Connecting African Vendors
to the World
A social commerce marketplace that enables African market vendors to sell online, adapt to e-commerce, showcase their skills, and monetize their accumulated knowledge.
The World is a marketplace. Everybody is selling something. What are you selling?
About Us
Our Mission: The "Why"
We believe in challenging the status quo and thinking differently.
- Our Purpose: To champion the cause of offline market vendors by making their shops more visible.
- Our Goal: To make the unique shops of Africa and the world more accessible.
- Economic Impact: Marche Centrale has the capacity to boost local and inter-country trade and promote economic development in African countries.
The Problem
Despite 650 million mobile users in Africa, the current commerce landscape faces significant hurdles:
- Lack of Online Presence: More than 95% of vendors in Africa do not have an online presence, limiting consumers to shopping only within their locality.
- Payment Barriers: A key constraint to intra-African trade is the inability to pay in local currency (e.g., a Nigerian trader paying an Egyptian counterpart usually requires US dollars or Euros).
- Physical Limitations: Physical markets can be stressful, dirty (especially during rain), and involve long walks and aggressive bargaining.
- Wasted Time: Consumers often spend more than 70% of their time just searching for products.
The Solution: Marche Centrale
We provide a social commerce platform that brings customers closer to businesses.
For Consumers
- Local Currency Payments: Pay for goods purchased in Egypt or any other country using your local currency.
- Convenience: Shop comfortably at midnight in your pyjamas without traffic or judgment.
- Access: Discover unique shops that speak to the local lifestyle.
For Vendors
- Visibility: We make your shop visible and simple to manage.
- Social Interaction: Post classified ads, listings, statuses, and have live chats with customers.
- Growth: Create an extra channel of income and attract wholesale distributors.
Market Potential
Africa is one of the fastest-growing e-commerce markets in the world.
Market Gap
While there are 281 million digital buyers (2020), active users on major platforms are significantly lower, showing a huge unexplored market gap.
Growth
E-commerce value in Africa could cross the $75 billion mark by 2025.
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- +237 654011133
- info@marchecentrale.com
- eric@marhecentrale.com
- Bonamusadi, Rond Point Maetur, Denver