新冠疫情促使非洲网购加速发展
<p>相比中国和许多其他国家，非洲的电商平台起步晚，发展落后。然而，新冠肺炎疫情给非洲网购市场带来了一个转折性的契机。</p><p> <span word="Customer">Customer</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="agents">agents</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Jumia">Jumia</span> <span word="customer">customer</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Lagos">Lagos</span>, <span word="Nigeria">Nigeria</span> <span word="January">January</span> 20, 2020. <span word="Picture">Picture</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="January">January</span> 20, 2020. <span word="REUTERS">REUTERS</span>/<span word="Temilade">Temilade</span> <span word="Adelaja">Adelaja</span></p><p><span word="Covid">Covid</span>-19 <span word="has">has</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="untold">untold</span> <span word="hardship">hardship</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="lockdowns">lockdowns</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="driving">driving</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="shopping">shopping</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="continent">continent</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="slow">slow</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="off">off</span>.</p><p>新冠肺炎疫情给非洲带去了数不清的苦难，但是封锁也推动了起步较晚的网购在非洲大陆上的发展。</p><p><span word="untold">untold</span> [ˌʌ<span word="n">n</span>ˈ<span word="to">to</span>ʊ<span word="ld">ld</span>]: <span word="adj">adj</span>. 数不清的；无限的</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="whole">whole</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="around">around</span> 21 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="shoppers">shoppers</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2017 — <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Spain">Spain</span>. <span word="That">That</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="than">than</span> 2% <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="total">total</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="data">data</span>.</p><p>根据联合国最新的数据，2017年整个非洲只有大约2100万网购者，相当于西班牙的网购人数，还不到世界网购总人数的2%。</p><p><span word="Covid">Covid</span>-19 <span word="had">had</span> <span word="infected">infected</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 260,000 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="June">June</span> 18, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="lockdown">lockdown</span> <span word="restrictions">restrictions</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="open">open</span>-<span word="air">air</span> <span word="markets">markets</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="retailers">retailers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="shut">shut</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="consumers">consumers</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stay">stay</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="home">home</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="response">response</span>, <span word="digital">digital</span> <span word="entrepreneurs">entrepreneurs</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="continent">continent</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="launched">launched</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="services">services</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="ordering">ordering</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="delivering">delivering</span> <span word="supplies">supplies</span>.</p><p>截至6月18日，新冠病毒已经感染了非洲超26万人，封锁限制措施迫使很多露天市场和零售店关门，消费者被告知待在家里。对此非洲各地的电商推出了订购和送货的新服务。</p>
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