Jumia is cutting another 10% of staff. AI is the framing. Profitability is the deadline.
Francis Dufay told Bloomberg TV the African e-commerce company is implementing AI across operations, logistics, finance, and marketing, and intends to be profitable by the end of the year. The 200 jobs disappearing now sit on top of a workforce that has already shrunk by more than half since 2022. Jumia Technologies is preparing to […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
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