Jumia has begun its mobile week but will we be able to buy? 3 reasons why Jumia mobile week might not be as reloaded as it should

Jumia started its 7 day mobile week yesterday and they tout some of the best phones, tablets and tech gadgets at mouth-watering prices. I mean i saw my Infinix Note 2 being sold for N42,000 and i’m like arrrrrrgh! Should have waited for this, right? Wrong. Most online retail tech companies hold mobile week sales in order to entice buyers and I’m sure Jumia would have made massive sales last year. This year however might not be so rosy for the online retail company. Here’s why-

Price of tomatoes

Seems unlikely but yes you read correctly. The fact that tomatoes now cost practically one for a N100 may affect the sales of online retail giant. Tomatoes are now like gold and people are saving money just to buy tomatoes. So instead of using N26, 000 to buy an Infinix hot note 3, i might as well just buy a basket of tomatoes. #justsaying

Purchasing power has dropped

People who would have been able to buy phones at higher prices last year may be unable to buy them at lower prices this year. The reason is simple enough. Purchasing power has dropped. There have been job cuts, salary slashes, pocket-money slashes and even sugar-daddy money slashes lol!. The effect of the economy is telling on every one. So when i am even barely able to feed, pray tell, where will i get the money to buy a new phone from except i absolutely need it?

Exchange rate

Ahan! The almighty exchange rate. With the dollar exchanging for N348 to a dollar and the pound for N495 to a pound at the Black Market rate, this might just be the spoiler. This time last year, the exchange rate was almost twice as low. Now with the increase and uncertainty, prices of gadgets are skyrocketing and so also are people’s reluctance to buy gadgets at such rates when they could be saving.

It may be a hard sell for Jumia but again, maybe that’s not for me to say because Nigerians love to spend and will still patronise Jumia anyway

NIGERIA'S POKING FUN AT SPAIN TOMATO FESTIVAL GRABS INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION

 It’s no longer news that tomatoes are ridiculously expensive in Nigeria right now due to a pest attack in the North from Tuta Absoluta. Nigerians however do not lose an opportunity to poke fun and Nigerian social media accounts have been agog with pictures of La Tomatina in Bunol, Spain where an annual tomato fight festival takes place in August with over 20 000 participants. These jokes caught the attention of Washington Post which featured some of the funny tweets with the caption 'Nigeria’s ‘tomato emergency’ prompts online outrage — at Spain'

Right now, in a country where i had to buy about 4 seeds of tomatoes for N300, that is a huge waste when i can use it to cook huge pots of our much beloved stew. The Washington Post and residents of Bunol should not entertain any fear at Nigerians reaction at the waste of tomatoes. We are not angry. Its just our way of easing the tension of our tomatoless situation