Jumia is on a mission to become the ‘Amazon.com’ of Africa via its ever increasing footprint. To be more specific, Jumia now has a valuation of close to US$ 600 million after raising a US$ 150 million round last month to expand its operations on a continental basis. Indeed, Jumia

This is a presentation I made earlier today at the Consumer Insight ‘Reja’ Kenya Online Shopping Workshop. The presentation offers some interesting insights on the ‘as is’ state of e-commerce and online shopping in Kenya, as well as the future direction of things to come in 2015 and beyond. I

I received the above ‘apple-esque’ invitation from Safaricom last week for an event on the 4th December 2013 sub-titled ‘A New Day In E-Commerce Is Finally Upon Us”. Its hard to tell exactly what this means or what Safaricom could be launching since they practically more or less own m-commerce