A profile of Jumia, hailed as the "Amazon of Africa", as CEO Francis Dufay tries to hit profitability by 2027 after scaling down its food delivery business (Aanu Adeoye/Financial Times)

Aanu Adeoye / Financial Times:
A profile of Jumia, hailed as the “Amazon of Africa”, as CEO Francis Dufay tries to hit profitability by 2027 after scaling down its food delivery business  —  Six years after a high-profile listing, Jumia is still trying to prove that it can be a profitable business rather than a relic of the cheap money era