Nigeria's search engine for local business Vconnect.com has rolled out new upgrades on the website that prioritizes business discovery and engagement in a move to make it easier for people to find, connect with, and buy from the 1.2 million business on its network. The overall design is now simpler and more functional. ...
South Africa's online identity verification solution, ThisIsMe, has raised $2.5 million from private investors to launch in Australia and New Zealand as well as Nigeria when talks with a partner mature, according to ThisIsMe CEO, Mark Chirnside. ThisIsMe proves the individual to other individuals, businesses, accountable institution’s and regulators. The ...
Jumia and Kaymu today launched a joint initiative in Africa related to logistics, operations management and infrastructure development. This new service aims to highlight an emerging ecosystem of jobs in e-commerce. The first goal of this venture is to create 100,000 jobs in Africa in logistic services. This initiative, AIG Express, ...
Electronics and fashion items sell fast in East Africa and Kaymu knows that. In a move to double orders from stores on its site, Rocket Internet's Kaymu has scrapped off delivery fees for both women and men's wear and electronics to takes on its competition. The Free Shipping Category includes ...
Every business has to either grow or shrink or eventually shut down. Though the AIH-backed marketplace is online, the firm has been steadily signing up offline sellers in Abuja, Port Harcout and Ibadan and helping them with an easy to set up online presence. Today the firm says it has ...
Rocket Internet's Kaymu, an eBay like marketplace has scrapped commission for sellers who use its site in Algeria, Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Morocco, Tunisia, Zambia and Mozambique in a move to make selling on the platform as easy and convenient as possible. In a statement, Elias Schulze, CEO for Kaymu ...
Rocket Internet-backed marketplace Kaymu.com.gh is celebrating its first anniversary boasting of over 1,500 sellers in Ghana since it launched one year ago. This marketplace provides the opportunity for any kind of buyer and seller to transact business in the safest possible way. Kaymu has a competent team available to support ...
Rocket Internet online marketplace, kaymu.com.ng has introduced a new offline initiative to help grow small and medium scale enterprises dubbed SME Saturdays. The maiden edition of SME Saturdays will hold on Saturday October 25th,2014 by 12noon at the LCCI Conference and Exhibition centre, Alausa, Ikeja. According to Tomiwa Oladele, Head of Communications ...
OLX is a free general online classifieds site that connects sellers to buyers in a bid to remove the complications involved in selling and buying. Founded in March 2006, the site is available in over 100 countries and over 40 languages and funded by South Africa media and e-commerce giant ...
E-commerce in Nigeria records over $2m worth of transactions per week and close to 1.3bn per month from the 38% of Nigerians who prefer to buy products through the internet, according to a survey conducted by the business management and consulting firm Philip consulting. These figures can be attributed to ...
Seems like dream come true for 2007 founded Internet company builder Rocket Internet which has sold a 10.7% stake for $582 million to United Internet . United Internet’s investment consists of €333 million in cash and €102 million represented by United Internet’s equity participation in the portfolio of Global Founders ...
World Cup is gains for everyone, even for those who are in science and technology. Google, Twitter and almost every firm has come up with its own World Cup product. Closer home, online marketplace Kaymu.com.ng has partnered with Nigeria's 24 hour music and lifestyle channel Nigezie TV to give World Cup fans a memorable celebration. ...
By Tito Philips, Jnr. (naijaprenuer.com) In line with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) cashless policy, Kaymu.com.ng, one of Nigeria's fastest growing online marketplace has introduced an e-transaction payment service called SafePay. This, it said is geared at making online transactions safe and easy for Nigerians. The Managing Director, Kaymu, ...
Rocket Internet has added real estate portal Vamido to its properties in Nigeria, the site has online property listings for sale and rent in Nigeria. Vamido works simply, you log on, search and surf, find a property and contact the seller. According to sources, the Vamido.com.ng domain is owned by ...
