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I noticed that #lifewithoutdata is trending on Twitter

Airtel launched a new TVC that they want to use to make us forget how bad their service is .. We no go gree oh we no go greeeeeeee

Being doing some research on prices in Nigerian online stores for a blogpost on a website and discovered some things.

In the last couple of days there has been in Vanguard, Guardian, Business Day newspapers, price comparison website TopCheck and many others the comparisons of prices amongst retail stores with all pointing to Jumia as the retailer that takes the crown. This was received with a consequent massive buzz on social media by customers with the hashtag #bestpriceonjumia which for that period trended as number 1 on social media. NOW we see competition reactively decreasing prices; all hail Jumia the fairy-tale Robin Hood of retail.

According to Jonah Nwokopku, Vanguard Newspapers, “An investigation into some of the prices Jumia offers for some products showed a consistent competitive pricing with even international online retailers like Bestbuy and Amazon. Take for instance the Samsung Galaxy S5, this goes for about N119,000 on Amazon and on Jumia for N95,230”. He also said when talking about the Jumia Fashion category that “More so, in categories like fashion, their prices also beat that of their competition by at least 2 per cent. For instance, a pair of Vanessa’s secret’s shoes which cannot be found anywhere below N9,000 in other online stores is available at N6,495 on ”.

Also Daniel Obi, Business Day also corroborated these facts about best prices found on Jumia not compromising on quality, “The low prices also apply not only to electronics but other products. Jumia customers attest to this. Jumia products are cheaper compared to other online stores without compromise to quality”.

When it began, one would think it was another cheesy trend. But after 5 whole days of that relentless #BestPriceOnJumia twitter trend one can’t help but pause and double check. Indeed! Jumia’s price hype does measure up to reality. And going by the crazy engagement level of social fans, who aggressively tweeted favourite products they found at better prices on Jumia, it is obvious this was more than one of those calculated social campaigns, but a testament to Jumia’s commitment to actually offering highly competitive pricing.



When it comes to the reasons how Jumia is able to offer best prices, these publications name different reasons. One very interesting fact is that online retailers have lower fixed costs so they can offer cheaper products to its customers. Also Jumia has been able to forge lasting and favorable partnerships with the biggest brands who are able to offer Jumia their products at reduced tariffs and sometimes even exclusively. These brands are happy and always willing to work with Jumia due to a proven track record of service delivery, customer satisfaction and guaranteed volume of sales. This leaves no doubt that the Jumia team has the best negotiators within the industry.


In an exciting twist, there was a sudden drop in prices from other competing retail stores and it brings the question, is it really so easy to drop prices over-night just to compete? Did these retailers make money off the back of customers? Maybe these prices are a long-term strategy or only a quick fix reaction to Jumia’s consistent best offerings? Either way we know one thing for sure Jumia is the ‘Robin Hood’ for Nigerian customers.

Identify your objective, tool up precisely, focus on the task, do whatever it takes, ignore critics #Victory

I was thinking about this yesterday and believe it can motivate someone to dust up their business ideas book and do something different today.

Have a great week everyone!

Are you feeling in the Christmas mood already? Have you made your Christmas wishes yet? Christmas is almost here and Konga.com has released their first Christmas television commercial with an opportunity to win a smartphone.

What do you think about it? http:///blog/konga-com-whats-in-the-box-this-christmas-tvc/

I personnaly love the emotional nature of the tvc and the music used, I havent heard this version of the carol before.

In celebration of Nigeria at 53, we are giving out a N53,000 Konga.com shopping Voucher to One lucky winner in the #NaijaGreatestXI competition holding from Wednesday 26th of September to Thursday October 3rd, 2013.

How To Win

We have provided a 39 Man list of what we believe are the greatest Nigerian players to ever put on the green-white-green jersey, from this list simply select your greatest eleven players and if it tallies with our #NaijaGreatestXI and you have the highest number of votes, you win the N53,000 Konga.com shopping voucher.

Full Instructions;

i. Select your greatest eleven players from our 39 man list.

ii. Submit your entry in the format- DF: (Name), DFName) MFName) MFName) STName) STName) and tweet at @fc1naija with the hashtag #NaijaGreatestXI

iii. Get your friends and family to vote for you.

iii. On October 3rd our list gets revealed and if your answer tallies with our list, you win the N53,000 shopping voucher.

Visit this link to participate---> /_WinN53

This is the correct link: http://.com/news/contest/

Get the opportunity to enjoy the Manchester United Vs Manchester City match and win a cool N10,000 shopping voucher by simply predicting the score of the match.

.com, the number one proudly Nigerian football website is giving you the opportunity to win a N10,000 Konga.com shopping voucher in the Weekly PredictNWin game which will take place every weekend for the rest of the football season.

Click here to Predict and Win-----> http:///_PredictNWin

No, Its a single sim tablet.

seyiphoto: Is the tablet single or dual sim pls reply?

Great! am happy its real. Awoof plenty for us! They even have the new techno tab: http:///products/tecno-phantom-pad-n9

Thefan: Wow !!! I just tried it as well, saw an ipad cheaper http:///products/ipad-mini-32gb-slash-4g-slash-wifi-black-2 at another site and they matched the price for me ....difference was only N1000 but it is still something.

