Kenya's top online retailer Jumia has launched a mobile week megathon in a move that will see smartphone buyers get deals on phones for as cheap as Ksh 4,000. The firm says thousands of mobile phones will go on sale at steep discounts during Jumia's Mobile Week Megathon sale set for between ...
You probably know eBay's Gumtree.co.za, Nasper's OLX which is allover the Internet and probably on your TV. We expect you know Ringier's Ady in Nigeria and PigiaMe in Kenya, there are some other players like JunkMail Publishing too. Last week our friends at Rocket Internet announced they are going to ...
Online retailer Jumia has today announced that its ''pay on delivery'' service will be available in 26 more towns and 15 universities across the country after initially launching it for customers residing within 15km of Nairobi, Mombasa and Nakuru Central business districts. In a statement to TechMoran, Parinaz Firoz MD ...
Just like it said last year, Rocket Internet SE today announced it will launch ten new companies this new financial year and will continue to invest in the existing ones, the firm announced this during the release of its 2014 consolidated results. Rocket Internet has firms doing online lending, e-commerce, ...
Shopping for men is not the same as shopping for women. Women are okay with just sitting in front of their PCs and wasting each passing moment on gliding from one website to the other not necessarily shopping, well except it is a much coveted outfit on sale or a ...
Africa Internet Group which is a 33.3 JV between MTN, Millicom and Rocket Internet today officially launched its jobs platform Everjobs in Cameroon weeks after we announced the move that's set to revolutionize the jobs sector in Africa. Eric Lauer, Co-founder & Managing Director Africa at Everjobs told TechMoran that AIG ...
I don't need a hotel room now, as am writing this from my bed and neither does any of my friends at the moment but something took me to Jovago and their new site and logo looks great. This is what happens when a firm listens to and takes in ...
Following its launches in Tanzania and Angola, Rocket Internet's online retailer JUMIA today launches in Senegal, the 12th country the e-commerce site is active in. In a statement, Patrick Farnole, Managing Director JUMIA Senegal said: “A new way of shopping was born in Senegal. Imagine a website where you can ...
Rocket Internet-backed hellofood, today revealed a newly redesigned site aimed at providing a seamless user experience, showcasing its vast network of restaurants in an immersive and visual way. Key features of the website include a cleaner and more attractive design, a more engaging user-experience with enhanced search and navigation. In a statement ...
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 ...
Online hotel booking portal Jovago has signed a white label partnership with Safarilink- a safari airline to ensure easy access of hotels by travelers booking flights on flysafarilink.com without having to exit the carrier’s website. Safarilink offers a network of domestic services to Kenya’s best tourist destinations including Amboseli, Masai ...
Online food delivery service Foodpanda/ Hellofood has raised $110 million from Rocket Internet and new investors to up its product and technology and ensure customer loyalty after a string of acquisitions around the world. This gives Rocket Internet a majority stake in the company at 52%. With $200 million since ...
Rocket Internet's hotel booking platform Jovago.com, has hit one year in Western Africa with 20,000 hotels across the continent in a move to ease hotel booking in Africa. Present in Dakar, Abidjan and Douala amongst others, Jovago has over 4,000 hotels in West Africa (and 800 hotels in Senegal), Jovago ...
You might be wondering who are this guys but you'll have to wait, yes for a few more days. Just so you know, Ogadriva is a City to City Carsharing transport network & pickup system designed for drivers and passengers in Africa and this Ogadriva will pick you up from ...
Rocket Internet has entered the jobs classifieds verticals with Everjobs, a new job portal for Asia and Africain a move to help simplify the job search and hiring process by connecting job seekers with employers in a matter of clicks. Launched today in Sri Lanka, Everjobs allows job seekers to ...
After launching in Tanzania last year December, and in Cameroon and Uganda, Rocket Internet-backed Jumia has today launched in Angola to fulfill its mission as Africa's 'Amazon.' This launch in Angola, makes JUMIA present in 11 countries in Africa. Christina Hawley, Managing Director for New Countries at JUMIA said: "Angola ...
