]
TOP 5 TECH FIRMS IN NIGERIA
A tech company is basically a company which focuses on manufacturing and selling technology or technology services. It uses technology as an edge or advantage with its product, product delivery or services. As such, tech firms may include but are not limited to businesses that develop software, internet services such as cloud storage, e-commerce services, […]
Did You Know? Jumia is Africa’s First Tech Unicorn
If there’s any lingering doubt about Africa’s e-commerce space and its potential to scale, they’re probably heavily negated by the growth of Jumia, the biggest player in continent’s ever-expanding online marketplaces. In seven years, it’s managed to race up the valuation ladder; today, it’s said to be worth over $1 billion. Jumia has quite an […]
The Top Shopping Deals this Christmas Season
Christmas shoppers are trooping into open-air markets and hitting the malls in search of the best deals on offer from merchants this season. We can only guess that they’ll be struggling to make sense of the expensiveness of the products on sale, and duelling with stubborn traders holding out for a sky-high final price. December’s […]
Top 5 Chat Bots Indigenous To Nigeria
As 2018 wraps up, it is important that we reference some of the chatbots in Nigeria that signify how much technology has blossomed in every sector. These chatbots, built on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Language, are making several activities that used to be once considered puzzling easier for the average Nigerian. These are five of […]
Jumia Flex Will Allow You Pay for Gadgets in Installments
Jumia Flex is a new payment feature that will allow users to purchase gadgets and pay in instalments. The new platform was developed in partnership with a leading provider of alternative financial services, Afara Partners, to provide flexible payment plans for smartphones and other gadgets. To use Jumia Flex, a deposit of about 25% of the […]
Jumia Celebrates 6th Anniversary With Amazing Deals and Discounts
Popular online shopping mall, Jumia is set to celebrate their 6th anniversary with a massive sales campaign planned out already. The company promises massive sales discounts and numerous giveaways and goodies for its many customers. Salebration! The “Salebration” will begin officially on the 16th of July and will last 14 days till the 29th of […]
Online Real Estate Market, ToLet.com, Changes Name To PropertyPro.ng
A leading online real estate company, ToLet.com, has changed its name to PropertyPro.ng, six months after acquiring the Jumia House Nigeria website. The name change is indicative of the company’s broader commitment in driving the required innovations that will be needed to shape the future of real estate search solutions. PropertyPro.ng is a world class […]
How Big Is E-Commerce In Nigeria?
This week brought news that two of Nigeria’s biggest e-commerce companies, Konga and Yudala, were merging. Konga + Yudala = Formidable? The talking point, as always with this sort of deal, was the giant that it was going to create. In this case, the answer was quite significant: Konga, which retains its name after the […]
Get Amazing Discounts on Jumia Mobile Week 2018 (19th to 25th March)
Jumia is back again with their online mega mobile sales event – Jumia Mobile Week 2018. This year, the top online retailer will be partnering with notable mobile brands like Infinix, Tecno, and Innjoo to host the biggest mobile sales event of 2018. The event is slated to run from March 19 to March 25, […]
Apply Now For The Jumia Start-Up Pitch and Win N1Million Business Funding
#JumiaSuperStartUp #GrowYourHustle by Jumia is a campaign launched by the African E-commerce giant to provide valuable business knowledge and investment for startups and small businesses to aid their growth and profitability. The campaign features Live tech talks on the Jumia website from investors and business experts, a startup pitch competition with N1million in funding for […]
Jumia Travel Names Joe Falter as the New CEO
The renowned online travel agency in Nigeria, Jumia Travel, has announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Joe falter, who will succeed Paul Midy the former CEO that has left to occupy a different position in the larger Jumia Group. Falter, also the Founder and CEO of Jumia Food, took on the […]
Websites we love: Jumia
A website has many functions and can be used for basically anything from providing news and business to technology, entertainment, social networking, fashion trends and so on. In a time where everything is virtually online, it’s safe to say that any company or organization that has not joined this terrain has no chance of making […]
Jumia to Pause Business at Jumia Market
There is an unofficial buzz that Jumia is unifying its brand by closing Jumia Market. Jumia Market is a platform that bridges the gap between local fashion designers and their buyers earlier this year. It’s a social fashion community that gives popularity to local products. It has the same mode as Jumia mall except for its struggle to differentiate itself as a […]