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Continue reading →: How Ecommerce Behaviors Changed After UK and USA Got Used to the KnockdownI’m looking at Consumer Electronics, Groceries, Beverages, and Home and Garden in the United Kingdom and the USA. Let’s see what other markets can learn from it. Data provided by SimilarWeb. Summary: Groceries saw the biggest increase in traffic worldwide grown by 40% between January and March, home and garden were…
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Continue reading →: Which Privacy Rights Shall We Trade This Time?If watching Contagion freaked you out, then you really, really shouldn’t watch Gattaca. In this awesome movie, those with the right level of genetic purity are guaranteed dream jobs and a great standard of living. The rest, having been born with genetic defects, are pariahs living on the fringes of a society that…
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Continue reading →: Why this lockdown could be the best thing for Online Travel since the Internet.“By the end of April, the impact of the coronavirus on the (USA) industry is expected to add up to a loss of 5.9 million jobs and $910 billion in travel-related economic output. That’s seven times the impact of 9/11.” According to the U.S. Travel Association and Tourism Economics If…
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Continue reading →: Blood RiverThis is a story of the 2014 Ebola outbreak, written from the perspective of a European entrepreneur, based in Lagos, Nigeria. It’s the full 12th Chapter from my book “Chasing Black Unicorns. How building the Amazon of Africa put me on Interpol Most Wanted list.” When he came in, the whole…
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Continue reading →: Africa self-isolation and other rich man fairytales.“Let them eat brioche!”Queen of France, wife of Louis XIV Maria Theresa, after learning that peasants have no bread to eat. First, the West came up with Aid, which has proven to be probably the most damaging thing to the continent it has done to Africa after colonies. (If you’ve never…
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Continue reading →: How Lockdown Changed What We Buy Online. Overview of Trends Across Sectors.Disclaimer: Data here is based mostly on Similar Web data from the period from December 1, 2019, to 26th March 2020, including traffic to Desktop and Mobile web originating from multiple developed countries around the globe. Considering how dynamic the situation with COVID-19 is, and how unpredictable people under lockdown are, if…
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Continue reading →: China has already won.I’ve recently hired someone from China to clear my floor every day… an autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner. It (He, She?) would very swiftly move around the obstacles and get to the hardest places to reach, having memorized every single piece of furniture, thick carpet or stairs. The robot was obviously…
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Continue reading →: Exclusive Interview with FBI AfricaMarek Zmyslowski: The Man that Changed Everything. Co-founder Sunroof, Jumia Travel, Hotelonline.ng FBI was privileged to catch-up with Mr. Marek Zmyslowski, famed author of the bestselling book, “Chasing Black Unicorns.” The Polish-born serial entrepreneur and CEO, adjudged among “The Ten Most Important People in Tech” is currently focused on online…
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Continue reading →: The HotelOga “Fraud.” How to fight corruption, extortion, and defamation attempts. And win.Results of my private war, in pictures (and a TEDx video), because no one likes to read too much these days. It’s in May 2019. After 18 months of being on the Interpol Red Notice list, the Global Police removes my files from the system and admits that the Notice…
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Continue reading →: A story of a certain viewFor you, this might be another corny pose with bad lighting in front of an otherwise picturesque background. For me, this view represents my 18 months of struggle for justice in front of Nigerian, Polish, and international courts and prosecutors. I have just asked the driver to stop by the…
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I’m Marek
Conscious Capitalist, Author of “Chasing Black Unicorns”. Born in Poland. Made in Nigeria, South Africa and the Dominican Republic. Co-founder: Jumia Travel, SunRoof, Samana Group.
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