E-commerce firm Copia to cut 1,060 jobs on funding hitch

A Copia agent delivers goods to a customer. Copia is among the firms in DOB Equity's portfolio. 

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Copia, a Kenyan e-commerce platform serving low to middle-income customers through a network of agents, has warned that it could fire up to 1,060 workers due to lack of new capital needed to sustain its operations.

The startup is the latest to fall in trouble, joining others like Twiga Foods and Kune Food that laid off all or a substantial part of their workforce amid losses and inability to raise additional capital.

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