159onlineshop is an E-commerce platform in Africa for electronics, and fashion among others.The company is also offers logistics service, which enables the shipment and delivery of packages from sellers to consumers, and a payment service, which facilitates transactions among participants active on 159onlineshop platform in selected markets. It has partnered with more than 100,000 local African companies and individuals and is a direct competitor to amazon.com in USA and Alibaba in China. it was founded in 2019 in Nairobi,Kenya by Michael Adede and Kevin Omondi Aila, the company currently has a presence across the world.
In 2019, Michael Adede and Kevin Omondi, founded 159onlineshop along with Clay Omolo.
159onlineshop was launched in Nairobi in 2019. In 2020, the company launched offices in Mombasa, Kisumu, and as of today 159onlineshop has been trying to categorize itself as one of the leading e-commerce websites.