Jumia launches Jumia’s e-commerce forum

Jumia launches Jumia’s e-commerce forum

Egypt, Cairo: As part of its celebration of 10 year of success in Egypt, Jumia, the leading e-commerce platform has organized the forum around “A decade of e-commerce in Egypt” with the participation of Dr. Ibrahim Ashmawy, Vice Minister of Supply & Internal Trade, Chairman of the Board, Internal Trade Development Authority, Chairman of the Board, Egyptian Mercantile Exchange who gave the keynote speech addressing the economic development that Egypt has witnessed recently and the future of e-commerce in light of the support of the Egyptian state.

A number of banking leaders, logistic companies, decision makers and businessmen have also participated in the forum.

Engineer Hesham Safwat, CEO of Jumia Egypt, and a number of prominent officials from different sectors also participated in the forum, have discussed with the attendees through three main sessions about important topics including the global development of e-commerce and the state’s incentive measures, as well as the role of finance technology in promoting Egypt’s leadership in the field of electronic payments and the transformation to a cashless society in implementation of Egypt’s 2030 strategy.

During the first session, the participants reviewed the measures taken in partnership with Jumia to advance the e-commerce market which has increased in numbers