Wamda

Algeria

Offshore easier than home for Algerian ecommerce startup Zawwali

Algeria’s crusty postal system, lack of addresses and minimal online payment options made international expansion for ecommerce...

Zawwali ecommerce Echrily

Morocco

Moroccan 'search engine for sales' Vendo raises seed round

Two-year-old Moroccan ecommerce search engine Vendo.ma has raised 2.7 million dirhams (US$267,000) from a business angel based in...

Vendo Jumia ecommerce

Maghreb

AIG becomes Jumia, but is a rebrand a good idea?

Few internet services have made as much noise as Africa Internet Group (AIG), and now it’s seeking to make more with a major...

rebranding Africa Internet Group Kaymu

Regional

From e-shop to doorstep: finding the right fulfillment model

Marketplaces have the choice between different types of fulfillment models (Image via F1online) The success of an ecommerce B2C platform...

fulfillment Hmall Jumia

Global

AIG raises another $80M, from Orange

The leading operator telecom wants to join the African ecommerce boom. (Image via Rude Baguette) Africa Internet Group (AIG) can’t seem to ...

orange AIG Africa Internet Group

Global

AIG raises $326M for Jumia expansion

AIG is putting considerable money into its online marketplace Jumia. (Image via MrXAfrica) Africa Internet Group (AIG), Africa's...

Jovago MTN Millicom

Regional

Is ecommerce MENA's biggest digital market? [Infographic]

This is an edited crosspost from LinkedIn. Consumers have become smarter and faster in making buying decisions online,...

payment gateway CashU fin-tech

Maghreb

4 tips for digitalizing your market

Careem, Hmizate/Hmall, Jumia, Uber, and Avito discuss digitalization. (Image via @equartey) Africa is a big continent, yet in spite...

Seedstars Africa Avito Hmizate

Maghreb

Tech investor AIG to become first African unicorn

Africa Internet Group (AIG) is set to become Africa’s first unicorn, after international insurer AXA bought an 8 percent stake in the...

AXA AIG Africa Internet Group

Egypt

Lost in the City? LocName wants to find you

Egyptian start-up 'LocName' did not emerge from Cairo’s bustling streets, but in the Spanish city of Barcelona. Two years ago, young E...

Locname Souq.com Jumia

Maghreb

Inside Jumia Maroc, a well-oiled machine

It may be an ordinary building in the residential neighborhood of Socrate in Casablanca, but the discrete design doesn’t lie, we’re sta...

Jumia morocco Rocket Internet

Egypt

Jumia Egypt has two new CEOs, here's what one has to say

Egypt is a major market for Jumia, Rocket Internet’s market place in Africa and they’re betting big on it. In December, they hired not jus...

Q&A Jumia

Maghreb

Thought Leadership

Offshore easier than home for Algerian ecommerce startup Zawwali

Moroccan 'search engine for sales' Vendo raises seed round

AIG becomes Jumia, but is a rebrand a good idea?

From e-shop to doorstep: finding the right fulfillment model

AIG raises another $80M, from Orange

AIG raises $326M for Jumia expansion

Is ecommerce MENA's biggest digital market? [Infographic]

4 tips for digitalizing your market

Tech investor AIG to become first African unicorn

Lost in the City? LocName wants to find you

Inside Jumia Maroc, a well-oiled machine

Jumia Egypt has two new CEOs, here's what one has to say

Could Jumia be the Alibaba of Africa?

Recyclobekia partners with Jumia and launches individual e-waste recycling

Jumia celebrates its first year, announces Mobinil partnership

Rocket Internet’s Amazon clone Jumia raises $35m; how much is enough?

Rocket Tackles Africa: Jumia, Zando Announce Investment from J.P. Morgan

Goodbye Mizado, Hello Jumia: Inside Rocket Internet's Newest Gamble in Egypt

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