The Chief Executive Officer of DHL Express, Mr. Hennie Heymans has disclosed that the courier company has unveiled mobile and desktop platform e-shop in nine African countries.
The unveiling follows the success of DHL Africa eShop app in 11 countries across Sub Saharan Africa. The countries are South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Mauritius, Ghana, Senegal, Rwanda, Malawi, Botswana, Sierra Leone and Uganda.
According to Heymans, the uptake and usage of this platform over the past seven weeks has been incredible, with exponential growth in subscribers and physical orders. “Based on this rapid growth and the positive feedback that we have received from the market, DHL Express has decided to proceed to the next phase of the rollout as quickly as possible. The platform is now live for consumers in Cameroon, Democratic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, The Gambia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia,” he said.
The DHL Africa eShop enables African customers to shop directly from over 200 US- and UK-based online retailers, with purchases delivered to their door, by DHL Express. This solution was developed in partnership with Link Commerce – a division of Mall for Africa.
