Meet Jessica Anuna, the 27-year-old Nigerian founder and CEO of a budding e-commerce platform

Meet Jessica Anuna, the 27-year-old Nigerian founder and CEO of a budding e-commerce platform

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• Jessica Anuna is the founder and CEO of Klasha, an online clothing store.
• Since launching less than a year ago, Annuna has made it to numerous prestigious lists including Management Today’s “35 under 35 Ones to Watch,” Forbes Africa’s “New wealth Creators,” and the exclusive “30 Under 30” list.
• She tells Business Insider SSA all about her online fashion store, her biggest accomplishments, challenges, and her plans to improve the digital economy in Africa.

               
           
               
                   

Jessica Anuna started her company — Klasha, a fast-fashion online retailer — in 2017 with a $120,000 investment from an international startup accelerator called TechStars Dubai.

               
           
               
                   

Before the launch of this e-commerce platform, she had already worked for Net-A-Porter, Amazon, and started RestockChina, a product sourcing company exporting Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCGs) to the UK and US in 2015.