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  • Jovago now becomes Jumia Travel

    Jovago now becomes Jumia Travel

    Popular e-commerce company, Jovago Nigeria has entered into a partnership with Jumia, which is a member of the Africa Internet Group, the N°1 e-commerce platform in Africa.

    AIG is connecting its companies into Jumia’s ecosystem with a new vision, “Expand your horizons.”

    Customers can now find on Jumia all their needs; fashion and electronics with Jumia (prev. Jumia and Kaymu)], local sellers with Jumia Market (prev. Kaymu), hotel booking with Jumia Travel (Jovago), food delivery with Jumia Food (Hellofood), classifieds with Jumia Deals (Vendito), Jumia House (Lamudi), Jumia Jobs (Everjobs) and Jumia Car (Carmudi), and lastly logistics services with Jumia Services (AIGX).

    Speaking on the new development, Kushal Dutta, Managing Director of Jovago Nigeria stated that, “This is a big leap forward for us as a group. We have worked really hard to build our brands and this synergy will open more doors of opportunity for us as a company. With this move, we can assure those who book on Jumia Travel world class services at the most affordable prices every single time. We are excited about this and this is a sign of even better things to come.”

  • Jovago boss rues misfortunes of e-commerce

    The biting credit crunch remains a disincentive to most e-commerce businesses especially as the fate of the local naira goes on a downward spiral, Kushal Dutta, Managing Director of Jovago Nigeria has said.

    “For a dollar-denominated economy, access to foreign exchange is critical to personal and institutional financing especially in the light of the prevailing economic realities in the country,” he said.

    According to Dutta, “Early performance indicators show us that the e-commerce sector is observing a sharp drop in cashflow. At the moment, investors are seeking instruments that can accommodate dollar receipts but if the restrictions on FX trade continue and the value of the naira continues to spiral out of control, businesses will be faced with significant risk and engagements in offshore transactions will be limited.”

    It may be recalled that the Monetary Policy Committee of the CBN had on Tuesday hinted that the country should look forward to long periods of harsh economic downturn following low receipts from oil revenue.

  • Consumersng Awards announce winners

    Consumersng Awards announce winners

    Consumersng has announced Ondo State, GTBank, Jumia, Etisalat among 16 other corporate entities/governmental bodies listed as the 20 Consumer Brands of the year.

    Consumersng is an online platform advocating for a more consumer-centric ambience in Nigeria and to promote a fair play between businesses.

    The winners in the different categories are, E-governance- Ondo’s smartcart (Kaadi Igbe Ayo); Bank of the year- GTBank; Beauty and Cosmetics (Innovations)- Natures Gentle Touch; Real estate site of the year: Lamudi’; Social Enterprise (Impact)- BudgiT; Corporate Finance- Dunn Loren Merrifield; Job creation- Jobberman; Transport (innovation)- Easy Taxi.

    Others are, Online retailer- Jumia; Health service- Flying Doctors Nigeria; Telecoms- Etisalat; Foods/drinks related services- Hellofood; Logistics – Konga Express; New Media (Innovations)- Iroko TV; Printing (Innovation of the year), Printivo; Hospitality/Tourism (Innovations)- Jovago; Education Site of the year- Passng; Car Search site of the year – Carmudi Online payment platform- Interswitch; Agriculture- Nobex Tech.

    Speaking about the awards, Head, Communications, Consumersng, Funsho Williams-A, said that the idea is initiated in recognition of brands who are best adopting high tech/digital initiatives in easing the burden of service delivery which is otherwise encountered between manufacturers and consumers.

    She added: “We commend the dynamic disposition of the 20 winning brands towards the businesses they do, and assure that we will do all in our capacity to position them as models for others to emulate in a country where consumer rights appreciation/people-centered plans are continually on the decline.

    “While this award might not mirror the impressive financial gains of service providers, it is our pride that the idea is based on consumer’s merit and it reflects the reality of services valued.

    “Activities which entails a voting process, which was opened to consumers online for a week, as well as recommendations from other notable industry watchers were all put into consideration in deciding the winning brands of the day in the 20 categories.”

  • Jovago wins technology compliant award

    Jovago wins technology compliant award

    Jovago.com, the famous hotel-booking website has won the prestigious award for Best Use of Technology at the Nigerian Mobile Economy Summit, NIMES 2015, which held at the MUSON Centre over the weekend.

