Kijiji
Kijiji, which means “village” in Swahili, is a classifieds-style website that offers a convenient, fun, free, and easy-to-use way for people in the same city to meet, share ideas, trade, and help one another. Local communities can use Kijiji to trade all kinds of goods and services locally – from refrigerators and televisions to babysitting and housekeeping services. Kijiji users can also come together to chat about the town’s best restaurants, to find a job, to find an apartment and to make new friend. In short, Kijiji is an online neighborhood meeting place.
Kijiji is a start-up created by a small team of entrepreneurial employees inside eBay who wanted to develop a classifieds site that would allow people to feel more connected to the community around them. It was launched in February 2005.
Kijiji websites are currently available in more than 70 cities in Germany, France, Italy, Canada, China, Taiwan and Japan.
Checkout the Canadian Kijij site at www.kijiji.ca