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  • Jiji’s Black Friday sale: Your ultimate shopping spree with 85% discounts

    Jiji’s Black Friday sale: Your ultimate shopping spree with 85% discounts

    Jiji, Kenya’s leading online marketplace, has kicked off its highly anticipated Black Friday sale, offering customers up to 85 percent off a wide range of products. This exciting announcement was made on November 16, marking the start of an unparalleled shopping experience for Kenyans eager to snag the best deals of the year.

    Focusing on quality and affordability, Jiji has partnered with recognised vendors to ensure shoppers can enjoy significant savings on various products, including fashion, electronics, phones, tablets, and more. This year’s event promises to be a game-changer for consumers and sellers alike, combining massive discounts with a user-friendly shopping experience.

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    Exciting product categories

    Customers can now browse the various categories of Black Friday landing pages on Jiji. The sites offer a carefully chosen assortment of discounted products from reliable vendors in categories like Phones & Tablets, Home, Appliances & Furniture, and Health & Beauty. This season’s highlights include deals on laptops, cellphones, tablets, and essential fashion items.

    Customer-centric approach

    Jiji’s Director of Operations, Yuliy Shenfeld, declares, “Black Friday is a much-awaited season for buyers in Kenya, and this year, we are making it even more exciting with verified discounts. Our collaboration with top sellers ensures that every product discount is genuine. This creates the perfect opportunity for shoppers to grab their favourite items at the best prices.”

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    Launched in 2019, Jiji is Kenya’s leading online marketplace. The store sells gadgets, apparel, and household goods. In 2023, it was named the “Best E-commerce Mobile App” and has won millions of users with its user-friendly platform.

    As of January 2024, Kenya had 22.7 million internet users and 66.04 million mobile connections, driving digital transformation. This widespread connectivity boosts mobile app usage, giving consumers quick access to the best online deals.

    Yuliy stated, “We’ve worked hard to create a Black Friday experience that benefits both our buyers and verified sellers. We aim to provide all our users with substantial savings across popular categories. We encourage shoppers to take advantage of the sale before it ends on November 29.”

  • Visa lists five security habits for safe shopping

    Visa lists five security habits for safe shopping

    As the holiday season approaches, scammers are likely to use new technologies to steal people’s information. 

    Criminals are taking advantage of shoppers who let down their guard in search of the right gift for their loved ones as they spend more money. Indeed, Visa’s data showed that fraud rates rose 11% during the 2022 Christmas season.

    Visa has put together a list of 5 security habits that people can use all year long to keep themselves safe when they shop:

    Read also: Amazon plans to establish South African internet shopping by 2024

    Visa’s 5 Shopping Safety Tips:

    Shop at Reliable Stores: Only buy from stores that you know and trust. If you want to buy something from a place you haven’t been to, find out about their reputation and make sure they’re real.

    Protect your private data: Check that the website uses safe technology. The site should start with “https: //” when you’re at the checkout. Yes, your information is being sent over a safe link since the “s” stands for “secure.”

    Always Look at the Details in the OTP Message: Before entering the OTP, make sure you know what it’s for (for example, is it to buy something or get a device token) and look over the purchase details, like the name of the seller and the amount of the transaction. Finally, don’t tell anyone your OTPs over the phone, email, or chat.

    Avoid Public Wi-Fi for Shopping: Public Wi-Fi networks are often unsecured, which makes it easier for hackers to steal your information. Shop online only through a private, safe link.

    Watch Out for Deals That Seem Too Good to Be True: Deals on websites and in emails you didn’t ask for can sometimes sound too good to be true, especially when they offer low prices on things that are hard to get. Like most deals, this one should make people cautious.

    Important report outcomes:

    Phishing and Social Engineering: The data year’s AI advances allow threat actors to create highly tailored phishing campaigns, making fakes hard to spot. Fraudsters utilise malvertising and illicit SEO on retail and service websites to lead consumers to phishing sites.

    Provisioning Fraud and OTP Bypass: Visa detected many cardholder account access methods. OTP templates are sent to consumers for planned purchases.

    Physical Theft: Threat actors may sneak payment cards and phones from unsuspecting customers in crowded businesses, malls, and parking lots.

  • Eden Life rebands, becomes Eden Marketplace

    Eden Life rebands, becomes Eden Marketplace

    Eden Life, a Nigerian home concierge startup, has announced its rebranding project and the grand launch of the Eden Marketplace, a massive online shopping mall that aims to change how people shop in the region.

    Eden Marketplace, which just opened, will have a lot of different types of goods, like groceries, medicines, electronics, and beauty items. These will be added to the services it offers, like cleaning, laundry, and the new on-demand food delivery service Homemade. With this intelligent growth, Eden Life is now in direct competition with big names in the industry, like Jumia and Konga.

    The company says, “Our rebrand shows how we’ve grown and how committed we are to 10xing the quality of your life. Eden marketplace takes that commitment to the next level by letting other dedicated vendors use the infrastructure we’ve built over the years, allowing our customers to thrive and get more done more easily.”

