In 2018, the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), conducted an operation in Kampala. It raided two prominent malls; Energy Centre and Light Centre Arcade. The majority of the shops in these two malls sell electronics. At the end of its operation, UNBS concluded that 80% of all electronics sold were counterfeit. This is not surprising. One common feature of e-commerce in Uganda is the phenomenon aptly summarized as, “what you ordered vs what you received”. To change this, Stephen Obeli Someday founded Kweli.shop, an e-commerce startup that has made it a goal to sell only genuine electronics. “We have…
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