The frontiers of e-commerce in Nigeria was recently expanded when an online cooking gas shop debuts in the country, catering to the needs of Lagosians, at least for now.

Uwandu Emmanuel Founder and C.E.O of www.kiakiagas.com saysexplains the motivation behind the founding of the online gas shop@

“In 2013 WHO published that over 98,000 Nigerian women die annually from the use of firewood and other fossil fuels. If a woman cooks breakfast, lunch and dinner it is equivalent to smoking between three to 20 packages of cigarette a day and ”remember the Federal ministry of health warns that smokers are liable to die young’. He advises households to embrace cooking gas (Liquefied petroleum gas) as it is the cleanest, cheapest and safest way to cook’’.

Co founder and C.O,O of www.kiakiagas.com Atiti James also emphasized and reaffirmed their commitment to utilize Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as an essential tool for achieving the new Sustainable Development goals by leveraging on ecommerce as a platform to buy cooking gas and its related products to the door step of every Nigerian Household and industry in a convenient manner and providing multiple payment options such as cash on delivery ,POS and payment online to ensure that customers always get the best value for their purchase.

In just over five months of operations, kiakiagas has been able to make the idea of buying cooking gas online in Nigeria an acceptable mainstream culture through offering convenient booking platforms, impeccable customer care service, using technology to ensure accurate filling of quantity, safety and quality assurance of cylinders and accessories plus speedy delivery service leading to a larger percentage of Nigerian home makers and industries calling for the company to expand her services to other locations in Lagos state and other parts of the country.

Remarkably according to kiakiagas, the demography of their shoppers are from every echelon in the society, from the woman frying akara (local bean cake) on the street to busy professional mothers who don’t have the luxury of carrying cylinders around town and small businesses that uses cooking gas for their business operations, these cordial relationship between the oil & gas giant and their customers whom they refer to as BUDDIES, was established through putting the needs of the customers first and consistency.

Kiakiagas which recently secured more funds to help achieve her bold vision of being the leading cooking gas brand in Nigeria and Sub Saharan Africa was also recognized as a First of its Kind in the Ecommerce and Natural gas Industries respectively by receiving an award at the FIRST OF ITS KIND AWARDS organized by TFK media Limited continues to set the pace for other cooking gas vendors to follow.