Alibaba.com and Kwik announce partnership to support Nigerian exporters
Kwik becomes first-ever Alibaba.com Authorized Channel Partner in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Specially tailored Alibaba.com membership offers are now available to Nigerian manufacturers to access over 48 million global buyers around the world.
Alibaba.com, a world leading B2B e-commerce platform and Kwik (https://Kwik.Delivery), a leading digital platform for logistics services in Nigeria, announce today a partnership to support Nigerian exporters.
Kwik is now an official Authorized Channel Partner of Alibaba.com in Nigeria, the first such partnership signed by Alibaba.com in Sub-Saharan Africa. Kwik will market the Alibaba.com platform to Nigerian manufacturers, producers and exporters.
Alibaba.com and Kwik are introducing today a series of special rates for Nigerian manufacturers and exporters to acquire membership on the Alibaba.com platform as well as associated features and benefits.
' This partnership with Alibaba.com sends a very strong signal to Nigerian businesses: accessing the world's markets is a few clicks away! Competing globally creates jobs and will play a key role in lifting up the Nigerian economy ' declared Romain Poirot-Lellig, Founder&CEO of Kwik. ' There is a strong complementarity between our portfolio of customers and Alibaba.com 's platform.'
' We are excited to partner with Kwik by offering great opportunities to Nigerian exporters to access millions of buyers around the world ' declared Foncel Lan, Head of Global Potential Countries, Alibaba.com.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Kwik.
About Alibaba.com:
Founded in 1999, Alibaba.com is a leading platform for global wholesale trade that serves millions of buyers and suppliers around the world, offering a wide array of products in over 40 distinct categories, ranging from consumer electronics, machinery, and apparel.
About Kwik:
Kwik is a leading digital platform for on-demand logistics services in Nigeria. It enables thousands of merchants, businesses and corporations to outsource their logistics operations such as warehousing, fulfillment and delivery in Nigeria and in the Sub-Saharan Africa region.
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