Silvertree Internet Holdings and Kevin Tucker have acquired PriceCheck, a leading online price comparison platform, from global media giant, Naspers, for an undisclosed sum.
The deal, signed this week, sees Tucker reacquire the company he started in 2006, having sold it to Naspers in 2010. Now in its ninth year, PriceCheck is Africa's largest price comparison service, with over five million products listed from retailers including Zando, Konga and Jumia. Initially launched in South Africa, PriceCheck also expanded into Nigeria, the continent's largest economy, in 2013.
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