Jumia and Jiji data from one API
African e-commerce runs on two different models at once: Jumia is structured retail, Jiji is classifieds where the seller and the asking history matter more than the SKU. Covering one and not the other gives you half a market.
Jumia's developer programme is for vendors managing their own stock; Jiji publishes none. Neither reads the market out.
Coverage
What the two engines give you
- Jumia
- search, category/products, deals/flash-sales, product/detail, product/offers, product/reviews
- Jiji
- search, listing, seller_listings, seller_reviews, similar, price_history
- Countries
- Jumia across Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, Morocco, Ghana, Uganda, Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire
- Jiji only
- price_history — what the seller asked before
Worked example
Compare a retail price against the classifieds ask
Retail on one side, private sellers on the other.
- 1
POST /jumia/v1/searchthe product in retail, with its offers
- 2
POST /jumia/v1/product/offersevery seller behind that listing
- 3
POST /jiji/v1/searchthe same item as a classified ad
- 4
POST /jiji/v1/price_historyhow the asking price moved before today
The retail price and the private-sale price for one item, with the ask history behind it.
Before you join them
Where the two sources genuinely differ
| jumia | jiji | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | retail catalogue with SKUs | classifieds, each ad unique |
| History | not exposed | price_history per listing |
| Seller trust | product/reviews on the item | seller_reviews on the person |
| Bot identity | crawled under a declared bot identity at a rate limit we publish | standard access |