…’After Goodluck Jonathan, Konga.com becomes the first verified business page in Nigeria”.
Konga.com, Nigeria’s Largest Online Mall has just become the first African e-commerce and first Nigerian company to get verified by FACEBOOK.

Verification of pages was introduced by Facebook in May, 2013 to help ensure brand authenticity and in a statement from Facebook on verification;

“The Verified Pages are being rolled out to just a small group of prominent public figures (celebrities, journalists, government officials, popular brands and businesses) with large audiences”.

The Official Page of President Goodluck Jonathan is the only other page that is currently verified by FACEBOOK in Nigeria and Konga.com has just joined the elite list.

Shopkonga, the official Facebook page of konga.com currently has over 400,000 likes and according to Social Bakers has the highest number of Nigerian fans in e-commerce across Africa. This has been achieved by exceptional user engagement, social media excellence and online customer service.
Konga recently became the first ecommerce platform in Nigeria to become verified on Twitter.

ahhh..i feel bad to hear this, because i am a regular customer of konga.com and i never have problems with them, i have also introduced a couple of my friends and they haven't had any problems at all, i regularly tweet at them(@shopkonga) when i have any issues. We as Nigerians should always support our own things, and especially a company that represents excellence like konga.com.

georgee: Can u imagine these KONGA guys, i ordered an Icegate washing machine and an HP Pavilion G6 laptop on wednesday(8th May). I filled out some form on their website asking when i want it delivered i chose thurs bw 3-6pm(9th May). On that Thursday, called gave dem ma order number and askn dem aw far, they said *ehn, those items ar pick-up items blah blah blah(watever dat means), that i cant get it on thursday. I can only get it sat.* I said no problem. I checked my order page and noticed my delivery date has bn shifted to sat 11th May between 12-3pm. Now today is saturday, called dem just now to knw aw far. They said *ehn, i cant get dem today, i can only get dem 2morrw sunday*. At this point, i got so pissed off and told dem to cancel my order. I drove past HP office on Idowu Martins VI on Tue, culd av easily bought the laptop dia. LG is close to wia i live in surulere, culd av just gone dia to buy my washing machine jeje. Now they promised to call me back and help me find out if ma stuff wuld be delivered today. I am waiting for their call which i believe will neva come. .
NB: i did pay on delivery.
Those guys ar bunch of time wasters. Gosh!

NaijaPlayboy: There are actually several amazing online stores in Nigeria, an example is konga.com where I regularly frequent, they are even having a special discount sale for Workers day----

Yeah, Konga.com is actually a very nice store, i wonder why people dont really know it, i recently bought a shirt and belt for a party from them and got it delivered in two days, apparently they have a way to bring things sharp sharp

I just saw this in Guardian this morning, and the prices of the goods are very cheap. This is like Amazon's textbuyit where we can buy things by sending a text message and they deliver it!

Nigeria is really moving up, and this Konga guys are pioneering things similar to the telcos, MTN, GLO, ETISALAT trying to innovate to keep their customers and woo new customers

No need for internet, just look at the newspaper and send the code.

Now to my fellow Nairalanders

Would you use the SMS2ORDER Platform?

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So I love shopping online, and as I was recently shopping for groceries on konga.com, I suddenly started thinking about what would happen when I finally get married; would I still be able to shop online, or will my wife prefer to do all our shopping offline while driving down from work.

I decided that this would actually be a valid question to be considered by online marketers;

Who makes the shopping decisions? Or who does the actual shopping? Who do we want to make the shopping decisions?

Original Post can be found HERE: http:///Znr64r

Let's discuss this

So I love shopping online, and as I was recently shopping for groceries on konga.com, I suddenly started thinking about what would happen when I finally get married; would I still be able to shop online, or will my wife prefer to do all our shopping offline while driving down from work.

I decided that this would actually be a valid question to be considered by online marketers;

Who makes the shopping decisions? Or who does the actual shopping? Who do we want to make the shopping decisions?

Original Post can be found HERE: http:///Znr64r

Let's discuss this

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I havent noticed that at all, I have the s3 and it seems to be the same quality

pawn89: all this people sha want to sap me dry...after buying the galaxy s3, i fell in love with the note 2, now that i own the note 2 it seems like the s4 just might join the list.
And is it just me, has anyone noticed that the sample used for various test and the product being widely distributed are of different quality?

Leading online retailer, Konga.com has announced that Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone — the Galaxy S4 — would be available for delivery from May 10 and has began taking pre-orders for the device.

The Android-powered smartphone which was released on March 14 in New York comes with a 5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. With an internal memory of 16GB, which can be expanded up to 64GB, it has a 2GB RAM. It is also powered by a 2600 mAh battery, which is 20 percent larger than that of the S3. It runs on Android 4.2.2 OS and has a 13 mega pixel auto focus camera as well as a 2 mega pixel front camera with Full HD recording.

Some of the key features of the Galaxy S4 include its dual camera feature that lets you shoot videos with the front and rear cameras simultaneously as well as its Sound and Shot feature that allows you to record a few seconds of audio before you capture.

The device is expected to sell for N108,000 in Nigeria and would be available for delivery shortly after the end of pre-sale on May 10, according to the online retailer.

To me the number one trait i look for in a mechanic is honesty, once i find out that a mechanic has been dishonest with me even once, I ditch him! I don't really care about the cost of his services as much as i care about his level of honesty and service