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| Company type | Public |
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| NYSE: JMIA | |
| Industry | E-commerce, Internet, Retail, Marketplace, Payment, Logistics |
| Founded | 2012 Lagos, Nigeria. |
| Founders | Jérémy Hodara, Sacha Poignonnec, Tunde Kehinde, Raphael Kofi Afaedor |
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Number of employees | 3,000 |
| Website | group |
Jumia is a Pan-African technology company that is built around a marketplace, logistics service and payment service. The logistics service enables the delivery of packages through a network of local partners while the payment services facilitate the payments of online transactions within Jumia’s ecosystem.[1] It has partnered with more than 100,000 active sellers[2] and individuals and it competes at various levels, indirectly with retailers such as Jiji and Maybrands limited, and is a direct competitor to Konga in Nigeria, and Amazon and Noon in Egypt.[3]
- ^ "Hesham Safwat, co-CEO, Jumia". 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Jumia opens up logistics network to third parties". 6 November 2020.
- ^ "Amazon's entry heats up local competition in Egypt - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East". www.al-monitor.com. Retrieved 21 November 2022.