across africa faster and larger than in many other parts of the world and when jimmy it was founded back in twenty twelve it launched in the four biggest countries in africa rocko egypt south africa and nigeria and now it's active in fourteen nations but they're not the only guys in the market and africa's logistical challenges are immense. clothing has told goods mobile phones t.v.'s if it can be sold to me is likely to have us. for african shoppers tired of encountering a limited range at their local stores and malls the e-commerce giant's large product offering gives it a competitive advantage that it's healthy to grow quickly. the group has eighty one thousand active sellers and four million customers online. in two thousand and eighteen sales of ninety to one hundred thirty million euros. but high investment costs mean jimmy is still in the red it actually lost one hundred seventy million euros last year but analysts are betting on solid growth in the future at present only one percent of retail sales in africa take place online as internet access continues to grow e-commerce is likely to expand to in recent years to me it has entered the logistics and payment system sectors