Evaluating only Jumia Food Ivory Coast’s profile at its peak — without knowing the outcome — the model ranked Unit economics as the #1 likely cause. That’s exactly how it died.
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Documented cause
Jumia Food launched food delivery operations across Sub-Saharan Africa riding the global food tech wave. In Ivory Coast, the service attracted urban professionals in Abidjan but unit economics were devastating: delivery distances were long, addresses informal, and motorcycle couriers unreliable. Average order values were too low to cover logistics costs in a country where restaurant culture was nascent. Jumia shut down all food delivery operations across the continent in 2022, including Ivory Coast, after burning through hundreds of millions.
Lesson
“Global food delivery playbooks fail when the informal address problem makes last-mile costs 3x the developed market baseline.”
Failure anatomy
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Market Exit
📉 MEDIUM
Hype cycle
Peak
Moat type
Brand Loyalty
Fatal mistake
Unit Economics
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