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Jumia suspends operations in Cameroon

People are seen outside Jumia Technologies headquarters in Douala, Cameroon, November 18, 2019. [REUTERS/Josiane Kouagheu]

Online retailer Jumia Technologies said on Monday it had suspended its e-commerce platform activities in Cameroon because they were “not suitable” for the African state.

Dubbed “the Amazon of Africa”, the company founded in 2012 by two French former McKinsey consultants has grown quickly to become the continent’s leading e-commerce firm, operating in more than a dozen countries.

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