A Jumia Food employee, a global delivery service, collecting orders from Nakasero market in Kampala. Jumia said it had seen a ‘surge in demand’ in early March due to coronavirus restrictions, while noting that supply had also been hit in some countries. — AFP
DAKAR: Seydou Sall sprays antiseptic on bags of food freshly deposited by an e-commerce firm at his home in an upmarket quarter of Senegal's capital Dakar.
In a pattern repeated across the continent, the researcher has turned to online deliveries to get basics such as sugar, milk and coffee during the coronavirus pandemic.
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