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12 Things You Didn’t Know About Africa’s First Startup Unicorn

12 Things You Didn’t Know About Africa’s First Startup Unicorn

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A Jumia worker prepares to make delivereries in Lagos, Nigeria. Photo: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty

Africa’s e-commerce leader

Jumia Group was founded in 2012, and in five short years it has gone from startup to unicorn, and is now the leading e-commerce group in Africa. The continental juggernaut holds investments within over 10 e-commerce sites across the continent.