LAGOS – Konga.com, an indigenous online mall, on Tuesday said that it would leverage on its 2014 achievements in e-commerce to expand its business beyond the frontiers of Nigeria.
In a statement signed by its Head of Public Relations, Mr Olatomiwa Akande, Konga.com said that this would be its focus in 2015.[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”10″]
According to the statement, which was made available to newsmen in Lagos, the company closed the year 2014 with remarkable success.[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”10″]
It said that the company had over 700 staff to cater for its expansion needs, which would take it to some parts of Africa.[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”8″]
In a review of its performance in 2014, the company, in the statement, said it placed priority on satisfying its customers’ multifarious needs.[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”10″]
“With this end point in view and our customers as our north star, we developed a road map that many would have found daunting or downright unachievable in the course of just one year,” it said.
The statement expressed Konga.com’s satisfaction with its growth in just two years of its entrance into Nigeria’s e-commerce space.
It said that one of the greatest achievements of the company in 2014 was the launch of its own logistic unit called KExpress.
“Today, KExpress boasts a fleet of over 200 vehicles in less than five months that has greatly enhanced Konga’s ability to fulfill customers’ orders all across Nigeria.
“This is in addition to Konga’s partnerships with other third party courier companies across Nigeria.’’
The statement noted that another remarkable achievement of the company in 2014 was the expansion of its website through its Marketplace platform, SellerHQ
“ Konga provided customers with a wider product offering on the site and the added advantage of even more competitive pricing.
“ With this, Konga now has over 150,000 products for its customers to choose from. Today, almost 10,000 sellers are registered and are actively advertising and trading on Konga.com,” it said.
The statement said that the company made N600 million from last November’s“ Yakata“ sales and closed at a 1,440 per cent sales increase compared to its 2013 edition.
“ Konga sold 500 per cent more items in the two days of Yakata sales than it did in all of 2012.
“Over 40% of the people who shopped during Yakata had never made an online purchase before.
“With a significant part of Konga’s orders generated from mobile devices, this is a clear pointer that mobile is the way Nigerians will shop online in the future,” it said. (NAN)
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