Kenya’s leading online shopping website turns 1!

It’s hard to believe that one year ago, the hottest trends and latest fashion were not just a click away. Today, a quick visit to www.jumia.co.ke renders you spoilt for choice. JUMIA currently offers over 50,000 items ranging from clothes, mobile phones, appliances, perfumes to bags, just to name a few. In a move to build entrepreneurship for African businesses, it also took the opportunity to launch its Marketplace, an online platform to access JUMIA’s unrivaled customer base.

Last Friday, celebrating its success and rapid growth in Kenya in just a year, Africa’s largest online retailer hosted what can only be described as an extravaganza. Guests sampled food, cocktails and a chic fashion show at the Zen Garden in Nairobi, where a mix of media moguls, fashion influencers, celebrities and top entrepreneurs all joined together to celebrate JUMIA’s leaps in Kenya and the wider African region. Not only did JUMIA reveal the company’s future prospects but also gave one lucky guest a chance to win the new X Touch smartphone.

JUMIA Kenya MD Parinaz Firozi commented, “The team at JUMIA Kenya was so excited to be able to celebrate this significant milestone together at such an exciting event yesterday. There was a great mix of people at the event, and we all felt that the evening marked a special time for us to reflect on our achievements of the past year as well as looking ahead to even greater success in the year to come.”

“We are confident that JUMIA will continue to grow and bring new products and services to our users while continuing to empower entrepreneurs in Kenya through our Marketplace as well as sales-force platforms,” she continued, “We look forward to growing along with Kenya and cannot thank our users, suppliers and employees enough for supporting us and helping us achieve the growth and success we have achieved today.”

Happy anniversary JUMIA Kenya!