    The company had said in October 2023 that it planned to expand its services soon, which this announcement follows.

    Eden Marketplace tries to unite buyers and sellers by creating an open online space that deals with common problems like harmful products and services, late deliveries, and ensuring vendors are paid quickly and easily.

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    What you need to know about Eden Life

    In 2019, Nadayar Enegesi, Prosper Otemuyiwa, and Silm Momoh came up with the idea for Eden Life Nigeria because they saw a need to improve services in the market.

    To grow, the company went into Kenya in April 2022 and bought Lynk at the same time, a tech company that helps jobless Kenyans find jobs.

    Enegesi says that they decided to grow into Kenya to test their idea in that market, which has worked out well. Notably, the Kenyan division has grown faster than the Lagos division. This is because it hasn’t had to build as much new infrastructure.

    Enegesi was also optimistic about Eden Life’s future and said the company might start making money within a year.

    What the rebrand signify

    The rebranding shows how the company has grown and how committed it is to making people’s lives ten times better. The new Eden Marketplace expands the company’s infrastructure to give suppliers and customers more power, creating a place where productivity and ease of use thrive.

    Eden Life’s move into e-commerce is a smart move to expand its business beyond home services and into the larger retail market, giving small businesses and sellers in a wide range of fields a place to sell their goods.

    Because people in Nigeria aren’t able to buy as much as they used to, Eden Life changed its business plan. It went from offering subscription-based home management services to adding more services, like opening a quick-service restaurant called Homemade by Eden and now growing its online store. It is expected that Nigeria’s e-commerce market will grow to $16 billion by 2028, which fits with this smart move.

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    New eCommerce competition

    The startup aims to overtake Jumia and Konga in e-commerce. Eden Life expects various suppliers and customers to join its marketplace. Thus, it will charge a commission on sales.

    During a quick-service restaurant promotion, logistics and order fulfillment issues arose. The high demand revealed operational flaws. To handle rising order volumes, the company will partner with more delivery partners and expand its delivery network.

    The marketplace’s infrastructure will also give merchants a dashboard for customized client engagement, performance analysis, and order management. However, Eden’s platform offers safe payments, real-time order tracking, and more services.

  • Amazon plans to establish South African internet shopping by 2024

    Amazon plans to establish South African internet shopping by 2024

    A dispute between an indigenous people and Amazon over the location of a Cape Town office is likely to arise in 2024, when the e-commerce giant Amazon plans to establish its online shopping business in South Africa.

    Amazon has revealed that it intends to launch its online shopping service in South Africa in 2024, which will signal a significant extension of the company’s presence in the African market. As a result of this action, South Africa will follow Egypt as the second country on the African continent to get its own Amazon-hosted website. South Africa is currently Amazon’s 21st country with a locally-based domain, which poses a challenge to established online shops like Takealot.com, which is owned by Naspers and is a prominent participant in the industry.

    Read also: Amazon to invest $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic

    How South Africa’s economy aids businesses

    Analysts have pointed out that South Africa’s developed economy frequently acts as a gateway for businesses that are trying to expand across the continent; hence, the arrival of Amazon is a sensible move. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a rise in the amount of purchasing done online in South Africa, which has encouraged traditional businesses to boost their investments in online markets.

    The e-commerce has opened its platform to independent sellers in South Africa, giving these vendors the chance to establish their companies on the online marketplace. The organisation underlined the fact that more than sixty percent of its revenue comes from independent vendors, which might include both large and medium-sized companies. Customers benefit from a broader selection of products, more affordable options, and a more convenient shopping experience as a result of this development.

    Despite the fact that the South African market has a bright potential, there are some industry professionals who are concerned about Amazon’s prospects in the market there. Alec Abraham, a senior stock analyst at Sasfin Wealth, brought out some potential obstacles for Amazon in South Africa, including those relating to the country’s infrastructure, employment concerns, and economic environment. In addition to this, locally based online shops such as Takealot.com already have a substantial presence in the market.

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    How Amazon has benefitted South Africans

    The ongoing controversy regarding the rights of indigenous peoples to their land and the impact of economic growth has received a lot of attention since the e-commerce entered the market in South Africa. Protests have broken out, with some calling for a compromise that strikes a balance between the two competing interests. As part of this endeavour, Amazon has been cooperating with members of the Khoi and San tribes, as well as the others who support those communities, to establish a historical centre.

    The growth of the e-commerce into South Africa also carries with it the promise of job creation and economic development. These are two things that are especially needed in a city like Cape Town, which has a high unemployment rate. The municipal authority of the city anticipates that the project would indirectly create employment opportunities for thousands of people.

    The e-commerce does not yet offer its shipping services in South Africa; yet, the corporation has kept operations in Cape Town for about twenty years already. In addition, the company’s retail development into sub-Saharan Africa is reflected in the opening of offices for Amazon Web Services in both Johannesburg and Lagos.