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Jumia Tech Week 2021: Deals and What To Expect

Charles Layoo

Jumia Tech Week is one of the promotions that Jumia holds every year. It was formerly known as Jumia Mobile Week where Mobile phones are sold at discounted price. In 2020, Jumia decided to take things a little further. Instead of just giving discounts on Mobile phones, Jumia decided to also include other tech gadgets in their promotion period which resulted to the change of name from Jumia Mobile Week to Jumia Tech Week. We expect this years promotion to be better than last year with huge discount that Jumia Uganda…

Jumia Black Friday enjoys success in 2020

Charles Layoo

E-commerce platform Jumia has released a performance report for its highly popular Black Friday sale. The sale which ran from 6th – 30th November featured deals of up to 80% off on a wide assortment of products with support from partners like Coca-Cola, Pernod Ricard, Standard Chartered DTB and many more. With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, a lot of businesses were affected, unable to reach consumers and consumers alike struggled to access essential products which is where e-commerce platforms like Jumia came in to bridge…

Jumia issues statement on fraudulent voucher & iPhone promotions

Charles Layoo

Jumia Uganda has learned of websites pretending to be Jumia and engaging users in fraudulent voucher & iPhone 11 giveaways. We would like to inform the general public that these websites and giveaway contests are FAKE and have no affiliation to Jumia. The public is strongly advised not to engage with these websites or share any personal details such as bank or mobile money details. Jumia is engaging relevant authorities and the website server host to ensure this is taken down and the responsible parties held to account. Jumia further…