    The category which was sponsored by the Nigeria Communications Commission was created to promote and commend the excellent achievements stakeholders in the technology sector contribute towards building a sustainable economy.

    Jovago.com, through the innovative deployment of efficient cyber operations and secure payment facilities, has been able to enhance the quality services clients receive, ensuring that partners and customers get great the best value on each investment.

    While receiving the award on behalf of the company, Kushal Dutta, Managing Director of Jovago Nigeria said: “This is a great achievement for us especially. It is good to see that our efforts at improving the standard of e-commerce operations within Nigeria is recognised. At Jovago, we place key focus on delivering excellence to all our clients through our website and mobile platforms and this award by NCC will drive us to do more.”

    As the first African company to partner with Google Hotel Ads, Jovago provides a vast portfolio of 8,000 hotels in Nigeria and over 200,000 hotels around the world at the best prices possible.

    With the recent launch of its offices in Myannmar and Bangladesh, Jovago now has a global presence in more than 41 countries around the world.

  • Jovago joins Google hotel listing

    Africa’s leading hotel-booking website Jovago has been incorporated into the renowned Google Hotels Ads. This strategic collaboration aims to ease the process of hotel search and reservation for travellers in Africa. This would allow Google users access to the best deals at any time and at their convenience, through the Jovago.com platform thus granting a diverse range of users the chance to find and book hotels across the African continent.

    “Google is a giant – the  hotel finder metasearch is a remarkable and handy tool for travellers around the world looking to make smart and informed decisions when booking hotels,” said Paul Midy, CEO of Jovago.

    With a vast inventory of 25,000 hotels in Africa accessible to customers both on and offline, the hospitality and hotel industry there is well provided for. Jovago.com is live on the Google platform with about two thousand hotels with 15,000 more properties to be added from its large inventory.

    Speaking on the importance of this milestone, Marek Zmyslowski, Managing Director of Jovago Nigeria said, “Our primary goal as a company is to add value to the lives of every customer who books a hotel on our platform through fast and reliable services. We will continue to put in effort to make this vision a reality and being the first African company to launch on Google Hotel Ads is a breakthrough we are excited about.”

    Google’s initiative enables a wider range of users to click on the hotel listings directly from the search engine results page and giving them access to Jovago’s properties in Africa with a guarantee of best prices. This service is also integrated with Google Maps, which grants the user the ability to see the exact location of the selected hotel while doing a price comparison at the same time

  • Jovago, MTN partner on free internet services

    In its quest to reduce data costs and boost e-commerce in Nigeria, Jovago – leading online hotel booking portal in Africa launched its free internet service with MTN, to enable prospective subscribers access Jovago’s services at no extra cost. Upbeat, Paul Midy, CEO of Jovago said: “This is a great milestone for us in order to offer great accessibility for the customer-centric mobile experience. We have noticed the immense growth of mobile internet penetration in Africa and remain focused on reaching clients across the world in order to offer them our services.”

    All MTN users, he hinted, can have access to more than 8 000 hotels in Nigeria and 25 000 hotels in Africa without cost and book in one click.

  • Jovago launches Nigerian tourism intelligence report

    Jovago, Africa’s largest hotel booking portal has unveiled its high impact Intelligence Report at a press conference which held on today at the Morning Side Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

    This event which served as part of a line-up of activities marking the 2nd anniversary of the company showcased research carried out on key sector trends and innate possibilities for the economy.

    Speaking at the event, Marek Zmyslowski, Managing Director, Jovago Nigeria said, “Jovago is excited to be celebrating its anniversary at this time where Nigeria’s hospitality industry is showing positive growth potential.

    “E-commerce is the future of business and Nigeria being one of the fastest growing economies in the world has the market size and talent pool to develop this space. As focus in this area grows, we find the hospitality industry will follow this upward trend and this is something we are optimistic about,” he said.

    Based on the reports, the nation’s tourism sector continues to experience robust developments on the back of increased internet access and improved mobile connectivity.

    Excited about the additional effort the company is making to improve the state of the local tourism sector, Sally Mbanefo, Director General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation represented by Assistant Director, Dupe Omojola said, “This work that Jovago has begun is one that the NTDC is very proud of.