23 million jobless Nigerians: How Konga, e-commerce can help
Nigeria is currently mired in the throes of a worsening unemployment tide. As you read this, the situation is so bad that out of every three Nigerians you encounter, one…
Huge traffic at Konga.com as Battle of the Brands goes live
Excitement is at fever-pitch levels as Battle of the Brands, a much-anticipated campaign exclusive to Konga, Nigeria’s leading e-Commerce giant, goes live today, Friday March 26, 2021. A week-long fiesta,…
e-Commerce: Call to rescue SMEs’ data genocide; role of Konga, others
Dr. B. B. Usman Many billions of data sets are entangled and suffocated in SMEs’ business value chain. This scenario is creating enormous problem to leveraging e-Commerce for economic development,…
Konga: The making of a true African e-Commerce unicorn
The global e-Commerce wave has birthed an aggressive rise of super-structures, led by the likes of renowned international players such as Amazon and Alibaba. With much of the narrative in…
Konga leverages e-Commerce to boost agriculture, help local farmers
Konga, Nigeria’s foremost composite retail giant, has once again led from the front, revolutionizing agriculture in Nigeria by leveraging e-Commerce in helping rural farmers access better agricultural inputs such as…
Dealboku e-commerce platform opens for business
Nigeria’s latest e-commerce platform, Dealboku (https://dealboku.com) opens for business today, Thursday, 9 July 2020. Dealboku is promoted by Sundiata Post Media Ltd, publishers of Sundiata Post (https://sundiatapost.com), Nigeria’s fast growing…
Jeff Bezos trillionaire tale and Nigeria e-commerce
By Aliyu Yakubu America’s Jeff Bezos, founder of e-commerce giant, Amazon, is becoming a trillionaire in the midst of covid-19 global pandemic. This is both good and bad news. Good…
COVID-19: E-commerce suffers; lockdown frustrates deliveries nationwide
At a time when global players in the e-commerce sector have seen the peculiarities of their operations come to the fore in helping governments and people in other climes observe…
News Analysis: Is Jumia sinking as founders quit?
By Henry Cranfield On April 2, 2020, Rocket Internet announced that they have sold their holding in Jumia. Without stating their reasons for pulling out of Jumia, analysts and keen…
Exposed! US report slams Jumia as a ‘fraud’ and ‘worthless’ company
Jumia Technologies AG shares dipped by more than 20% in Thursday trading after Citron Research’s Andrew Left, a noted short seller, alleged in a report that it has the “smoking…