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Still burning cash, Jumia positions itself as an online bridge to Africa
Africa-focused internet retailer Jumia saw its revenue rise at an annual rate of 19.4% during Q3 2019, to €40.1 million, while its operating loss widened by 34.6%, to €54.6 million. Gross merchandise volume (the total value of orders, including those of third parties using its platform, before the deduction of any discounts or vouchers and
14th November 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail - Africa - Egypt - Retail & Shopping Malls - Ghana - Algeria - Cameroon - Cote d'Ivoire - Kenya - Nigeria - Senegal - Tunisia - South Africa - Ivory Coast
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Jumia IPO gives a peek under the hood of African e-commerce
As had been widely anticipated (see our previous story), Jumia is to list on the New York Stock Exchange. Founded in 2012 by Berlin-based Rocket Internet (which currently holds a 20.6% stake), Jumia is part-owned by telecommunications companies MTN (29.7%) and Millicom International Cellular (9.6%), insurance company AXA (5.8%), and alcoholic drinks giant Pernod Ricard
14th March 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Consumer - Egypt - Retail & Shopping Malls - Ghana - Algeria - Cameroon - Cote d'Ivoire - Kenya - Morocco - Nigeria - Rwanda - Senegal - Tanzania - Tunisia - Uganda - South Africa - Ivory Coast
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Sagaci Retail Outlet Database launched across 9 cities in Africa
The retail landscape in Africa is very fragmented and under continuous evolution. Traditional trade is largely dominant. Accurate up to date information is hard to find in many cases. Sagaci Research has launched the Sagaci Retail Outlet Database, a comprehensive map of FMCG distribution outlets (covering "on trade" and "off trade" channels) in 9 key African cities.
20th December 2017
Categories: Ghana - Algeria - Angola - Cote d'Ivoire - DR Congo - Ethiopia - Mozambique - Nigeria - Tanzania
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Shopping centers across Africa Report – 2017 edition
The fifth edition of the Shopping Centers across Africa Report is already available. As investment and interest from mall developers grows across the continent, the realities in the different countries are becoming more diverse. From a more sophisticated market in Northern and Southern Africa, to a close-to-saturation retail landscape in Kenya or the challenging economic
11th December 2017
Categories: Egypt - Retail & Shopping Malls - Ghana - Algeria - Angola - Countries - Benin - Botswana - Burundi - Cameroon - Cote d'Ivoire - DR Congo - Equatorial Guinea - Ethiopia - Gabon - Kenya - Libya - Morocco - Mozambique - Nigeria - Rwanda - Senegal - Sudan - Tanzania - Togo - Tunisia - Uganda - Zambia - Zimbabwe - South Sudan - Sierra Leone - Congo - Mali - South Africa - Namibia - Ivory Coast
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Sagaci Research in the news – How fast food reveals secrets of the economy (BBC)
How much will a Big Mac cost you in Lima? Or Abu Dhabi? The answers can tell you a lot about “purchasing power parity (PPP)” – whether exchange rates mean that a product costs the same in different countries. A tool to make this theory more “digestible” was launched by The Economist in 1986. It
6th February 2017
Categories: Consumer - Egypt - Ghana - Algeria - Angola - Cameroon - Cote d'Ivoire - DR Congo - Ethiopia - Kenya - Nigeria - Senegal - Tanzania - Uganda - Congo - South Africa - Ivory Coast
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Shopping Malls across Africa (2016 Report – fourth edition)
To cater for the growing African middle-class, the importance of shopping malls has increased in the past few years with these centers showing strong sale and expansion growth. This publication is aimed at all existing and entering industry players looking to understand the shopping mall industry on the continent offering fact-based data and analysis.
7th September 2016
Categories: Egypt - Retail & Shopping Malls - Ghana - Algeria - Angola - Benin - Botswana - Burundi - Cameroon - Cote d'Ivoire - DR Congo - Equatorial Guinea - Ethiopia - Gabon - Kenya - Libya - Morocco - Mozambique - Nigeria - Rwanda - Senegal - Sudan - Tanzania - Togo - Tunisia - Uganda - Zambia - Zimbabwe - South Sudan - Sierra Leone - Congo - Mali - Namibia
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What are we reading about Africa this week
Kenya ranked Africa’s second biggest market for retail investors – Business Daily – Kenya Data from the last consumer report from Nielsen which was released on Monday shows that 30 per cent of Kenyans do their shopping in formal retail outlets compared to 60 per cent in South Africa French retailer Carrefour returning to Algeria
5th July 2015
Categories: Retail & Shopping Malls - Telecom - Algeria - Financial Services - Kenya
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Shopping Malls across Africa (Report 2015) – Full Table of Contents
Part 1 – Context: Strong economic fundamentals across Africa Page 4: Priority Countries for tenants (Figure A), Priority Countries for developers (Figure B) Page 5: Countries with high potential growth based on GLA per upper and middle class ratio (Figure C) Page 6: Beyond announced projects, potential additional GLA by country (Figure D) Page 10: GDP growth rate across
30th June 2015
Categories: Egypt - Ghana - Algeria - Angola - Countries - Benin - Botswana - Burundi - Cameroon - Cote d'Ivoire - DR Congo - Equatorial Guinea - Ethiopia - Gabon - Kenya - Libya - Morocco - Mozambique - Nigeria - Rwanda - Senegal - Sudan - Tanzania - Togo - Tunisia - Uganda - Zambia - Zimbabwe - Sierra Leone - Congo - Mali - South Africa - Namibia
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Press Release – Shopping Mall across Africa 2015 Report
PRESS RELEASE: 292 shopping centres across the African continent in 2015. Strong growth with 223 new malls expected by 2018 BARCELONA, June 30th, 2015. Sagaci Research, a market intelligence firm dedicated to African markets, has released the third edition of “Shopping Malls across Africa”. Key findings are highlighted below. Priority investment countries Based on existing malls and
30th June 2015
Categories: Egypt - Ghana - Algeria - Angola - Countries - Benin - Botswana - Burundi - Cameroon - Cote d'Ivoire - DR Congo - Equatorial Guinea - Ethiopia - Gabon - Kenya - Libya - Morocco - Mozambique - Nigeria - Rwanda - Senegal - Sudan - Tanzania - Togo - Tunisia - Uganda - Zambia - Zimbabwe - Sierra Leone - Congo - Mali - Namibia
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Shopping Malls across Africa (2015 Report – third edition)
To cater for the growing African middle-class, the importance of shopping malls has increased in the past few years with these centers showing strong sale and expansion growth. This publication is aimed at all existing and entering industry players looking to understand the shopping mall industry on the continent offering fact-based data and analysis.
25th June 2015
Categories: Consumer - Egypt - Retail & Shopping Malls - Ghana - Algeria - Angola - Countries - Benin - Botswana - Burundi - Cameroon - Cote d'Ivoire - DR Congo - Equatorial Guinea - Ethiopia - Gabon - Kenya - Libya - Morocco - Mozambique - Nigeria - Rwanda - Senegal - Sudan - Tanzania - Togo - Tunisia - Uganda - Zambia - Zimbabwe - Sierra Leone - Congo - Mali - Namibia - Ivory Coast
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