It's all smiles to the bank for one of Nigeria's biggest online mall, Konga which has announced a record breaking sale in its Black Friday Yakata Sales that held on the 26th and 27th of November.
One of one Nigeria’s largest online malls, Konga.com, has recorded breaking sales of over N1.2 billion during the 2015 Yakata promo which held on Thursday, November 26 and continued on Friday, November 27.
Yakata is Konga.com’s version of the famous ‘Black Friday’ recognized over the world ahead of the Yuletide season.
Speaking on the success of the promo, Shola Adekoya, Konga.com Chief Operating Officer, said; “We are more than pleased with the success we recorded with the recent Yakata sales. The success is not for Konga alone, it is for a myriad of small and medium sized businesses across Nigeria that are selling on Konga’s trusted platform today. This is also a reflection of the outstanding team of people we have here and the support from our customers.”
“Konga is becoming more and more of a positive force to be reckoned with in the Nigerian economy and we are grateful to all Nigerians that have chosen us as their trusted ecommerce platform.”
Sim Shagaya, Konga.com CEO, revealed that buyer traffic more than doubled from what was recorded a year ago, and over N110,000,000 worth of orders were placed during the first 4 hours of Konga’s Yakata,. He noted that most of these transactions were completed through the company’s new online payment solution, KongaPay.