Kilimall is an African e-commerce company currently operating in Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria. The company was founded in Kenya in 2014 by Yang Tao as a direct competitor to Jumia and Konga.com. Kilimall operates three e-commerce models, through online shopping,namely; FBK where both local and global sellers are allowed to store their products at Kilimall warehouses with no charges,D.S (drop shipping) where local merchants stores their products at their own premises while selling on the platform and G.S (global shipping), where Kilimall sources products that are not locally available and delivers them to its customers.
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History
In June 2014, Mr. Yang Tao, a young Chinese entrepreneur founded Kilimall International Limited under the companies Act (Cap. 486) in Kenya , in the wake of Kenya's growing e-commerce space. Yang Tao was an executive at Huawei before leaving to pursue Kilimall vision.Having lived in Kenya for some time, Mr. Tao identified the need that matched his call to improve African living standards.With the urge for best service that could ever be offered to all stakeholder Mr. Tao derived the company name from Mount Kilimanjaro,The Africa's highest mountain, as an inspiration to its goal to become a dominant player in the African e-Commerce scene.
Currently Kilimall has a network of 500+ merchants selling their products via the platform. Some of them have physical outlets, and others are small traders operating from their homes. Kilimall offers its merchants free warehousing in Nairobi (an arrangement known as FBK), from where sold goods are transported by the firm's fleet of motorcycles and vehicles to customers. Kilimall also has Global Shopping and Drop Shipping for independent oversea merchants and local merchants respectively.
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External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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