A
former doctor helping trauma patients in a Lagos Emergency hospital has founded
a thriving online supermarket business in Lagos, Nigeria that is gaining
reputation both locally and internationally. Gloo.ng, Nigeria’s Leading Online Supermarket, was recently
featured by CNN International in its African Start-Up segment and has also been featured by Washington Post, BBC
World Service and Financial Times of London.
It was also voted No.4 on the list of 20 African Startups to Watch by Mashable—No.1 in Nigeria. Dr. Olumide Olusanya decided to start Gloo.ng to try to cater to Nigeria's busy women with no time to shop at the supermarket. Continue...
It was also voted No.4 on the list of 20 African Startups to Watch by Mashable—No.1 in Nigeria. Dr. Olumide Olusanya decided to start Gloo.ng to try to cater to Nigeria's busy women with no time to shop at the supermarket. Continue...
"I
saw what my wife was going through. I saw the stress; I saw the love and
passion of trying to keep up a very happy home, a very happy family, traveling
up and down and then (being) busy on a daily basis," says Olusanya.
"And then you have me, a husband that is totally useless at cooking or
taking care of the house, so you see all this pressure coming on her," he
adds. “Gloo.ng is an outpouring of affection to my wife – and by extension, to
all our target users – to try to relieve her, and our valued Gloo.ng users, of
the stress of this balancing act, partnering with them to build the happiness
they want to build into their homes and families, by saving them the precious
time, the valuable money and the needless stress spent on the very unnecessary
inconvenience of supermarket visits, which they can better spend on activities
that promote their happiness, such has spending quality time with their family."
Check out thisCNN video
to find out more about Olumide's efforts to ensure his customers are stuck like
glue to his business and how he navigates the challenges of running an online
store in Nigeria.
