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Blow to e-commerce as OLX shuts its Kenya office

OLX Country manager Peter Ndiang'ui during the launch of Do it Yourself car sales service at a Nairobi hotel

NAIROBI, KENYA: Over 30 employees will soon be out of work after online classified OLX confirmed it was shutting its Kenya office.

The e-commerce company will also close its Nigeria office, in what is a dent to the growth of e-commerce in Africa.

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