Rocket Internet's car classifieds portal Carmudi, a leading car classified site backed by Rocket Internet, has raised $25 million to strengthen its operations in Asia and Latin America. The firm said the investors included Asia Pacific Internet Group (APACIG), a joint venture of Rocket Internet and Ooredoo, Holtzbrinck Ventures, a leading consumer internet investor, ...
Even though most guys (and girls) are still getting to know and trust and fall in love with Uber which launched just recently. Another taxi hailing app is set to launch in Nairobi. WapiGo-coined from Swahili word 'Wapi' for where to and the English word 'Go' WapiGo means where are ...
Rocket Internet-backed online property site Lamudi has today raised EUR 16 million (US$18 million) from Asia Pacific Internet Group, Holtzbrinck Ventures, and Tengelmann Ventures in an Asian and LatAm expansion drive. The firm's main aim with the cash is to build the world's largest real estate platform and the funding ...
Online hotel booking platform Jovago.com has added Millicom's Tigo Pesa, among its payment options in a move expected to bolster local bookings. Over 8 million of Tanzania's 28 million subscribers are on Tigo's network and the deal allows them online convenience and speed in the booking process as well as ...
Online property classifeds site Lamudi has today launched in Gabon, Angola and the Republic of Congo and in Qatar in a move to switch developers and agents online to meet the growing demand for mobile internet services in developing countries. Launched in 2013, Lamudi is currently available in 32 countries in ...
In April 2014, Rocket Internet teamed up with Qatari's Ooredo Group to launch what was known as the Asia Pacific Internet Group (APIG), an e-commerce venture builder for Asia tasked at launching and expanding ventures such as Daraz.pk, Lamudi.com, Carmudi.com, Kaymu.com, Pricepanda.com and EasyTaxi.com into Pakistan, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, ...
Uber, a technology company connecting riders with drivers, through a smartphone app has finally launched in Kenya. Just days before the launch, TechMoran contacted Alastair Curtis, the international launcher for Nairobi on his plans and how the firm aims to take on competion that's already brooding in the city. For ...
Shoppers in Nigeria will now be able to buy goods then pay for them later after JUMIA signed a deal with First Bank of Nigeria to enable customers to simply buy their products of choice and pay in installments. Shoppers will use the new First Bank Naira Credit Card to make ...
With a few hours left into its official launch in Nairobi, Uber Kenya, which will launch its Uber X service at the Nairobi Restaurant Week tomorrow Januray 22 through Saturday 24 with a promo that will see UberX users claim up to 2 free rides worth a maximum of Ksh ...
Via Press release: Online hotel booking platform, Jovago.com today launched a tool dubbed the Best Price Guarantee to ensure users get the cheapest hotel prices for all its 6000 properties in the country. This tool, according to some, will help the Rocket Internet-backed firm take on Hotels.ng among others in ...
With a consultancy background and over 7 years work experience working for one of the top consultancy firms in Europe, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, Stefan Haubold, Carmudi co-founder and global MD left Roland Berger to start his own company catering to dogs and cats as his early retirement. For sometime, ...
One Africa Media's Cheki Kenya, an online car classified portal has launched Flexipay, an affordable payment plan for selected cars on its site, a move expected to double up sales for its car dealers and allow you and me buy a car of our choice. The firm says the feature ...
Kilimall has launched “Flash Sales” a special-time offer which allows shoppers to buy stuff at extremely reduced prices in a move to encourage online commerce. The firm says it will activate the promo at exactly 10 AM and 10PM every day to reward its customers. “Flash Sale model is ...
Present in Kenya, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Nigeria, Uganda, and Tanzania, Jumia has launched an offline operation in Nakuru and announced further plans to launch similar hubs in major towns in the country in a move to reach more customers. The would-be everything store has set up shop ...
