JMIA News & Events

GMV of $211.2 million compared to $161.7 million in the first quarter of 2025, up 31% year-over-year, and up 18% in constant currency. Adjusted for perimeter effects, GMV grew 32% year-over-year. "Our first quarter results demonstrate that the operating leverage we have been building is translating into our financials. GMV and physical goods Orders, each adjusted for perimeter effects, grew 32% and 31%, respectively, year-over-year, and our Adjusted EBITDA loss narrowed by 32% to $10.7 million as higher volumes result in structurally better economics across our platform. Gross profit grew 48% year-over-year, reflecting our continued progress in marketplace monetization. At the start of 2026, we committed to scaling usage across our existing markets, deepening customer engagement, and unlocking operating leverage while continuing to improve availability, affordability, and reliability for our customers. Our first quarter results reflect early and tangible delivery for each of these priorities. Growth was broad-based across our markets. Nigeria delivered an exceptional quarter with physical goods GMV up 42% year-over-year, Egypt confirmed its recovery, with physical goods GMV up 3%, or 56% excluding corporate sales, year-over-year. We continue to monitor the dynamic macro environment and manage our business accordingly. We believe that we have the right business fundamentals to navigate current uncertainties and that the opportunity for Jumia remains strong. We are executing with discipline and these results keep us firmly on track toward our target of achieving Adjusted EBITDA breakeven and positive cash flow in the fourth quarter of 2026, and full-year profitability and positive cash flow in 2027." - Francis Dufay, CEO

The company said, "Jumia remains committed to delivering profitable growth in 2026 by scaling usage, improving operational efficiency, and continuing to reduce cash burn. We are navigating an evolving international environment. While we expect some temporary disruption from memory chip and CPU price pressures and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, our business fundamentals are strong, our Q1 2026 results demonstrate continued execution, and we have not changed our mid-term profitability targets or our belief in Jumia's long-term opportunity for growth. Based on current business trends, we reaffirm our full-year 2026 guidance as follows: *GMV is projected to grow between 27% and 32% year-over-year, adjusted for perimeter effects. *We forecast Adjusted EBITDA loss to be between $25 million and $30 million. *We confirm our strategic goal to achieve breakeven on an Adjusted EBITDA basis and positive cash flow in the fourth quarter of 2026, and delivering full-year profitability and positive cash flow in 2027."

The company said, "We are navigating an international environment that is evolving quickly, with two principal developments having the potential to affect our business. First, increases in memory chip and CPU prices have raised the prices of certain products, including phones, and have caused reorganizations in supply chains and inventories. This is impacting our business at least in the near term. We are mitigating this by diversifying our supplier base for smartphones and scaling our marketplace across both local and international sellers. Second, the war in the Middle East has led to logistics and supply chain disruptions, as well as rising fuel costs. We have seen limited impact in the first quarter of 2026, but expect greater pressure in the second quarter of 2026 if conditions persist. This exposure is partially mitigated by reductions in our reliance on fuel-intensive delivery through the increased use of pick-up stations. While we are currently navigating an uncertain international environment, we believe that our business fundamentals, which were rebuilt from 2022 to 2025, mostly in tougher times than this, are strong. We do expect some temporary disruption, but this does not change our mid-term profitability targets or our belief in Jumia's long-term opportunity for growth."

Jumia Technologies sees Q2 GMV growth 27%-32% year-over-year