Real estate classifieds platform opens in 3 African countries

oke efagene 12:30 - 28 January 2015

According to the company, the property sectors in the countries are beginning to make the online switch, creating demand for property listing services like the type offered by Lamudi.

Lamudi, the real-estate classifieds platform, has spread its business to three more African countries: Angola, the Republic of Congo and Gabon.

These new additions bring the total number of countries on Lamudi's international network to 52, which are spread across Africa, South America, Asia and the Middle East.

Managing Director and Co-founder, Kian Mioni, expressed his excitement about the company's steady progress.

"Since we launched in late 2013, Lamudi has grown at breathtaking speed. The website is now available in more than 30 countries in the emerging markets, offering house-hunters from to access to over 800,000 global property listings," Mioni says.

Lamudi is part of the Africa Internet Holding – supported by Rocket Internet, MTN and Millicom – the same group behind Jumia, Jovago, Easy Taxi and 2 other startups.