Jumia Food Archives

Why tech firms like Jumia struggle to make it in Africa but succeed in India or US

Guest WriterThe Big StoryDecember 15, 2023December 15, 2023

Jumia Technologies, a leading announced that it will close its food delivery business, Jumia Food in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Ivory Coast because it is not profitable. In…

BREAKING: Jumia to close its unprofitable food delivery business this month

Muhereza KyamuteteraNews & Analysis The Big StoryDecember 14, 2023December 14, 2023

Jumia Technologies, a pan-African e-commerce platform, has announced plans to close its food delivery business, Jumia Food. In a statement, the company said that it “will continue to operate its…

The story of Ron Kawamara, Uganda’s ‘father’ of e-commerce

Muhereza KyamuteteraNews & Analysis Q + As The Big Story Thought LeadershipDecember 12, 2022December 12, 2022

For starters, who is Ron Kawamara? Where does your story start? Ron is a husband and a father to a 4-year-old daughter. I was born in Fort Portal to a…