Thursday, November 21African Digital Business Magazine

Tag: ANKA

Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Tech

Afrikrea Secures US$6.2M in pre-Series A Round and Rebrands to “ANKA” to Export Africa

Leading Ivorian e-commerce company closes oversubscribed round to scale its mobile product suite across multiple retail channels 11 January, 2022. Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire - Afrikrea, the e-commerce platform for “all things made of Africa'', has announced the successful completion of a US$6.2M pre-Series A round led by Investisseurs & Partenaires and the rebrand to “ANKA”, its all-in-one solution for selling anywhere, shipping globally and receiving payments quickly. The new investment includes participation from Alibaba’s Executive Vice Chairman Joe Tsai, BESTSELLER Foundation, VestedWorld, Enigmo, Groupe Prunay and Rising Tide Africa. They join existing investors SAVIU Ventures (who is also participating in the round), Lofty Inc, Kepple Africa, Consonance, id4 Ventures and Thierry Pet...
Afrikrea Launches ANKA to Power Global African E-Commerce
Business, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

Afrikrea Launches ANKA to Power Global African E-Commerce

Ivorian company partners with DHL and Visa and builds SaaS Platform for omnichannel global selling for African micro retailers Afrikrea, the e-commerce platform for “all things made of Africa”, is launching ANKA - an all-in one SaaS solution to provide a seamless ecommerce, payments and global shipping online service for thousands of micro retailers and businesses on the continent and around the world, as it continues to power e-commerce for Africa. Launched to coincide with Afrikrea’s fifth anniversary of operations, ANKA (meaning “Ours” in Bambara and Djoula) allows merchants to easily: Sell via a customised online storefront (like Shopify), social media platforms or by links such as on Gumroad and also the Afrikrea marketplace. This is carried out via an omnichannel dashboard with ...