
Meeting with the CEO of Gjirafa
27.10.2020 / 16:36 | Aktualizováno: 17.01.2023 / 12:08
The Head of the Czech Embassy in Pristina, Pavel Bílek, met on 27 October with the founder and CEO of the Kosovo company Gjirafa Mergim Cahani.
They discussed together the successes of the company, which also includes investments from the Czech Republic. Gjirafa is the dominant information, media and e-commerce portal in the Western Balkans region. Czech investment giant Rockaway Capital in recent years has invested in Gjirafa approximately 9 million USD. Gjirafa was established as a startup in 2014 in the environment of the Prague accelerator StartupYard. Gjirafa is currently the fastest growing online platform in the region, focusing on Kosovo, Albania and Northern Macedonia. The Gjirafa portal registers almost 3 million visits a day. The annual growth rate in recent years has reached 300%.