Alibaba to offer “great opportunities to Nigerian exporters” with new partnership

Alibaba.com and Kwik, a leading digital platform for logistics services in Nigeria, announce today a partnership to support Nigerian exporters.

Kwik is now an official Authorized Channel Partner of Alibaba.com in Nigeria, the first such partnership signed by Alibaba.com in Sub-Saharan Africa. Kwik will market the Alibaba.com platform to Nigerian manufacturers, producers and exporters.

Alibaba.com and Kwik are introducing today a series of special rates for Nigerian manufacturers and exporters to acquire membership on the Alibaba.com platform as well as associated features and benefits.

“This partnership with Alibaba.com sends a very strong signal to Nigerian businesses: accessing the world’s markets is a few clicks away! Competing globally creates jobs and will play a key role in lifting up the Nigerian economy” declared Romain Poirot-Lellig, Founder & CEO of Kwik. “There is a strong complementarity between our portfolio of customers and Alibaba.com’s platform.”

“We are excited to partner with Kwik by offering great opportunities to Nigerian exporters to access millions of buyers around the world” declared Foncel Lan, Head of Global Potential Countries, Alibaba.com.