Rocket Internet Tag

Latin American taxi app yesterday Easy Taxi announced its global expansion in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The company recently received  funding of US$10-million from Rocket Internet and African Internet Holding, which is helping it expand across the globe. Head of Expansion for EasyTaxi had this to say “In 2011, Easy Taxi started in Brazil to connect taxi drivers and passengers in the best possible way. By now, the app has over 1.5-million downloads and more than 45 000 taxi drivers in the network. We want to bring this successRead More

  Following the launch of Sabunta, Kasuwa(now Jumia) and HelloFood, Rocket has launched another e-commerce site that is largely an eBay clone and has named it Kaymu. Kaymu works like a basic marketplace for buying and selling items online but allows sellers run an online auction for items or select a fixed price option. For items with the online auction option, the seller specifies a price at which bidding starts as well as a start and end date for the auction. Like any normal auction, the buyer with the highestRead More

  Rocket Internet Nigeria has launched HelloFood – an online/phone service that allows you order food and get it delivered. Rocket’s foray into the Nigerian e-commerce scene with the launch of an online fashion store Sabunta and an electronics and media store Kasuwa. Both stores were later merged into Jumia – an Amazon-like store for Nigeria and a large part of North Africa. HelloFood says it has over 30 restaurants in Lagos for customers to order from at delivery prices starting from N0. To find restaurants in your area, allRead More

The views and opinions expressed in this article are that of the author. These views and opinions do not necessarily represent those of Technesstivity, and/or any other contributors to this site. Earlier today, I was on Linda Ikeji’s Blog and I saw a post about a site called Konga.com that offered “baby, beauty & personal care retailing in Nigeria.” I was impressed because barely three months ago, I came across something similar. As a student in the US living on campus without a car, going to the grocery store canRead More

As we reported earlier, online fashion store, Sabunta has launched. Offering a large collection of shoes, clothes and fashion accesories to the Nigerian online market. Sabunta is Rocket Internet’s second venture in Nigeria. The first  Kasuwa – an Amazon-like website specialising in electronics, launched a few days ago. Orders from Sabunta can be paid for via Electronic Funds Transfer and Cash on delivery. Delivery is currently being handled by Fedex. Debit and Credit cards are currently not supported. There’s also a N1000 voucher for new signups. Kasuwa on the otherRead More

There aren’t so many options for online ordering in Nigeria, but it seems that’s about to change. Kasuwa, like Sabunta launching soon, is an online store. But, instead of clothes and other fashion accessories like its sister site, it sells electronic goods like computers, phones, tablets and books as well. To get people to sign up, you get N1,500 in Kasuwa credit when you create an account. The good thing is that there’s free shipping, for now, and you can pay at the door. This, I think is great becauseRead More

Earlier this month, we announced Rocket Internet will launch Sabunta soon, an online clothing store. Soon is as close as next week as the site is going to launch in less than six days. Sabunta will let customers order shoes, clothes, accessories and other latest fashion from over 100 global brands online. The great thing about it is customers will get free shipping on all orders. Rocket Internet is investing in Sabunta and trying to make it “Nigeria’s biggest fashion e-commerce website.” The company has invested in other companies likeRead More

We reported early this month that Germany based incubator Rocket Internet is launching an online store for clothes and fashion accessories called Sabunta. TechLoy reports Rocket might also be launching an Amazon clone called Kasuwa. Kasuwa will be an online store for e-books, DVDs and electronic gadgets. Earlier in the week, we saw a tweet from Mark Essien, founder Hotels.com.ng What’s the deal with abokai.com. Found that by looking what else shared ip address with Sabunta — Mark Essien (@markessien) May 16, 2012   A Google search for Abokai showedRead More

We’ve got news that Rocket Internet, one of Europe’s largest incubator companies, is opening an online fashion goods store in Nigeria. The store will be called Sabunta and will allow users purchase designer branded goods online and have them delivered to a forwarding address. Sabunta’s website currently has a form accepting emails for it’s launch. It’s Facebook page is also live. Rocket Internet was founded in Germany by the Samwer brothers and has a large portfolio of companies around the world. One of its companies, CityDeal was acquired by GrouponRead More