Jumia Co-Founders Raphael Afeador and Tunde Kehinde
Raphael Afaedor and Tunde Kehinde
Category - Entrepreneurship
The leading and most trafficked e-commerce company in Nigeria, according to globally renowned web information service - Alexa.com, enjoys about 120,000 unique visits daily on its website, making it the 4th most viewed local content site in Nigeria, with a daily newsletter subscriber base of over 500,000 people.
The company was established with an aim to provide its customers and prospects alike with a retail shopping experience that is stress-free, and a vision to being the one stop shop for retail in Nigeria both online and offline.
Nigeria’s no. 1 online retailer was incorporated in Nigeria in May 2012, with operations across different destinations in the country. The online retailer directly sells or acts as a platform for the sale of a broad range of products which include fashion, consumer electronics and home appliances, mobile devices, books, baby’s toys and gifts, fragrances, beauty products, games and a broad range of products; housing them in our warehouse and distributing them to our customers.
Its services have been attributed with on-time delivery of services, innovation, cost-effectiveness to customers, and implementation of best practice regardless of location.
Jumia.com.ng’s philosophy of Health and Safety of employees, customers and environment is of utmost importance to the organization, thus a major factor in product acquisition and service delivery.
The Co-Founders of the company - Ghanaian-born Raphael Afaedor and Nigerian-born Tunde Kehinde are both MBA graduates of the Harvard Business School with vast experience acquired from the corporate world before they started Jumia.com.ng.