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Wed, July 24th 2013, 15:53 · Paul Adepoju

Konga.com gets Facebook verification

Nigeria's Konga.com has become Africa’s first e-commerce site to get verified on Facebook. → Read more
Wed, July 17th 2013, 08:28 · Paul Adepoju

Konga.com highlights successes as it celebrates one year anniversary

Nigerian e-commerce site Konga.com is celebrating its one year anniversary and has praised itself for significant growth despite the challenges the industry faces in the West African country. → Read more
Tue, July 2nd 2013, 09:36 · Paul Adepoju

Konga.com introduces flagship pick-up centres in Lagos

Nigeria’s online megastore, Konga.com, has introduced a new solution allowing orders to be delivered to a pick-up centre from where individuals can collect orders at a convenient time. → Read more
Thu, June 6th 2013, 07:53 · Paul Adepoju

Konga.com enters online book store marketplace

Nigeria’s online megastore Konga.com has announced it now has the largest online library of books in the entire West African sub-region, with over 100,000 in its collection. → Read more
Fri, May 24th 2013, 09:27 · Paul Adepoju

Konga.com clears air on controversy surrounding new employee

Konga.com has revealed new employee Abdullateef Abdulsalam did not jump ship from Google but is joining Konga.com in furtherance of the working relationship between Konga and the search engine giant. → Read more
Mon, May 20th 2013, 10:20 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerians still prefer mobile to SMS for online shopping – Konga.com

Nigeria’s online megastore Konga.com has revealed more Nigerians use its mobile platform for e-commerce than its recently launched SMS platform, saying users were still getting used to the idea of an SMS platform. → Read more
Tue, April 30th 2013, 11:18 · Paul Adepoju

Konga.com launches SMS2ORDER platform for offline transactions

Nigeria’s online megastore Konga.com has launched a new platform allowing customers to access the shop without an internet connection, by using SMS. → Read more
Thu, April 11th 2013, 08:21 · Paul Adepoju

Konga.com set to launch Konga Mall

Nigeria’s online shopping website Konga.com has launched Konga Mall, hoping the innovation will revolutionise e-commerce in the West African country. → Read more
Wed, March 13th 2013, 07:53 · Paul Adepoju

Naspers investment to be used on logistics, platform and infrastructure – Konga.com CEO

The chief executive officer (CEO) of Konga.com, Sim Shigaya, says the money raised from Naspers’ investment in the e-commerce site will be spent on improving logistics, strengthening the site’s platform and building necessary infrastructure for the company in Nigeria. → Read more
Thu, March 7th 2013, 15:30 · Paul Adepoju

Naspers confirms investment in Nigeria’s Konga.com

South Africa-based multinational mass media company Naspers has confirmed to HumanIPO it has acquired a 50 per cent stake in Nigerian online megastore Konga.com. → Read more
Tue, December 18th 2012, 13:45 · Paul Adepoju

Konga.com has increased consumer base by “building trust”

Nigeria has a rich history of online fraud, but according to the Chief Executive of Konga.com “building trust” has been the key reason for the online retailer‘s growing visitor numbers in the past 12 months. → Read more
Wed, November 28th 2012, 09:37 · Paul Adepoju

Bytesize add Konga.com’s digital marketing rights to recent deal with Goal.com

Bytesize Digital Marketing agency, a Nigerian full service digital communications agency, has been given the marketing rights to manage online megastore Konga.com → Read more
Tue, November 25th 2014, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju

Feature: Fake websites the strongest threat for ecommerce in Africa

In several African countries, ecommerce is on the horizon and citizens are beginning to open their arms to embrace the virtual-world-made-real community. But although mode of payment, accessibility and education of prospective online shoppers are seen as major setbacks, the increasing interest of cyber criminals in the multibillion dollar ecommerce sector poses more harm than other threats put together. → Read more
Fri, November 14th 2014, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju

Q&A: Lola Olusola, Founder, Ella.ng

As experts rightly predicted, the next phase of ecommerce in Nigeria would be dominated by companies specialising in specific lines of products. Ella.ng is one of such and is focusing on fashion for middle class businesswomen in Lagos and across the country. Lola Olusola, Founder of the startup spoke to HumanIPO on the company that has better eyes for fashion that ecommerce giants Jumia and Konga. → Read more
Wed, October 29th 2014, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju

Q&A: Adekunle Jinadu, Founder & CEO, Gingerbox.com.ng

Jinadu is the CEO and founder of Gingerbox.com.ng. In this interview, he spoke to HumanIPO on why they decided to shut down Jaramall which was one of the popular ecommerce platforms in Nigeria offering over 700 products, to focus solely on delivering fruits and nuts to offices. → Read more
Tue, October 28th 2014, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju

Major Nigerian ecommerce platform launches fruits delivery service

Gingerbox.com.ng has been launched in Nigeria to deliver fruits and nuts to offices. GingerBox was formerly Jaramall an ecommerce platform that was offering over 700 products. → Read more
Wed, October 15th 2014, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju

FEATURE: Startups yet to fully tap into Nigeria’s real estate sector

At the recently held DEMO Africa 201[4, Owolabi Olatunji, the chief executive officer (CEO) of hutbay, a new real estate marketplace in Nigeria pitched his Lagos Angel Network-supported startup to investors and potential partners. → Read more
Mon, October 6th 2014, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s infrastructural challenges are opportunities for angel investors – Lagos Angel Network

Lagos Angel Network has described Nigeria's numerous infrastructural challenges as opportunities for angel investors to invest in startups developing solutions for the challenges. → Read more
Wed, October 1st 2014, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju

Q&A: Boye Oshinaga, Founder, VirtualClass

Boye Oshinaga is the founder of Youngsoul Limited a Nigerian education technology company that develops digital education software currently one of the startups under 440's accelerator programme, he spoke to HumanIPO at the Lagos Garage on VirtualClass, Nigeria's startup ecosystem and 440. → Read more
Tue, September 30th 2014, 09:02 · Paul Adepoju

Accelerators are needed in Nigeria’s startup ecosystem – Oshinaga

Bayo Oshinaga, a Nigerian tech startup founder has said accelerators are needed in Nigeria’s startup ecosystem. He told HumanIPO that with accelerators, startups in the country can have access to office space, internet, capital and professional advices from experts. → Read more