In 2011, Mergim Cahani founded Gjirafa to bring Albanian language and internet services to the Balkans. Despite poor broadband infrastructure, the company aimed to digitize services and foster the region’s internet economy.
Gjirafa has since grown rapidly, offering a range of online consumer services. With investments, they expanded their reach and launched various platforms, including the first Albanian language search engine. Gjirafa continues to evolve and diversify its services, including businesses’ digitization, an online store, and entertainment content.
The company’s success reflects hard work, dedication, and daptability in a rapidly changing market, aiming to become the Amazon of the Balkans.
Gjirafa is a full-text web search engine and a news aggregator specialized in the Albanian language. Gjirafa will bring relevant information that will be easy accessible to over 12 million Albanian speaking people worldwide. – Mergim Cahani.