Speakers @ Konga Seller Summit Tip e-Commerce to Drive Economy

Speakers at the maiden edition of the Konga Seller Summit held in Lagos recently, have underscored the e-commerce sub-sector as would drive the economy to greater height.

The summit was attended by close to a thousand burgeoning business owners and entrepreneurs. 

Delivering the keynote address entitled “The E-commerce Revolution in Nigeria: Where We Have been, Where We Are Heading and How to Get There?’’ Mr. Biodun Shobanjo, chief executive officer of Troyka Group,  said that e-commerce would remain the engine room and core driver of the Nigerian economy.

According to Shobanjo, “E-commerce mirrors the village center and Konga should be seen as a village market on the Web where there is equal access and multiple accesses for buyers. In e-commerce, mutual trust and relationship mattered a lot”.

In his welcome address, Sim Shagaya, founder & chief executive officer of Konga.com, said the Konga 2015 Seller Summit was organized in line with the company’s vision of being the engine of trade and commerce in Africa.

Shagaya said the Summit was a platform for sellers and buyers to learn from experts about the dynamic operations of e-commerce and develop sustainable strategies to advance business services.

“E-commerce is one of the fastest growing and most dynamic business sectors in the world today. The situation in Africa is quite unique; the need to create and build from the scratch is ubiquitous.

"At Konga, we quickly realized the opportunity to partner with our valued sellers and pool our individual strengths to succeed despite the various impediments in building vibrant small and medium businesses. We firmly believe that the Konga marketplace enables us to function at our best; allowing us to provide our valued customers with great customer experience, convenient shopping and swift logistics solutions,’’ Shagaya said.

The Summit had in attendance key players in the telecom, logistics, internet and retail business across sectors including Remi Dada, Lead Product Marketing Manager, Google; Nike Ogunlesi, Founder & CRO, Ruff ‘n’ Tumble; Tomi Ogunlesi, Group Corporate Brand Manager, Interswitch; Debola Williams, Co-Founder Red Media Africa and Kabir Shagaya, CEO, Zippy Logistics.

Others are Tutu Sanni, MD, Courier Plus; Vincent Egbe, GM, KraftHeinz; Eghosa Omoigui, Founder & Managing Partner, EchoVC; Akintunde Oyebode, Head SME Banking, Stanbic IBTC; Sam Nwanze, Director, Finance & Investments, Heirs holdings; Arese Ugwu, CEO SmartMoneyAfrica; Funke Opeke, CEO, MainOne Cable; Valentine Obi, CEO, eTransact; Opeyemi Awoyemi, Co-Founder, Jobberman; Edmund Olotu, Founder, G-pay Instant Payment Ltd; Lanre Akinlagun, CEO, Drinks.ng; Erica Ayenuro, CEO, CCSP; Ebi Atawodi, GM, Uber Lagos to mention a few.