Konga.com, one of Nigeria’s leading eCommerce retailers headquartered in Lagos, was operating with its own logistics and payment infrastructure across the country’s consumer market. They wanted to expand beyond their website to reach millions of Nigerian shoppers on Android. The challenge was significant: Magento had no native mobile integration, Nigeria’s device landscape was fragmented, and bandwidth was unreliable. Net Solutions built a custom API layer and an Android app that made mobile commerce work in the real world.
Konga’s mobile expansion required solving technical problems with no ready-made solutions available at the time.
Magento, Konga’s backend platform, had no native support for mobile app integration when the project began. A custom solution was the only viable path forward.
Nigeria’s Android market covered hundreds of devices with widely varying screen sizes, resolutions, and processing capabilities. The app had to work reliably across all of them.
Internet connectivity in Nigeria was low and inconsistent across many regions. The app had to perform well under poor network conditions rather than assuming a reliable connection.
Konga’s backend team was actively developing their platform during the engagement, meaning APIs changed regularly. The mobile layer had to adapt in real time without breaking user-facing functionality.
Net Solutions took a two-pronged approach: building a custom API layer to extend Magento for mobile integration, and building an Android app optimized for low-bandwidth performance and wide device compatibility. The team worked closely with Konga’s engineers to manage API changes as they happened. Technologies used – PHP, Java, MySQL, Magento.
Net Solutions delivered a custom Android app and Magento API integration for Konga’s national mobile expansion.
A custom API layer was built on top of Magento to provide the hooks the Android app needed to function. This solved the absence of native Magento mobile support without modifying the core platform.
The Android app was built to perform reliably under the variable network conditions present across Nigeria. Lightweight data handling and graceful degradation were core to the app’s architecture.
Design assets and interaction patterns were adapted for the full range of Android devices in the Nigerian market. Users on entry-level phones and current flagships received a consistent experience.
Net Solutions extended the engagement to provide cross-platform testing across iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone. Bug documentation and quality assurance were managed using TestLink and Mantis.
Konga’s mobile commerce expansion reached a national audience.
The Android app brought Konga’s eCommerce platform to millions of mobile-first shoppers across Nigeria. Mobile became a significant acquisition and sales channel that the website alone could not serve.
Net Solutions’ 24-hour testing cycle across time zones helped Konga maintain quality across a growing multi-platform portfolio. Testing time was approximately halved through the round-the-clock model.
The mobile app engagement grew into a broader testing and quality assurance partnership. Net Solutions became a trusted technical partner for Konga beyond the initial Android build.
Building mobile commerce for the Nigerian market required understanding infrastructure realities, device fragmentation, and network constraints alongside standard Android development. Net Solutions brought all three. If your eCommerce growth depends on mobile and mobile depends on solving real infrastructure challenges, we have the solutions.
Reaching customers in emerging markets isn’t just a commerce challenge – it’s an engineering challenge. Low bandwidth, device fragmentation, and unreliable connectivity require solutions that most platforms aren’t designed for. Net Solutions has the architecture and mobile engineering expertise to build commerce experiences that perform wherever your customers are. If you’re scaling in complex markets, let’s engineer a solution that works there.
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