E-commerce firm Jumia leverages AI to slash 7pc of jobs

A Jumia outlet shop at Emperor Plaza in Nairobi.

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Africa-focused e-commerce company Jumia is using artificial intelligence (AI) across operations like customer service and marketing to cut jobs, joining the firms that are leveraging the new technology to lower their expenses.

The New York Stock Exchange-listed company, which has operations in Kenya and eight other African markets, disclosed that it has shed seven percent of its total employee count in the nine months to September aided by the technology.

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