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Apr 12, 2019

Meet Africa’s answer to Amazon

From the BBC World Service… Africa’s largest e-commerce operator Jumia begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange. We hear from the World Bank’s new president David Malpass. Plus, do you think you’re an above-average driver?

A Jumia scooterman tries to speak to clients to be delivered with product at the Ikeja warehouse of the company in Lagos on June 12, 2013.
A Jumia scooterman tries to speak to clients to be delivered with product at the Ikeja warehouse of the company in Lagos on June 12, 2013.
PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images

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