Jumia Ghana Is Contributing �Immensely� To Ghana�s Economy

Jumia Ghana, the biggest online shopping mall in the country is celebrating two years of providing customers with a wonderful online shopping experience. Being the leader in online shopping, Jumia Ghana does not only provide customers the luxury of shopping from any location, but delivers these items right to customers' doorsteps.

They also believe in innovation and changing economies around the world, of which Ghana is no exception. Jumia has pioneered e-commerce in Ghana and attracted huge foreign investment leading to a rise in the industry's contribution to Ghana's GDP. Jumia has raised over $326 million from Goldman Sachs: a US investment bank; AXA, a French Insurance Multinational and MTN, a South African Telecommunications giant, among other investors. The company can also boast of assorted brands on its website, top-notch customer service and timely delivery of goods.

Jumia is a part of Africa Internet Group. Africa Internet Group was founded in 2012 with an investment from Rocket Internet a German internet group. In partnership with Millicom, a Swedish Telecom company and MTN, AIG has created 71 different companies accross 26 African countries. Other AIG brands include Jovago; an online booking company, Carmudi; an online automobile company and HelloFood; an online food delivery company.

"We are keen on ensuring that the online success story of Ghana would be based around the Jumia story. We have a strong mandate to make the e-commerce business the way forward for the Ghanaian economy" Funlola Abe, Managing Director for Jumia Ghana.

As part of its birthday celebrations, Jumia is giving its customers up to 75% discount on all items from now till 7th April. Customers are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to grab any item of their choice from the platform.

The company is celebrating customers, partners and employees who have been very instrumental in creating the Jumia brand in Ghana. As part of our second anniversary celebration, Jumia has lined up a number of activities which will be announced at a later date via its website and social media platforms.