Jumia dot com celebrates 1 year of Online E-commerce in Nigeria

Lagos, 17th June 2013. JUMIA, Nigeria’s #1 online retailer celebrates one year anniversary. In June 2012, JUMIA started the largest ecommerce website in the country. Twelve months later, the company has served over half a million customers - changing the way people shop in Nigeria. This has made in less than 1 year, JUMIA the 4th most visited Nigerian website: www.jumia.com.ng.

Recently, JUMIA secured with its affiliated companies a further $35M in funding from MILLICOM. This funding comes in addition to recent investments from J.P. Morgan and Summit Partners. The funding, which represents the largest investment in a Nigerian eCommerce startup, allows Jumia to continue its rapid growth and serve even more customers across Nigeria. Concurrently, JUMIA announced it’s move to move to a new 90,000 sqft warehouse in Lagos which will house 500 employees and create the largest ecommerce campus in West Africa.

Co-founder Raphael Afaedor: “In the beginning we were three employees dreaming of being the largest ecommerce retailer in Nigeria. Now, we have more than 500 employees and offer Nigerian youth a unique opportunity to work in a fast-paced, world class start up. We focus every day on delivering a fantastic shopping experience for our customers, through the widest range of products in Nigeria and fast, secure and stress-free delivery. Our new warehouse allows us to even grow further..”