Kaymu Unleashes iOS Mobile App

Kaymu, Nigeria’s leading online marketplace on Monday launched its mobile app on the iOS.

The mobile app is set to make online shopping accessible to even more people, with great features that enable sellers to list products and buyers to select from a wide variety of products at a glance.

The app will offer a wider product assortment, fast and intuitive navigation, and easier buyer and seller account management.

According to Evangeline Wiles, Kaymu’s MD, the app is adapted to fit the needs of the marketplace and provide an improved shopping experience for buyers and sellers via their mobile devices.

Kaymu cited the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC’s) records as revealed that the total number of active mobile internet subscribers as at April 2014 was 65,813,890.

According to a 2013 report by McKinsey Global Institute, 58% of Nigerians living in cities have access to an internet-capable mobile phone, and urban Nigerians are more than twice as likely as the average African internet user to conduct transactions online.

“This boost has led to an m-commerce explosion in Africa, as the number of users who access the internet via their phones is growing rapidly and leapfrogging traditional desktop use in Africa.

“In addition to the growing market penetration of smartphone devices in Africa, Nigeria is said to be among the 10 fastest growing economies in the world, according to The Economist in 2013, The World Bank predicted that sub-Saharan marketplaces will expand by 5.1% in 2014 and by 5.2 per cent in 2015,” Wiles added.

The Kaymu mobile app is available for download on iOS from the Google Play Store.

Kaymu is the leading online shopping community, and the safest platform on the market.

It connects and empowers buyers and sellers to allow them to take advantage of the best deals on an extensive range of products including electronics, mobile phones, fashion items and tons of gadgets.

Thanks to a fixed price system, Kaymu guarantees that users will always find the lowest prices on the market.