Jumia Launches a Food Service to Enhance Its Role in the Egyptian Market

Jumia Launches a Food Service to Enhance Its Role in the Egyptian Market

Jumia, the leading e-commerce platform has officially announced the launch of Jumia Food, a new service to deliver food from restaurants in Cairo, on the basis of the Egyptian market trust in Jumia since November, 2020.

Demand for food and groceries delivery increased since last year following the covid-19 outbreak as restrictions to contain the coronavirus kept most people indoors.

Jumia Food app features the same data used in all Jumia apps and can be downloaded on both Android and iPhone devices. It provides different types of food from major popular restaurants and is user-friendly.

Jumia is looking forward to fulfilling the food companies' requests, via its logistics sector through food delivery service through Jumia app and JumiaPay app for electronic services and payments.

Eng. Hisham Safwat, CEO of Jumia Egypt, stated that “We have a great opportunity to grow our food delivery business in the Egyptian market and we will expand other services through the Jumia App to ensure the highest level of comfort and reassurance for our consumers.” He also added that “After the great success of Jumia in the retail business through its online platform