Africa focused ride-hailing service, Gozem, will begin its activities in Cameroon in the coming days.
“Cameroon is in full swing, as I can confirm. It’ll be a week, if not a few days, before you know it. The teams are all set and ready to go. The goal is to build a fantastic software that brings together a variety of services on a single interface, including goods and people transportation, e-commerce, and financial technology,” said CEO Emeka Ajene.
Gozem was founded in 2019 by Emeka Ajene and Raphael Dana, operating an app that offers transportation, logistics, e-commerce and financial services in primarily-francophone African countries.
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After launching operations in Gabon in May 2021, Gozem will be able to increase its footprint in Central Africa by extending its activities in Cameroon. In addition to increasing competition in the market for applications that provide various financial, transportation, and e-commerce services, the startup hopes to expand the number of users of its platform, which is now believed to be over 500,000.
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This startup’s presence in Cameroon is primarily part of a continental expansion strategy that will soon take it to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After Togo, Benin, Gabon, and Cameroon, it’s now Cameroon’s turn. The operator plans to grow into six more markets over the next two years, including Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Rwanda.
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