Ghana
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Jumia re-orients consumer proposition as it seeks path to profitability
Having exited the Cameroonian, Tanzanian, and Rwandan markets over recent months and reoriented its marketing efforts towards lower-value items, internet retailer Jumia saw its gross merchandise value (GMV) decline at an annual rate of 3% during Q4 2019, from €311 million in Q4 2018 to €301 million. However, for 2019 as a whole, GMV rose
11th March 2020
Categories: SagaRetail News - Egypt - Ghana - Cote d'Ivoire - Kenya - Morocco - Nigeria - Senegal - South Africa
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Sagaci Research relaunches the KFC Index
En francais ci-dessous Kwa lugha ya Kiswahili hapa chini KFC Index identifies Central African CFA Franc as the most overvalued currency in Africa Sagaci Research, the leading independent pan-African market research and market intelligence firm, has released its “KFC Index” for January 2020. This twice yearly index utilises the prices of KFC chicken buckets in
31st January 2020
Categories: SagaRetail News - Lesotho - Egypt - Ghana - Angola - Cote d'Ivoire - Gabon - Kenya - Morocco - Mozambique - Nigeria - Senegal - Sudan - Tanzania - Tunisia - Uganda - Zambia - Zimbabwe - South Africa - Ivory Coast
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CityDia opens 18th supermarket in Ghana
CityDia opened a supermarket in the Accra suburb of Dansoman during mid-December 2018. 16 of its 18 stores are located in Accra, with one apiece in Kusami and Kyebi. It is also planning to build a 20,000m² distribution centre in the capital. João Rente Correia, general manager of CityDia Ghana, who previously worked for Portuguese
19th December 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail - Supermarkets - Ghana
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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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Chinese variety store chain continues its rapid African expansion
Miniso entered its seventh African market in September, opening a store in the Ghanaian capital Accra. It already had stores in Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Madagascar, Uganda, and Morocco, and its latest opening brings its total number of stores in Africa (excluding South Africa) to more than 30. Miniso sells products ranging from homewares and consumer electronics
22nd October 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail - Ghana
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South African REIT seeks to exit six sub-Saharan malls
South African real estate investment trust (REIT) Hyprop Investments and its partners Attacq and Atterbury Group are seeking a buyer for the six malls they own in sub-Saharan Africa. Hyprop has an interest in four Ghanian malls (Accra, West Hills, and Achimota in the capital, as well as Kumasi City), in addition to Ikeja City
4th June 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - Ghana - Nigeria - Zambia
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Ghana and Nigeria next up for Glovo, as supermarket deliveries drive growth in Abidjan
Having received €150 million in a recent funding round, Spanish delivery company Glovo is now targeting additional African markets. It has commenced operations in three African countries (Morocco, Kenya, and, most recently, Côte d’Ivoire) over the past 12 months and is seeking to expand into Ghana and Nigeria before the end of this year. Supermarket
15th May 2019
Categories: Foodservice - SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - Ghana - Cote d'Ivoire - Nigeria
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Ghanian healthcare upstart to acquire Kenyan pharmacy chain
Ghanaian start-up mPharma is set to gain a controlling interest in Kenyan pharmacy chain Haltons in an unusual deal – fledgling startups are usually acquired by established businesses, rather than vice-versa. Halton’s was founded in 2007 and currently operates around a dozen outlets, most of which are located in Nairobi. Founded in 2013, mPharma aims
4th April 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Ghana - Pharmaceuticals - Kenya
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Vivo Energy accelerates its drive into non-fuel retail
Vivo Energy, which is based in the Netherlands and (following its recent 2019 takeover of Engen) now operates more than 2,000 service stations in 23 African countries, continues to expand its presence in non-fuel retail. During the first half of 2018, non-fuel retail accounted for 5% of its gross cash profit (USD10.9 million, up 22%
18th March 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - Ghana - Kenya - Morocco - Namibia
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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
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