Many people across Africa rely on mobile internet for everyday activities, and with this comes a growing interest in global shopping. Increasingly, people are ordering from sites like Amazon, Aliexpress, Alibaba, and eBay, as well as subscribing to digital services such as Spotify, Google Play, and Netflix.
Unfortunately, high levels of fraud remain a challenge on the continent, impacting ordinary users. Common scams involve issues with bank accounts, credit or virtual cards, and digital wallets. For anyone making frequent online purchases, protecting their funds from fraudsters is essential.
In this article, we’ll explain how you can do so with the versatile Ultima virtual card for shopping from PSTNET. Issued by banks in the US and the EU, this card features advanced...
If you are looking for the best web hosting in Nigeria, you have two options. You can either choose a reliable Nigeria-based web hosting company or a global hosting provider. As a business or an entrepreneur in Nigeria, you want affordable web hosting without compromising on performance.
A Nigeria-based web host is one with an office in Nigeria, offering you the additional convenience of paying in Naira. For global hosting companies, you will be required to make payments in a foreign currency, usually the US dollar.
If you are currently wondering which web hosting companies to choose for your business in Nigeria, I have been using hosting services since 2009 and will be helping you make that choice here.
I will be...
There are a number of food delivery services that connect you to restaurants in your city. In Nigeria, food delivery services like Jumia Food and OFood enable you order your meal online. You order food online from any of the over 100 restaurants available on those apps and it will be delivered to your home or office in minutes. Here is how to order food online from restaurants at Jumia Food and OFood.
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How to Order Food on Jumia Food
Ordering food at Jumia Food is very easy. Just visit the Jumia...
Buying takeout food is now easier than ever before in Nigeria and over 40 countries worldwide. Seat in the comfort of your home or office, and order food from over 100 restaurants in Nigeria and 10 other countries in Africa. This is the deal you get with online food delivery services like Jumia Food (a.k.a Hellofood) and OFood. No more getting stuck in traffic just to order takeout, relax and allow Jumia Food do all the hard work.
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Order, Pay, Eat
Jumia Food and OFood makes life a lot easier for you. Just...
Feel like buying takeaway food? Jumia Food (previously Hellofood) is a food delivery service that gives you access to dozens of restaurants in your city in Nigeria and a couple of other African countries. Just visit Jumia Food, choose your favourite restaurant, pick the food or snack and/or beverage you want, make your order and have it delivered to your home or office in minutes.
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Yummy Meals at your Fingertips
Over a hundred restaurants are available on Jumia Food. You can order food from any of the restaurants or even multiple restaurants.
All...
Want to buy a new smartphone? You can choose to buy from a brick and mortar store or you can shop for smartphones at online stores in Nigeria. This guide will put you through all you need to know about buying smartphones online. We hope it will help you buy your next smartphone online.
Where to Buy Smarthones
Jumia.com.ng from ₦78,500.00 Buy Now
Understand what a smartphone is
Smartphones are mobile phones with advanced computing capability. If you still need to know more about smartphones you can read our how to buy a smartphone article. However as a guide any mobile phone running...
Jumia, the number one online store in Nigeria has finally built a mobile website. During our recent overview of leading online stores in Nigeria, one of the weakness we spotted in Jumia was that the website was not mobile optimised. Well, Jumia has now optimised their website for mobile, making it easy to shop online on your mobile phone.
So, click Jumia on your mobile phone and start shopping online on mobile.
Going Mobile makes Sense
Majority of Nigerians browse the internet using mobile phones. I will say over 55% based on the traffic we get on our websites. Hence, going mobile...
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is the best and most powerful Samsung Android phone available today. It features a massive 5.5-inch display, 1.6GHz quad-core processor, high speed internet (up to 42Mbps), and features the latest flavour of Android (Jelly Bean). The good news is that the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is now available in Nigeria and you can buy the Galaxy Note II online at Jumia Nigeria. Checkout the Galaxy Note 7.
Where to Buy Samsung Phones
Jumia.com.ngfrom ₦21,900.00 Buy Now (Nigeria)
Jumia.co.kefrom KSh 8,499.00 Buy Now (Kenya)
Konga.comfrom ₦27,500.00 Buy Now (Nigeria)
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is available in two colours Marble White or...
The iPhone 5, the latest iteration of the world's most desired smartphone is now available in Nigeria. The New iPhone offers you a bigger display, a thinner and lighter design, and the most powerful and brilliant iPhone to date. The iPhone 5 is available at online stores in Nigeria like Konga and Jumia. Here’s how to buy online.
Where to Buy an iPhone
Jumia Nigeria – See Offers | Jumia Kenya – See Offers | Jumia Ghana – See Offers
Be informed
Before rushing out to buy an iPhone 5 or any smartphone for that matter it is a good idea to be well informed read reviews and...
Website development is an art and a science. To create a website that has form and functionality is a very complex task. Balancing the need for visual impact with swift website features is, sometimes, an onerous task. But with the tool of Magento, such a task becomes extremely easy.
It is truly noteworthy how Magento makes website development for ecommerce websites as easy as can be. As open source platforms go, very few come close to the features, content and capabilities of Magento. Small wonder then that it is a top favorite among the website developer community!
In fact, one can...
Getting a debit card for online shopping in Nigeria is quite easy. In fact, if you have a bank account in any Nigerian bank it is very likely you already have a debit card for shopping online at Nigerian Online Stores. Yes that ATM card, which you currently only use to withdraw cash at ATM machines can also be used to shop at some online stores in Nigeria.
Where to Shop Online
Jumia.com.ngfrom ₦500.00 Buy Now
Getting a Naira Debit Card
Getting a Naira Debit card is easy. Chances are you already have one. Your Naira denominated MasterCard and Visa ATM cards as...
