Online retailer, Konga.com has had a great year. In this year, it celebrated its one year anniversary, was verified by Facebook and Twitter and launched its offline pick-up points and recently, it unveiled a huge warehouse.
Like that wasn’t enough, Konga has announced that it will be working with Samsung to make shopping for home appliances easier. The promo dubbed “Creating Happier Homes Promo” , valid only in Nigeria, is targeted at making home appliances like Microwaves, washing machines and Fridges available to families at Mega discounts with a lot of attached freebies and shopping vouchers.
This is promo is similar to one Samsung is doing in East Africa dubbed Jaza Keja-Swahili for furnish your house.
With all these on its plate, Konga will not end the year empty-handed. The startup has been nominated in four categories in this year’s Marketing World Awards (MWA) set to be held on November 8, 2013 at the beautiful Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island. The categories include Online Retailer of the year, Best Use of Social Media, Best Company in Customer Care and Emerging Brand of the Year or Fastest growing brand.
The MWA is a platform for the Marketing Industry to demonstrate and celebrate advances made in the key areas of digital, experiential, media, stewardship, efficiency, innovation, corporate social responsibility and creativity. It will be a true celebration of the exceptional work of marketing professionals over the past twelve months.
Themed “Celebrating brands that work passionately & timelessly” MWA will celebrate brands like Konga.com, Etisalat, Guinesss, Samsung, Techno, Toyota, etc that have powered marketing innovations in Nigeria.