Online Shopping: Ebola increases our sales

Managing Director, Jumia Nigeria, Jeremy Doutte, has said online shopping sales has increased since Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was introduced into Nigeria.

He said: “We have seen an increase in the number of new customers on our website. It is encouraging to see that people are taking the awareness seriously.

“I think it is safer to stick to online shopping during this period. We have noticed a major increase in the demand for sanitary and protective products, such as handwash, sanitisers and bleach.

“We have also had a 50 per cent increase in the number of new customers. New customers sign up daily and are buying from Jumia with tripled increase traffic from major cities.”