The best B2B Ecommerce Platform in Kenya

We’re honored to share that our platform has achieved two national recognitions:

🏆 Best B2B eCommerce Platform in Kenya
📚 Best Online Bookstore Innovation for eCommerce in Kenya

This isn’t just a win for us it’s a win for every business, school, NGO, bookstore, and partners. The awards were held at the Kenya Ecommerce Awards 7th Edition this year on the 26th of June.

Incase this is your first time here, esomeni is an online bookstore that has partnered with some of the best self-publishing bookstores in the world like: Amazon, The MIT Press, Longhorn Publishers, Kenyan Literature, Bookshop, Waterstone and more.

The platform connects buyers and readers and give writers a chance to get out and share their ideas with the world. Apart from this, the platform also hosts different authors suitable for both children and adults.

The Role of B2B eCommerce in the Book Industry

When people think about bookstores, they often imagine B2C which focuses on individuals buying books for personal use. But there’s a powerful B2B model behind the scenes.

Our online bookstore supports B2B commerce by connecting:

• Schools & Universities ordering books in bulk for students
• Corporate buyers sourcing professional development or employee training materials.
• Nonprofits and learning institutions procuring literacy and learning materials.
• Libraries and academic distributors ordering specialized or localized books.

What Makes Our B2B Bookstore Different?

Our bookstore operates with the B2B buyer in mind, offering:

• Volume discounts for all books
• Multiple payment options (MPESA, PayPal, Visa/ Bank transfer)
• Real-time order tracking and fulfillment visibility
• Curated catalogs for education, business, religious studies, fiction & local content

We’ve helped hundreds of institutions, private schools, and small bookshops, source titles faster and more reliably all from a single digital platform. We have also helped students in different schools pass their exams with the best advice with books such as How to pass Exams in 3 Days.

Our platform also hosts different Authors that not only help businesses, but they grow the community as a whole. With best sellers such as Proven Strategies for Financial Freedom.

Kenya’s Leading B2B eCommerce Platform

Our platform is recognized for enabling efficient B2B trade across several product categories such as Arts and Photography, Biographies and Memoirs, Health, Fitness and Dieting, Science and Math and so much more!

Thank You for Helping Us Achieve This

These awards are only possible because of you. You have been our loyal users, partners, school buyers, educators. Your support has helped us build not just a platform, but a community that believes in digital-first commerce.

We’re grateful and we’re just getting started.

Ready to Transform How You Buy and Sell Books?

Join our big and ever-growing community whether you are a reader, or an author, a teacher or a businessperson. No matter who you are, esomeni is for you. Let’s paint the world with a bit of colour and light together!

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