ecommerce

Bumpa is a Nigerian e-commerce solution startup helping African retail merchants manage and grow their businesses right from their mobile phones. The startup, just recently, announced that it has raised $200k in pre-seed funding round from popular Nigerian venture capital firm, Microtraction, Rizq Investment Group,... Read More

So, you want to start selling your stuffs online, you know what kind of features you want your website to have, but you don’t know how to go about building a website that is the best for selling to your customer. This is where eCommerce... Read More

Online sales of products and services are continuing their meteoric rise; they’re expected to hit $4.5 trillion by 2021 as more business is transacted online at the expense of traditional bricks and mortar outlets. From companies like Amazon, responsible for over 40% of all online... Read More

Usually an entrepreneur buys a motorcycle, locally known as boda boda, which they then rent out to a rider who pays them a daily rent on the motorcycle. Anything he makes above rent, he keeps, and then one day a week (usually Saturdays) he doesn’t pay... Read More

Many argue that Uganda is not ready for online shopping due to lack of sufficient infrastructure to support E commerce. They cite reasons like lack of a critical mass of internet users to support e-commerce, lack of integrated payment systems, poor roads and transportation network... Read More

A few weeks ago we wrote about hellofood the global online food delivery marketplace that conveniently delivers food from your favorite restaurant to your home or office.  hellofood launched their services in Uganda in January 2014. We caught up with Francis Voet the managing director... Read More

HelloFood is a global  food delivery business that is working with over 22,000 restaurants in 40 plus countries. They recently opened shop in Uganda and are currently operational. What they do is they make it easier for you to get your favorite dish without leaving... Read More