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The same month, Jumia and Carrefour signed a partnership to sell online products in Africa. [19] In April 2019, Jumia went public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and raised $196 million in net proceeds. [20] The share price, initially offered at $14.50, rose more than 200% in the first three trading sessions. [21]
Ron served as Senior Vice President (SVP) at Jumia Group, Africas's tech unicorn and CEO of Jumia Uganda until 2022. He was involved in Jumia's listing on the New York Stock Exchange in 2019, the first for an African tech company. Ron is often referred to as Uganda's father of e-commerce. [2] In 2021, he featured in Forbes. [3]
Jumia became Africa's first unicorn - a private company with a $1 billion-plus valuation - to test the public market for a sub-Saharan tech firm when it listed in New York in April.
Jumia Travel was founded in 2013 by the E-commerce platform Africa Internet Group (now Jumia Group) and is backed by MTN, Rocket Internet, Millicom, Orange, Axa and other financial partners. [11] Operations were started in 2013 in Nigeria and Kenya by company's co-founder Marek Zmysłowski [ 12 ] and Estelle Verdier. [ 13 ]
Shoprite of South Africa Quit Uganda In August 2021. External links. Game Store announces exit of Ugandan market As of 5 October 2022. This ...
Ayoba users can get a 10% discount on selected Jumia purchases through the app, with no data charges for MTN users. This partnership aims to make online shopping more affordable and accessible by integrating Jumia's offers into the ayoba app. Ayoba supports over 35 million users across Africa and provides services in 22 languages.
Location of Uganda. Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda's economy generates income from annual exports that include coffee ($466.6 million), tea ($72.1 million), and fish ($136.2 million). [1] The country has commenced economic reforms and growth has been robust.
Kaymu initially launched in Nigeria and Pakistan in January 2013 and within 27 months opened operations in 32 other countries. [3] Kaymu copies eBay's model; it does not offer first-party product sales, and it has separate retail websites for each of the countries it operates in. Kaymu's closest competitor is Naspers-owned OLX who have operations in over 100 countries and run a C2C model.