30 results
- 9 Nov 2017
Black Friday: Jumia Travel, Jumia Food Unveil Plans to Reward Customers
By peter oluka Nigeria’s leading online travel agency, Jumia Travel and Nigeria’s number 1 online food ordering website, Jumia Food have revealed plans to reward both their new and returning…
- 13 Dec 2023
Jumia Food Exits Nigeria, Other African Markets
Jumia, the continent’s leading online retailer, announced that it will close Jumia Food, its food delivery service, by the end of December 2023, in a move that sent shockwaves through the African…
- 27 Jun 2019
Jumia Food Adds SoFresh to its Platform to Promote Healthy Living
Jumia Food Nigeria has added So Fresh, Nigeria's leading fresh food chain, to its ever-growing catalogue of restaurants on its platform. This is in a bid to promote healthy living among Nigerians.…
- 19 Jan 2021
Jumia Extends Food Platform to Five more Cities in Nigeria
Jumia Food has expanded its food delivery service to five additional states in Nigeria as the company seeks to further drive the growth of online food and beverage delivery in the Nigerian market.…
- 14 Dec 2022
Jumia Food Partners with Domino’s Pizza to Bring Meals Closer to Nigerians
Jumia Food, the leading online food delivery platform in Nigeria, has today announced a partnership with Domino’s Pizza, a world-leading pizza brand, to offer consumers access to meals from the…
- 9 Jan 2024
Jumia Food Exit Shows Folly of Not Following Konga Strategy
The recent announcement of Jumia Food’s exit from Nigeria, its biggest market, has set alarm bells ringing among industry watchers. Dr. Fred Bongani, a former employee and founding staff, examines…
- 6 Dec 2020
Jumia’s Nigeria Food Index Shows Growth in Online Delivery
Jumia has published its first Nigeria Food Index, showing the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on food trends in Nigeria. The report, released over the weekend, shows that the online…
- 21 Nov 2017
Black Friday: Jumia Food Shuts Down Music Concert with Eating Competition
By peter oluka In what appears to be the first time an e-commerce company in Africa will organise a music concert to usher in the Black Friday festival, Jumia Group Nigeria (all the companies within…
- 2 Oct 2020
Jumia Nigeria Launches Food Festival to Promote Adoption of Meal Ordering
Jumia Nigeria, e-commerce platform has announced the launch of a Food Festival Campaign which will take place from 2nd to 31st October. The campaign is organized in partnership with local restaurants…
- 20 Dec 2018
Jumia Launches Late-night Food Delivery Service
Jumia’s marketplace for restaurants has launched a late-night delivery service to enable customers to order food up until midnight. Guy Futi, Managing Director, Jumia Food, disclosed this at a press…
- 4 Feb 2019
Jumia Boss in Police Net over Fraud Petition
Guy Futi, managing director, Jade Internet E-Services Nigeria Limited (Jumia Food), has been arrested over allegations of fraudulent diversion/conversion of funds made against him by Castle Logistics…
- 21 Jul 2022
How Jumia is Contributing to the Growth of Food Delivery Services in Nigeria
If one should name an industry that has gained tremendous growth, success, and impact, it is online food delivery. With the increasing advancement in technology, significant mergers from various…
- 15 Feb 2019
Valentine: Jumia Gifts Food, Baby Items to Orphanage Home
This year's Valentine will no doubt leave a good taste in the mouths of staff and children at the Nigeria Red Cross Orphanage Home in Makoko, Yaba, Lagos as representatives of Jumia's hotel &…
- 16 Oct 2019
#WorldFoodDay: Leveraging Digital Solutions to Tackle Hunger in Africa
By Adeniyi Ogunfowoke, PR Associate | Jumia Travel & Food One of the biggest challenges facing the world today is global hunger. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) backs this up by…
- 4 Jul 2017
Jumia @5: Investors Are Happy with Group’s Achievements- Dutta
Kushal Dutta, managing director of Jumia Travel, the hotel and flight booking platform within the Jumia ecosystem, has said that investors in the company’s ventures are happy with the achievements of…
- 14 Feb 2022
