A Year After Launching - Awalebiz.Com - Senegal's First Multi-Vendor e-Commerce Platform - Locks Down Partnerships with Over 50 African Brands Spanning 10 Countries
Dakar, Senegal (PRWEB) May 23, 2016 -- A year since opening their (virtual, e-Commerce) doors, Awalebiz.com has launched over 50 different African brands, artists and manufacturers via their multi-vendor e-commerce platform, http://www.awalebiz.com. Awalebiz.Com is the first platform built by Africans for African brands. This online business marketplace allows both the craftsman without Internet access, to the larger African brand who doesn’t have an e-Commerce web site, to compete globally with larger brands and companies. Likewise, Awalebiz also helps more established African creators, entrepreneurs, craftsmen and brands to increase their online visibility and their global presence.
Founded in March 2015 by a Senegalese IT professional, Ms. Nafy Diagne, Awalebiz.com was created to be more than just an ecommerce retailer.
The core mission of the company is to promote African culture, creativity and sustainable business practices while helping African companies compete globally. The company does this by focusing on partnering with brands that have both a solid sense of corporate responsibility and are environmentally and employee friendly. For example, two of the larger brands it sells, Bioessence Labs and Madlyn Cazalis, have received numerous international awards for success as African businesses. Bioessence Labs is an Ecocert certified manufacturer of 100% organic African cosmetics.
The e-Commerce website also has a blog where the various brands can publish articles and interact with each other and share ideas.
As Ms. Nafy Diagne says: “As an IT professional for a major multi-national corporation, I have had the opportunity to travel the globe and observe how companies operate internationally. I have noticed how hard it is for many small and mid-sized African creators and brands to compete globally without the technology and infrastructure they need. By allowing these vendors to sell their products on Awalebiz.Com, we are not only helping them grow their business but we are also helping support Fair Trade practices and African sustainable development initiatives.”
In their “Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform” (https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs) the United Nations’ Division of Sustainable Development lists “sustained and inclusive economic growth” as one of their primary goals. Awalebiz.com joins in this mission of promoting and advancing this sustainable development agenda for Africa.
For more information on AwaleBiz.Com’s eCommerce platform and sustainability efforts, visit our Values and Beliefs page: http://awalebiz.com/en/nos-engagements-en/.
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Awalebiz.Com is a leading e-commerce marketplace for unique African products, arts and crafts. In the spirit of the popular African board game 'Awale', based on the idea of spreading seeds to collect fruit, our company focuses not only on the bottom line but on promoting our artists, brands while sharing the wonderful African culture.
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jay wilner, out of bounds communications, http://www.outofboundscommunications.com, +1 (816) 756-5881, [email protected]
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