2023年7月20日

閱讀時間:3分鍾非洲,2023年7月19日弗朗西斯•Dufay Jumia CEO。泛非電子商務巨頭Jumia麵臨暗淡的未來公司繼續流血的錢沒有結束的跡象。公司發生重大損失的20億美元自成立以來,說沒有保證它會達到或維持未來的盈利能力。這是根據Jumia年度報告提交給美國證券交易委員會,其主要目的是對市場操縱執行法律。在報告中,Jumia顯示方麵,可能影響業務的列表,其中包括非洲的互聯網普及率較低,技術係統的中斷,由於黑客和安全漏洞,病毒、欺詐和惡意攻擊。“我們的市場構成重大的業務挑戰,需要我們花費大量的金融資源,”該公司報告說,並補充說,未來盈利能力或可持續性並不是必然的。Jumia經營泛非電子商務平台,在23個國家在非洲大陸的存在。參見平台由一個連接企業和消費者市場,物流服務使航運和交付的包,和支付服務,JumiaPay,連同其授權支付服務提供商網絡促進交易。在這個問題上其不穩定的財務狀況,該公司表示:“我們主要是創造收入的傭金,第三方賣家支付我們費用基於他們銷售的商品和服務,並直接出售的貨物,我們的行為作為一個賣家。然而,我們的收入不足以支付我們的操作費用。” Accordingly, it says: “Since we were founded in 2012, we have not been profitable on a consolidated basis. We incurred a loss of $183.7 million in 2020, a loss of $226.9 million in 2021 and a loss of $238.3 million in 2022. As of December 31, 2022, we had accumulated losses of $2.0 billion.” Jumia adds: “There is no guarantee that we will generate sufficient revenue in the future to offset the cost of maintaining our platform and maintaining and growing our business. “Furthermore, even if we achieve profitability in certain of our more mature markets, where e-commerce is rapidly growing, there is no guarantee that we will be able to break even and achieve profitability in other markets, where e-commerce adoption is slower.” Operating expenses may continue to increase as it intends to expend substantial financial resources on acquiring and retaining sellers and consumers, growing and maintaining technology infrastructure. “These investments may not result in increased revenue growth. If we cannot generate revenue that exceeds the costs of our business, we will not be able to achieve or sustain profitability or generate positive cash flow on a sustained basis and our revenue growth rate may decline,” says Jumia. On growth prospects, Jumia says its business depends on an increase in internet penetration in Africa and other external factors, some of which are beyond our control. The company explains: “If telecommunications services are not sufficiently available to support the growth of the Internet, response times could be slower, which would reduce Internet usage and harm our platform. “If Internet penetration and digital literacy do not increase in our markets of operation, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.” Concerns also exist about the platform being used to defraud customers. Jumia says failure to deal effectively with any fraud perpetrated and fictitious transactions conducted on its platform could harm the business. Jumia says: “We have experienced improper practices, including practices engaged in by our independent sales consultants and a small number of our employees. “For example, in September 2022, we discovered that an employee in Kenya manipulated certain vendor payment entries and misappropriated payments in 2021 and 2022. While the financial impact, in this case, was not material (below $150,000), any such illegal, fraudulent or collusive activities by our employees could have a material adverse effect on our business.”