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Mon, July 8th 2013, 07:30 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian minister to discuss e-commerce at Jumia anniversary

Omobola Johnson, Nigeria’s minister for communication technology, will deliver the keynote address at an event marking the one year anniversary of Jumia, Nigeria’s leading e-commerce store, on Friday. → Read more
Thu, June 27th 2013, 09:55 · Paul Adepoju

Jumia debuts in Ivory Coast

West Africa’s online retail giant, Jumia, has launched its operations in the Ivory Coast, adding to its presence in Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya and Morocco. → Read more
Tue, June 18th 2013, 12:42 · Igor Hobotov

Jumia confirms host of new partners

Nigeria’s leading e-commerce site Jumia has completed a payment partnership with MasterCard as well as exclusive product deals with Nokia, Dell and Intel. → Read more
Mon, June 17th 2013, 11:49 · Igor Hobotov

Jumia celebrates one year anniversary, secures US$35 million funding

Rocket Internet’s flagship African e-commerce site Jumia is celebrating its first year anniversary with US$35 million funding from Millicom. → Read more
Wed, May 8th 2013, 14:18 · Paul Adepoju

25% of visitors are from mobile devices – Jumia

The director and co-founder of Nigeria's largest e-commerce site, Jumia.com, has revealed around 25 per cent of visitors to the website do so via their mobile phones. → Read more
Fri, March 15th 2013, 14:12 · Elly Okutoyi

Nigerian ecommerce site Jumia lands US$26 million investment

Jumia, a leading online retailer in Nigeria, has received an investment of US$26 million from the Summit Partners, in a move that will see the company develop its brand across Nigeria, Egypt and Morocco. → Read more
Fri, October 12th 2012, 08:32 · Jesse Oguntimehin

J.P. Morgan invests in Africa’s Jumia and Zando

Africa’s fastest growing online retailer Jumia has, alongside South African online fashion retailer Zando, announced that U.S.-based J. P. Morgan Asset Management has injected funds into their operations. → Read more
Mon, December 8th 2014, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju

Supermart.ng, BidorBuy, Yuppiechef join eCommerce Africa’s advisory panel

Organisers of eCommerce Africa Conference 2015 have announced members of the conference's advisory panel. They are Nigeria's Supermart.ng, South Africa-based Bidorbuy.co.za and ecommerce platform Yuppiechef.com → Read more
Tue, December 2nd 2014, 14:01 · Paul Adepoju

Cape Town to host eCommerce Africa Conference & Exhibition

The next edition of eCommerce Africa Conference & Exhibition is set to hold from 3 - 4 February 2015 at the CTICC in Cape Town, South Africa. In a statement, organisers said for the continent's leading ecommerce event for 2015, leaders in the industry have been consulted to tailor an agenda that is both current and topical. → 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
Fri, November 7th 2014, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju

Orange Academy CEO, others to speak at Social Media Marketing Nigeria 2014 Conference

Organisers of the Social Media Marketing Nigeria 2014 Conference have announced speakers for the event scheduled to hold on November 29 in Lagos, Nigeria. → Read more
Thu, November 6th 2014, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju

Major challenge in Lagos is ease of movement – Supermartng.com

Supermartng.com's co-founder Raphael Afaedor has described ease of movement as the major challenge that the Lagos-based online grocery store is dealing with in its operations. He said this while appearing on CNN’s ‘African Start-Up’. → Read more
Thu, October 30th 2014, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju

Africa offers enormous growth potential for e-retailers – DHL

Global logistics and transportation company DHL has revealed that Africa offers enormous growth potential for e-retailers given that online shopping is in its infancy in the region. → 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