E-commerce has been given a helping hand in Africa with the launch of a new platform.
DP World has launched DUBUY.com, a global wholesale e-commerce platform that adds digital trading corridors to the physical corridors DP World has built across the African continent with its investment in ports, terminals and logistics operations.
DUBUY.com is available first in Rwanda with plans to expand across Africa and around the world.
Mahmood Al Bastaki, chief operating officer of Dubai Trade World, said: "DUBUY.com represents a new model of partnership with the UAE, designed to strengthen the existing potential in Rwanda, opening businesses and markets organically, by enabling trade and supplying innovation.”
Unlocking access to trade
DUBUY.com is partnering with local businesses and the Rwandan Government to help unlock access to global markets for small and medium-sized UAE enterprises, using DP World's end-to-end integrated supply chain services to fulfil orders for export and to receive goods. The platform also enables global companies to find and serve new trading partners in Africa, opening up access to fast growing markets.
The combination of DUBUY.com with DP World's physical logistics infrastructure and data-driven logistics solutions will solve some of the key challenges to the growth of eCommerce, including reliable fulfilment, secure financial transactions and the movement of goods.
DUBUY.com is the first online store created for all Rwandan licensed exporters, importers, and manufacturers. In Rwanda, DP World has already invested in a logistics hub which offers container handling, cold chain and bonded warehouses.
The platform offers a one-stop-shop, ensuring all transactions on the site are secure, from onboarding only trusted suppliers through to integrating leading payment service providers.
There are pre-negotiated, heavily discounted shipping tariffs in place, with weekly console boxes moving between origin and destination with guaranteed transit times, and incentivised shipping costs. Shipping methods are also customised according to the scale of each transaction, and the urgency of shipments.