To shop online, you need a debit or a credit card, but do you know how to use one? Although most online stores are easy to use, you may want a quick guide. This article is the guide you need. You will see what a debit card looks like and what the different parts represent. You will also discover the features you need to shop online.
Where to Shop Online
Jumia.com.ngfrom ₦500.00 Buy Now
In case you are wondering, your ATM card is a debit card and you can shop online with it if supported by an online store. Most cards we...
Online shopping is growing in Nigeria, though it is still far away from hitting its full potential. We will be sharing some of the best online stores in Nigeria. We will also be sharing some great international online stores that ship to Nigeria.
Below is a list of leading online stores in Nigeria. At these online stores you can order products with your credit/ATM/debit cards and they will deliver it to you in 1 to 5 days.
Some of these online stores also allow electronic fund transfer via Internet Banking as well as bank deposits. In addition, some of the online...
This is a continuation of our list of online stores in Nigeria. This is the rest of the list. For a list of the top online shopping sites in Nigeria, visit the Online Stores in Nigeria list. Some of these online stores focus on fashion, others on Gadgets, while some are general e-shopping stores.
Where to Shop Online
Jumia.com.ng from ₦1500.00 View Offers
More Online Stores
Kara Online Store: www.kara.com.ng
Web Mall Store: www.webmallng.com
Kili Mall: www.kilimall.ng
My Store: www.mystore.com.ng
BargainMaster NG: www.bargainmasterng.com
eShop: eshop.com.ng
Know of other online stores in Nigeria? Share them as a comment.
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Key to Success for...
In the previous article, I focused on challenges investors in the online shopping and e-commerce industry in Nigeria should be aware of and develop blueprints on how to solve before investing. In this article, I will offer solutions on how to build a successful online store in Nigeria.
Adequate Capital
A lot of online stores currently operating in Nigeria are running on lean budgets. Some do not have warehouse and do not buy products in bulk. They simply take orders online and buy products from other sources to fulfill the orders.
So their prices will always be higher than the brick and...
Planning to build an online store for Nigeria? This article will show you some of the challenges you are bound to face. They are challenges I believe that all up and coming online stores in Nigeria need to be aware of before venturing into Nigeria. I am not writing this to discourage you, but to inform you so that you come prepared with your blueprint for tackling them.
This article do not provide solutions to the challenges, it merely highlights them. You can read our solutions for Building a successful online store.
Poor Infrastructure & Logistic Sector
The comatose state of Infrastructure...
Online Stores in Nigeria are not there yet. They are yet to measure up with their counterparts in other parts of the world. Having shopped in foreign online stores, most notably Amazon, and having seen the level of service they offer in their home countries I have always wished we have stores like that in Nigeria.
Where to Shop Online
Jumia.com.ngfrom ₦1500.00 Buy Now
Of course, there are promising online stores emerging in the Nigerian landscape (notably Jumia and Konga), especially in the past few years, but I would not confidently say that they are there yet. In this article, I will...
Shopping online is like second nature in most parts of the world, but unfortunately in one country in West Africa called Nigeria it is more like science fiction to most of the population. As the number one technology blog in Nigeria, the NaijaTechGuide is launched a series on online shopping in Nigeria to create more awareness on online shopping and benefits of creating an e-commerce economy.
Shopping in Nigeria Series
Online Stores in Nigeria
Features of a Debit card
Key to Success for Online Stores in Nigeria
Challenges to Online Shopping in Nigeria
Worthy Online Stores in Nigeria
Shopping Online...
Are you in the UK and want to transfer money to your loved ones in Nigeria? Or you just want to pay a Nigerian business partner or consultant for services rendered in Nigeria?
Thinking of visiting a money transfer agent? Well, you don't have to. With Western Union you can now transfer money online to Nigeria.
All you need is an internet access and enough credit line or balance in your credit/debit card (issued by a UK bank) and you can conveniently transfer money to Nigeria.
Transfer Money without stress
With Western Union Send Money Online service you can transfer money to Nigeria...
Sending Money from UK to Nigeria is easier than ever before. With Western Union Send Money Online service, you can conveniently send money to your loved ones in Nigeria 24/7 from the comfort of your home or office. Being too busy to visit an agent location can no longer stop you. In minutes, you can transfer money to your loved ones from where you are right now.
Send Money Conveniently
With Western Union Send Money Online service, you can send up to 500 GBP per transaction for your first and second money transfers and if you go through an identification process,...
Looking for a .com or .org domain name for your website? .com, .org, and .net domain names are amongst the most popular in the world, visit any of the top domain name registrars to buy your own domain name. Here you will find some of the best domain name registrars.
Register a Domain Name
Here are some of the best domain name registration services that will enable you register .com domain names. I personally use Namecheap and GoDaddy to register .com domain names, so I can say their services are excellent.
Namecheap.com
GoDaddy.com
At these websites, you can start by searching for...
Getting a domain name free is quite easy. Most web hosting companies offer a free domain name when you buy a web hosting package. So, you need not pay for a domain name when you are buying web hosting as the web hosting service will offer you one.
While getting a domain name free might seem like a good deal, there is a downside, which makes me recommend that you buy your domain name separately.
The Downside
The downside of taking a free domain name with your web hosting is that the domain name remains free as long as you maintain the...
You need the best marketing automation software to scale your business fast and convert more leads to customers.
Marketing automation software are software tools that...
Zmobile is a mobile banking service from Zenith bank. Zmobile (meaning Zenith mobile) enables customers of Zenith bank to carry out various banking and...
AliExpress.com is an online shopping mall owned by China's top online marketplace, Alibaba.com. On AliExpress, you will find thousands of top Chinese exporters and...
