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Jumia

Connecting African consumers and businesses through e-commerce, logistics, and payments.
ActiveE-commerce & RetailB2C MarketplaceLagos, Lagos, NigeriaFounded 2012

What it does

Founded in 2012 in Lagos by Jeremy Hodara, Sacha Poignonnec, Tunde Kehinde, and Raphael Afaedor (incubated by Rocket Internet), Jumia is Africa's largest e-commerce platform. The company encompasses a multi-vendor marketplace, a logistics network (Jumia Logistics), and a proprietary payment processing platform (JumiaPay). Jumia became the first African-focused tech unicorn to list on the New York Stock Exchange in April 2019.

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Known for

  • Pan-African e-commerce marketplace
  • NYSE listing (JMIA)
  • JumiaPay fintech service

Model & industry

B2CMarketplaceRetail & E-commerceLogisticsPayments

Funding history

$552.0M
Total raised
4
Rounds
Private Equity
Latest stage
2019
Latest year
DateStageAmountLead investor
2019-04Private Equity$50.0MMastercard
2016-03Series C$326.0MGoldman Sachs
2014-11Series C$150.0M
2013-03Series A$26.0MMillicom

Products & subsidiaries

Jumia Marketplace · E-Commerce PlatformJumiaPay · Payment Solution

People

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