Jumia Trains Existing And Recruites New Consultants In Abuja

Africa’s leading eCommerce platform, Jumia, has embarking on a mega training engagement for existing and prospective Jumia sales consultants across three top Nigerian cities during Black Friday. The training which held in Lagos,Ibadan and Abuja.   The engagement provided a window of job opportunity for Nigerian youths for requisite skills needed for growing online shopping communities in their immediate environment and it was used to prepare them for the Jumia Black Friday and beyond.

The first training session which held in Lagos on 9th November. Ibadan session held on the 11th November while Abuja training session was slated for 13th November. 

Commenting on the initiative, Head of Offline Sales Jumia Nigeria, Isedowo Tunde, said the training will expose the agents on how they can tap into opportunities around them to earn an income from the e-commerce ecosystem. “Over the years, Jumia Sales Consultants has continued to serve as a source of income for thousands of Nigerian youth. However, becoming a Jumia sales consultants doesn’t automatically translate to earning the stipulated commission. So  training the agents on how to source for consumers and make sales in their neighborhood, and within their network will go a long way in creating job opportunity.       “Jumia Black Friday is the biggest annual sales event for the eCommerce platform which enables consumers to make the most discounted purchases. The training session was used to educate the Jforce agents on how they can leverage Black Friday for maximum sales and commission. 

The sales Consultants initiative is a network of sales consultants with a profit-sharing scheme in which the agent, who is also a Jumia customer, earns a certain percentage as commission for successful orders placed for self or for others on Jumia’s retail chains. Jumia currently has more than 40,000 sales Consultants spread across its African market.     Jumia Black Friday sales are already on, and the window is open till 30th November.