Online marketplace, Konga will on September 12 hold a summit for Small and Medium Scale Enterprise (SME) owners in Lagos. The 2015 Seller Summit tagged “The New Marketplace: Tapping into the Ecosystem” is targeted at its sellers and other small and medium scale enterprises in Nigeria, the e-commerce company says. According to Konga, the business […]
Nigeria is ‘rising star’ of Africa’s e-Commerce revolution
Nigeria’s is the ‘rising star’ as African economies take their place in the sun of the new wave e-commerce transforming the continent business landscape, a new report on African B2C E-Commerce has shown. The report by yStats.com, a business intelligence organization, shows that while Africa lags behind other world regions in development of online retail, […]
CEO: Konga rakes N600m from Nigeria’s ‘Black Friday’
Konga, Nigeria’s leading online shopping company has said that its website processed N50 million worth of hourly orders and grossed N600 million during its version of Black Friday for Nigerian consumers. [su_quote cite=”Sim Shagaya, CEO and founder of Konga.com”]Konga was processing N50 million worth of orders every hour and that Konga sold 500% more items […]
Jumia extends operation to Northern Nigeria
Jumia has extend its operation to Kano, the most populous state in the country, to offer its e-commerce service in Northern Nigeria. The company made this disclosure on its official blog saying, the expansion was to mark its second anniversary in Nigeria. Residents of Kano will be able to order online with a range of […]