Jumia launches third-party delivery services
Jumia, leading e-commerce platform in Africa, has extended its logistics chain to third party businesses who wish to rely on its network, technology and expertise for last mile deliveries across 11 countries in which the company operates.
Senior Vice President, Logistics Services at Jumia, Apoorva Kumar, said: “We are proud to share this technology with a broader set of businesses and give them new opportunities to grow.”
The new platform was launched to enable the third parties to efficiently carry out their logistics operations. Jumia’s logistics marketplace is uniquely adapted to Africa, based on two main pillars.
The first, a proprietary technology which sums demand and matches it with supply capacity on the basis of numerous parameters, includes quality of service and reachability of network and cost of delivery. The second pillar is its logistics network, which includes among its physical locations over 20 warehouses north of 110 000 sqm and more than 1,300 drop-off stations and pick-up stations, located across Jumia’s 11-country market, including in remote areas.
Explaining further, Kumar said: “Businesses across the countries are re-examining their costs, especially during COVID-19. For many, logistics is a major cost driver and headache to manage. We have the right infrastructure, people, partnerships and technology required to help third parties and partners solve logistics and marketing challenges. We believe we can provide better quality of service at lower cost.”
Prior to the announcement, the service was reserved for ecommerce and food vendors operating on its marketplace.
Jumia’s partnership with key players in the industry such as Total, Vivo Energy and Posta Kenya thrusted the e-commerce company onto a wider presence across 11 countries on the continent.
Joseph Choge, CEO Premier Food Industries Ltd Kenya, said: “Our new partnership with Jumia forms an integral part of our strategy to grow our e-commerce sales in the next 5 years.”
“Jumia’s unique ability to handle logistics – order management and processing, shipping and delivery and payments across the country to end users has opened for us a new way to reach our consumers in a fast efficient and effective manner more so especially during this time of COVID-19 pandemic.”
The new platform has been thoroughly tested for a few months with carefully selected SMEs and large companies to ensure its efficacy.
Jumia is also the leading e-commerce store in Nigeria, where you can shop for Mobile Phones, Fashion items and accessories, Electronics, Appliances & more.
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