Jumia Technologies N.V. is an e-commerce company focused on connecting consumers and sellers across Africa. Through its online marketplace and mobile applications, the company offers products such as consumer electronics, fashion, beauty and personal-care items, home goods, groceries and other everyday merchandise from local and international merchants.
Jumia also provides services that support online commerce, including logistics and delivery solutions designed to help merchants reach customers in markets where distribution infrastructure can be challenging. The company has historically offered JumiaPay, a digital payments and financial-services platform intended to facilitate transactions on and beyond its marketplace.
Founded in 2012, Jumia has operated across multiple African markets, including Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda, although its geographic footprint has changed over time as the company has adjusted its operations. Jumia Technologies is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and its American depositary shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol JMIA. Francis Dufay has served as the company’s chief executive officer since 2022.
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