Jumia Partners with the Lagos Food Bank to Share Love on Valentine's Day
Jumia celebrates Valentine’s day with underprivileged communities through its partnership with Lagos Food Bank. "We would like to take advantage of this opportunity to give back to the communities…
- 3 May 2019
Jumia & Pizza Hut Partner To Boost Operational Performance and Last Mile Delivery
Guy Futi, Managing Director, Jumia's food marketplace has announced an on-demand pizza delivery partnership between Jumia’s food marketplace and Pizza Hut. The partnership is expected to boost…
- 7 Feb 2019
Jumia Refutes Alleged Arrest of Guy Futi
Jumia Food has refuted a recent newspaper publication that their Managing Director, Mr Guy Futi was arrested for fraud and conversion of company’s funds for personal use. Jumia in a statement…
- 9 Sept 2021
How E-commerce Promotes Local Restaurants, African Cuisines
Since covid-19 entered the global equation in the early part of 2020, business operations and other human activities have been reshaped to embrace digitalization. The online community has thus…
- 20 Jan 2017
Jumia Market Goes ‘Green’ in Rebranding Strategy
Jumia Market has unveils new company colour theme as part of its extensive rebranding effort. The new color theme, green, the e-commerce giant said, is a reimagined navigation experience that makes…
- 10 Mar 2021
How Ecommerce Market leader Opened up Food Delivery Service in Nigeria
By Adedoyin Giwa If there's any industry that has witnessed tremendous growth, impact and success in recent years, it is the online food delivery sector. Thriving on technology and digitalization,…
- 6 Dec 2018
Jumia Unveils Campaign 12/12 to Promote Yuletide Shopping
Jumia Nigeria has announced the commencement of its end of year campaign aimed towards encouraging Nigerians to shop for the Christmas season. Tagged ‘Jumia Christmas Sale’, the campaign which will…
- 24 Jun 2016
Jumia Becomes One Stop Online Destination in Africa
Africa Internet Group is connecting its companies into Jumia’s ecosystem with a new vision, "Expand your horizons". The new Jumia ecosystem will give access to products and services from its 8…
- 28 May 2020
COVID-19: Jumia Partners International Breweries, Unilever to Increase Consumers Access to Food, Beverage Products
Jumia, Nigeria’s leading e-commerce platform has partnered with global beverage company International Breweries and global consumer goods maker Unilever to make consumer goods and beverage products…
- 21 May 2019
Agriculture Ultimate solution to Youth Unemployment in Nigeria - Jumia MD
Guy Futi, Managing Director of Jumia Food has said that agriculture is the ultimate solution to youth unemployment in Nigeria. Futi stated this at a recent food and agriculture roundtable held…
- 3 Feb 2021
Adhering to Safety Guidelines by Adopting Digital Services such as Food Delivery
The second wave of the covid-19 led by the more deadly variants of the virus is a serious cause of concern for authorities across the globe. Though vaccines have been devised for curing covid-19…
- 2 Nov 2020
Jumia Opens Logistics Service to Third Parties
Jumia has announced that its logistics service is now available for use by third parties. Until today, Jumia’s logistics services were reserved for ecommerce and food vendors operating on its…
- 23 May 2023
Jumia Appoints Lere Awokoya as New Chief Marketing Officer
Jumia, the leading e-commerce platform in Africa, has appointed Lere Awokoya as its new Chief Marketing Officer in Nigeria. In his new role, Lere will be responsible for driving growth and customer…
- 11 Aug 2021
Customer Explains How he Deploys Online Shopping for Time Management, Safety Protocol
Online shopping is a bundle of ease, flexibility, comfort and convenience. And in the current global state of things, it offers more with safety, as everyone keeps cognisance of the deadly Covid-19…
- 9 Nov 2023
Bolt Food Pulls Plug on Nigeria Operation from Dccember
Bolt Food, online food ordering and delivery platform is pulling the plug on Nigeria operations from December this year, The company announced its decision as a move to streamline its resources and…