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Since the launch of the Konga Marketplace in April 2014, over twelve thousand sellers have registered and are actively trading from their stores on Konga.com. And Konga has been hard at work making selling easier for all the registered merchants, including the new complimentary cards customized for them, in partnership with Printivo. In that vein,…
African social marketplace, MOBOfree.com, today announced that it has recorded an increase of more than 44% in the number of registered users of MOBOfree.com in Nigeria over the past 12 months, resulting in a 1042% increase in the number of classifieds published on MOBOfree.com in Nigeria, which makes more than 500 000 active listings on…
Online shopping website, Konga has announced its collaboration with SuperGeeks; an after-sales tech support and gadget repair service provider, to offer Nigeria’s first Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) supplementary warranty service called the Gadget Protection Plan (GPP). This special insurance package will be available at the point of purchase for many devices sold on Konga’s online…
Jumia has now formalized the appointment of Francis Dufay at the head of its subsidiary in Côte d’Ivoire. This announcement follows the appointment of Fatoumata Ba, with whom Francis Dufay led JUMIA Côte d’Ivoire since April 2014, to the position of Managing Director at JUMIA Nigeria. Having arrived in April 2014 as Co-Managing Director, he…
Nigerian ecommerce giant Konga.com gave a peek view into it’s Cape Town office in South Africa with a picture tweet from the company CEO, Sim Shagaya. With the talented propeller heads of the konga cape town dev office. Yaba + Cape Town building tech for African SMEs pic.twitter.com/dfnyDJOBDW — SS (@SimShagaya) April 2,…
Printivo, has added customizable business cards templates at a 20% discount for Konga third party sellers on the recently launched Konga Marketplace, according to a media report. The new offering from Printivo will allow them to personalize a customizable business card template, with a pre-existing Konga Marketplace logo, and texts written in Konga’s signature color schemes.…
In case you were wondering, which I’m almost sure you’re not, the Jumia-Konga rivalry runs deeper than who is the superior online retail store in Nigeria. Last Saturday, Jumia defeated Konga by 2-0 at the Truppr Tech Football Tourney. Of course, mischievous jokes were also making their way through the spectators, you know, about valuable…
When things are going really bad, make sure you put on your lipstick. People are watching you and they want to see that you are confident – especially in times of trouble.” – Lisa Gersh Women nowadays are becoming more and more noticed for their exceptional success in the tangentially male dominated corporate world of global business…
In what appears to be an aggressive takeover move, popular classified ads platform, OLX.com.ng recently bought over its competition TradeStable.com.ng, and then shut it down. Visitors to the TradeStable website are greeted with a modal box announcing the takeover. However, according to sources, operators of the two companies have been in talks for a while…
JUMIA Côte d’Ivoire continues its rapid expansion process with the opening of six new hubs in Cote d’Ivoire in the cities of Yamoussoukro, Bouaké, San Pedro, Daloa, Gagnoa, and Korogho. Jumia intends to achieve its goal to revolutionize the shopping habits of all Ivorians. The new JUMIA hubs are service points where customers can pick items…
Africa’s recent economic growth rates and rising youth population have meant more and more entrepreneurs are looking there for potential business opportunities. The typical strategy is to introduce new companies by recreating foreign business models on the continent. But for e-commerce start-ups, it’s not that easy. Look at my own experience. In 2010, my company created…
Steadily and steadily, Supermart is steadily taking over the grocery industry. The grocery delivery company has just announced a new service that allows customers to pay a fixed fee once for an unlimited number of grocery deliveries valid for 30 days with no minimum basket size. The new service is called SuperMart Prime and when…
Information reaching us confirms that online shopping platform, Konga.com is on the verge of launching a new feature that might excite 3rd party merchants who sell on the Konga Marketplace. The company is about to hand over the reins of the entire delivery process to merchants. Apparently, this is a well sought-after feature by merchants who would…
Supermart.ng, an online grocery delivery service that launched in April 2014 and rapidly becoming a familiar brand in the Nigerian online business market is no doubt a pride of this nation as it has continued to wow and impress stakeholders in the online marketing industry especially amidst the obstacles and rough bends rocking the Nigerian…
Nigerian E-Commerce and e-Payments operations company, NeTPlus Advisory has secured a multimillion-dollar investment to further its work in the e-commerce and e-payments space in Nigeria and Africa at large from Synergy Capital, a Ghana-focused Private Equity firm. Pardon the non specifics of the heading, it is unclear how many million dollars was invested in the…
Good news for Blackberry Users Blackberry 10 users! All BlackBerry 10 phones will soon have access to features previously available on the BB Classic only, thanks to the platform’s latest update. Perhaps one of the most notable changes is the addition of Amazon’s Appstore, giving Blackberry users access to a bevy of Android apps [Can…
According to a media report, DealDey, aggregator of discounted goods and services has raised $5 million in Series B funding from Kinnevik. Kinnevik also happens to be DealDey’s original investor. It is unclear how much DealDey has raised in total funding till date, but the rumoured amount of capital invested by Kinnevik is said to…
Konga.com is set to deliver through NIPOST (Nigerian Postal Service) across the Country, according to our source; Konga has been working behind the scene on the agreement with NIPOST as a point to deliver to their customers all over Nigeria. Konga is leveraging NIPOST’s reach of about 5000 locations in every part of the country for their…
Facebook has implemented improved new ways for people to buy and sell things on the platform – aimed at selling goods. As an alternative to services like eBay, Facebook users sometimes turn to Facebook Groups to make purchases. Previously, however, this was mostly done informally. According to the social media platform: “For Sale Group members can…
Gloo.ng, founded by Olumide Olusanya, a former Medical Doctor back in October 2012, along with his wife, is a Lagos-based online supermarket. Well, not for long, they are moving to Abuja come April. Gloo.ng’s value proposition is to provide customers with a very convenient, efficient and affordable means of shopping for their living essentials, saving…