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M-Kopa ( M for mobile, kopa is Swahili for borrow, stylized as M-KOPA) [ 1] is an African connected asset financing platform that provides underbanked customers in Africa to essential products including smartphones, electric motorbikes & digital financial services. [ 2][ 3] M-Kopa was launched commercially in 2012 and is headquartered in Nairobi.
Jumia was launched in Nigeria in 2012 and expanded to five other countries: Egypt, [6] Morocco, Ivory Coast, Kenya and South Africa. In 2014, the company launched offices in Tunisia, Tanzania, Ghana, Cameroon, Algeria and Uganda, and by 2018 it was present in 14 African countries. [7]
As of June 2017, there were an estimated 20.4 million mobile subscribers out of an estimated population of 39.6 million; [9] a 51.5 percent penetration rate. [10] By March 2018, the number of mobile phone users had increased to 24.8 million, a 70.9 percent penetration rate. [11]
Jumia Travel was founded in 2013 by the E-commerce platform Africa Internet Group (now Jumia Group) and is backed by MTN, Rocket Internet, Millicom, Orange, Axa and other financial partners. [11] Operations were started in 2013 in Nigeria and Kenya by company's co-founder Marek Zmysłowski [ 12 ] and Estelle Verdier. [ 13 ]
Managers will move to countries in their region, with most relocating to Morocco, Kenya, and Ivory Coast, and disband the 60-person Dubai office, Jumia’s acting head Francis Dufay said in a ...
MTN Group Limited (formerly M-Cell) [ 2] is a South African multinational corporation and mobile telecommunications provider. Its head office is in Johannesburg. [ 3][ 4] As of December 2022 MTN recorded 289.1 million subscribers. [ 5] MTN is among the largest mobile network operators in the world, and the largest in Africa.
Mobile technology in Africa is a fast growing market. [1] Nowhere is the effect more dramatic than in Africa, where mobile technology often represents the first modern infrastructure of any kind. [2] Over 10% of Internet users are in Africa. [3] However, 50% of Africans have mobile phones and their penetration is expanding rapidly. [4]
Locally owned supermarket chains. Capital Shoppers. Quality Supermarkets. Kenjoy Supermarkets [ 9][ 10] Checkers Supermarkets [ 11] Mega Standard Supermarkets [ 12][ 13] Super Supermarket [ 14] Cynabel Supermarkets [ 15]