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Monday 28 April 2014

How a former doctor saves Nigerian women from 'useless husbands'

A former doctor helping trauma patients in a Lagos Emergency hospital has founded a thriving online supermarket business in Lagos, Nigeria that is gaining reputation both locally and internationally. Gloo.ng, Nigeria’s Leading Online Supermarket, was recently featured by CNN International in its African Start-Up segment and has also been featured by Washington Post, BBC World Service and Financial Times of London. 

It was also voted No.4 on the list of 20 African Startups to Watch by Mashable—No.1 in Nigeria. Dr. Olumide Olusanya decided to start Gloo.ng to try to cater to Nigeria's busy women with no time to shop at the supermarket. Continue...

"I saw what my wife was going through. I saw the stress; I saw the love and passion of trying to keep up a very happy home, a very happy family, traveling up and down and then (being) busy on a daily basis," says Olusanya. "And then you have me, a husband that is totally useless at cooking or taking care of the house, so you see all this pressure coming on her," he adds. “Gloo.ng is an outpouring of affection to my wife – and by extension, to all our target users – to try to relieve her, and our valued Gloo.ng users, of the stress of this balancing act, partnering with them to build the happiness they want to build into their homes and families, by saving them the precious time, the valuable money and the needless stress spent on the very unnecessary inconvenience of supermarket visits, which they can better spend on activities that promote their happiness, such has spending quality time with their family."

Since then, the company has grown to employ over 15 people, operating from inside a 20,000 square feet warehouse, which they recently moved into from a 5,000 square feet warehouse. Olumide hopes to expand the Gloo.ngbrand all over Nigeria, as more and more Nigerians turn to online shopping.
Check out thisCNN video to find out more about Olumide's efforts to ensure his customers are stuck like glue to his business and how he navigates the challenges of running an online store in Nigeria.

Please note: Gloo.ng is presently only in Lagos and is expected to roll out to Abuja and Port Harcourt next year. (See www.gloo.ng/faq for more details.)

39 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow! How nice good radiance.

FUTURE LEADER said...

SELLING HAPPINESS? WHO SAYS THAT?

femi said...

Interesting one

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Guy Expecting a Lady, How True Is
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femi said...

Nice 1

Can You Spot Anything Wrong With This Photo

Anonymous said...

Useless post from a useless Linda...Middle finger for you Linda

Anonymous said...

cool and nice one from the doctor. lol at useless husbands.











what you too can do to get some cool and extra pay into your pocket. click and benefit from it now

Angie said...

What ever happened to shopping for things over the weekend and stock them to be used for weeks or months?...I do serious shopping once/twice in a month.


* My R1.50c comment *

adeoba said...

Entrepreneurship is always a welcome development. More news like this for the guys, linda.

Amarachukwu. said...

Interesting one.

Mr_SouL Get Naija Twitter/IG followers/7AB109CB said...

Pls I'm looking for my original Samsung charger... Did u take it?

Unknown said...

Which woman wouldnt love this man for his great initiative... God bless ur hustle man...
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Unknown said...

We need more of this frm naijas computer literates and am very sure this will go along way of reducing the rate of unemployment in our country no doubt...
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CREEPY: Maheeda Has Finally Done It said...

owk that one too good

9jahub.com said...

dats kul i say

9jahub.com said...

dats innovation

Anonymous said...

Love their service... They even offer same day delivery.

@Angie Cape, I used to be like you... now i don't have to leave the house for that "major" shopping because they have almost everything at lower prices.... Wonder how they do it.

I think you should try it.

Anonymous said...

Linda, I love this so much. Raro!

Anonymous said...

Pls hs anyone here done hip or bust enlargmnt wit dem ikeja bridge pple?dos it work?

Unknown said...

THIS IS OLD STALE GIST. Many Months old. I remember Nigerian men criticising him on CNN.

Lala said...

Linda- the story doesn't match the heading- #jusSaying

ary said...

Hmm to think a doctor invented that, you shouldn't really be limited in any way

Anonymous said...

@ anony 2.11pm...u don't ve to be so rude..nobody forced you to read the post so y call linda useless..guess u re more useless and senseless

APPLE said...

Good one.

Anonymous said...

Stupid connent! Whatever happened to being broke and you can't shop for 4 weeks supply of goods let alone 2months? Don't forget the light situation in Nigeria? Don't blame you,when you depend on money from your folks! Silly child

Anonymous said...

Tried them! Awesome! Very good prices too! Prompt delivery. Free delivery with purchases over 9k I think.

Anonymous said...

"Useless husbands" ?? U could use better metaphors

Anonymous said...

A former doctor? Does it means he is no longer a doctor because he is not practising as of now? A doctor is always a doctor I believe!

@MEETD®EALEVANS™ said...

Linda ur headline is an insult to nigerian men, if dey gave u dat headline, dats a bad publicity strategy. Jst saying

Anonymous said...

N u call yourself future leader...lool. u need good education to understand that phrase. Loool

Anonymous said...

Well its new gist to me. Duhhh!!!!

jane said...

Linda...am gonna shop for u gurl. Hand over ur list.

Anonymous said...

What exactly is innovative here? I read and read and couldnt find anything other than this business is online shopping. Why was that featured on CNN? And what does that have to do with "useless husbands"? That's so childish. So men cannot shop online, it's only women (stereotype) and u cant shop online if ur husband is not "useless"? mtchew. I expected better from a doctor

Anonymous said...

Good one. Just like deeski.com...and that one they give u recharge card and even ankara for purchases above 5k...

Real innovation...and the prices are soooo reasonable

Ann Chetachukwu Ubah MD said...

NYC

promonigeria.com said...

Nyc

Anonymous said...

I love this. Nice 1

Anonymous said...

Linda there is nuttin like former dr.he is not jusy actively practisinh hos profession anymore.but once a dr always a dr,dt 8yrs for schl no b beans.unless ur licencce is revoked but dt also doesn't stop u from being a dr or take away d knowledge from u.my husband is a dr by preofession but also in d state hse of assembly.r u sayin he's no longer a dr cos he's not working in d hospital? Stop writing like an illiterate Linda,I used to hav so much respect 4 u but I'm gradually losing it

ADULT JOKES said...

I don't get

Unknown said...

they started as buy common things.com... I enjoy their services,very on time and detailed. kudos

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