 Stakeholders have called for effective regulation in the e-commerce space to ensure profitability and sustainance of active players. This formed the major thrusts of discussion at the unveiling of an e-commerce platform or carrying a market hub in Lagos. Details in this report. The major e-commerce market size is expected to grow from $7.63 billion in 2023 to $13.34 billion by 2028 at a compound annual growth rate of 11.82% during the forecast period. Over the years, the market has experienced significant growth, driven by increasing internet penetration, growing smartphone usage and a rising middle class with disposable income. As the industry continues to blossom, there is an increase in need to make available online stores cater to the demand of its ever-going market. Despite the expansion and growth of e-commerce transactions in Nigeria, the sector suffers the challenges of comprehensive regulation. It's been tough, but quite essential. Back when we started, getting this patch to give you a steady rate to use so that you could pass on was new to them. They wanted us to order power, you know, power transactions. Today it's commonplace. I think the regulators are catching up, right? And this is what happens in most innovative areas. If you violate an industry, you stifle the industry. So I think people should just allow, regulators should allow businesses to run effectively. What will stand them out is customers' feedback. While new entrants make their way into the e-commerce space regularly, stakeholders believe that a focus on both marketing is key. The idea of transacting online remains a huge concern, just as the authenticity of product purchase poses a cause of distrust for consumers. What is the way out? We want to do it differently. We want to satisfy bulk customers. We don't want to go on retail, bulk-breaking, so to say. We want to sell in bulk so that we'll be able to pass on the price advantage to our clients, to our customers. So if you look at the e-commerce space in Nigeria, there are no proven names, bulk sellers. I think the only problem that we have in Nigeria is just the issue of trust, where you buy certain things and then it's a case of things I order versus what I got. And then you buy certain things. And then another thing that is also a major problem here is the return policy that we also don't have in Nigeria. In e-commerce, what we are talking about is actually what we call the trade tech, just like we have the agri-tech, we have the fintech and all those things. So the trade tech is gaining its ground in the form of e-commerce here. And one of the things you already see that we've been able to do around this environment is that we've been able to put a lot of security around the platforms where you do trading. With a focus on bulk purchasing, effective regulation, and when the inherent challenges have been nipped in the bud, perhaps there may be a civil line in the entrance of Okiari Market Hub.