About Yakitsi

YAKITSI YAKANGWANE is a transactional electronic commerce site. A virtual market place that enables the purchase of products online in Eswatini, regionally and globally. Yakitsi’s mandatory purpose is to enhance the customer shopping experience, offering consumers convenience, and peace of mind through accessibility to varied product information, varied product range and seamless purchasing.
Lack of accessible transborder merchandising infrastructures have limited the selling and buying experience which affords consumers immense choice of quality goods and services at affordable prices. The establishment of Yakitsi YakaNgwane is bridging the gap, developing consumer and merchant capacity to trade regardless of situation – residing region or region of operation.
Retailers utilizing the platform will be able to differentiate their products/services and capture a larger market share in respective segments by opening markets to multiple communities and service Africa’s fast-growing digital-inclined consumer class. The objective is to transform existing businesses in facilitating online exchange of goods and services, foster e-commerce growth, and expand the e-commerce talent pool to enhance reach, revenue and productivity.

Who We Are

Our Journey

As Yakitsi YakaNgwane, our mission is to make it easy to do business anywhere in the Kingdom and beyond its borders. We bring about this by giving suppliers the mechanism essential to reach local and a global audience for their products, and by helping buyers find products and suppliers quickly and efficiently.

One-Stop Sourcing

Yakitsi.africa brings you hundreds of thousands of products in over 10 different major categories, including consumer electronics, hardware material and apparel. Buyers for these products are located in all the four regions of Eswatini, and exchange hundreds of thousands of messages with suppliers on the platform each day.

Anytime, Anywhere

As a platform, we continue to develop services to help businesses do more and discover new opportunities. Whether it’s sourcing from your mobile phone or contacting suppliers for ease of product listing, turn to yakitsi.africa for all your local and global business needs in a virtual space.

Yakitsi buyer/seller impact projections per Quarter

99%

Customer satisfaction

100K

Original Artworks

54K

Emerging Artists

2+

Countries to be Represented

About Yakitsi platform

The Yakitsi platform is powered by the so-called a network effect that works like a flywheel and brings many benefits to both sellers and buyers.

As more and more companies start selling on Yakitsi, putting more and more offers up for sale. This means that buyers have an increasing selection of products at attractive prices and, as a result, they are more willing to make purchases. Conversely, growing customer and buyer interest encourages more companies to start selling on Yakitsi.

We are designed to facilitate registered members to place, accept, conclude, manage and fulfill orders for the provision of products and services online.

Yakitsi believes in the youth

With the internet as their marketplace, young entrepreneurs can now reach a global audience, test ideas with relatively low upfront costs, and scale their businesses with agility. The right idea, coupled with effective execution, can now more than ever transform into a successful online business from virtually anywhere in the world. The journey into entrepreneurship and e-commerce is rich with opportunities for skill development, entailing areas such as digital marketing, financial management, and customer service.

We support our local makers

Providing sellers with a number of tools and services, such as: reports, sales monitoring tools, online payment system and a number of logistics solutions.

Yakitsi generates revenue primarily by facilitating transactions between buyers and sellers, who pay a commission on the sale. We also earn advertising revenue by providing opportunities for local brands and sellers to communicate with customers on our platform, and at the same time, our ambition is to create opportunities for entrepreneurship and business development for companies selling on our platform.

Benefits of Selling Through Yakitsi

Increased visibility and better positioning to reach potential customers.
Help reduce marketing costs by providing an extra channel for selling products without the need for excessive advertising or promotion.
Boost sales and revenue by providing access to new markets and customers.
Access valuable data and insights on customer behavior, preferences, trends, and feedback.

What We Do

We strive to lead the way for meaningful ecommerce in the creation of new ways online buyers and sellers connect in a global marketplace, enabling seamless transactions for small businesses and large alike.

At Yakitsi, our objective is to make selling and buying equitable, attainable and sustainable.