I-Sea Ltd. imemezele ukuthi isiqede izinguquko ezinkulu ekwakhekeni kwebhizinisi layo ukuze ilethe inzuzo yesikhathi eside, ngokusho kwememo eyenziwe ngumsunguli webhiliyoni uForrest Li.
Lesi simemezelo siza njengoba inkampani isanda kubika inzuzo yayo yokuqala njalo ngekota, okuphawula inguquko kule nkampani.
Kumemo yangaphakathi yamagama angu-700 ebonwe ngu Izindaba ze-Bloomberg, U-Li waqinisekisa abasebenzi ukuthi okubi kuphelile, nokuthi inkampani inonyawo oluqinile olunokungasebenzi kahle okumbalwa. Uphinde waxwayisa ngokuthi inkampani idinga ukufakazela ukuthi iyakwazi ukugcina inzuzo nokuthi inomsebenzi omningi okufanele yenze ukuze izuze impumelelo yesikhathi eside.
“Ngifuna ukukuqinisekisa ukuthi, uma sicabanga ukuthi akukho shintsho olukhulu endaweni yethu yangaphandle, izinguquko zethu ezinkulu seziphelile, futhi asiziboni izinguquko ezinkulu,” esho.
“Umhlaba uzobe ubhekile ukubona ukuthi umphumela wale kota uwukufiphala kwesikhashana nje noma ukuqala komkhuba wesikhathi eside. Umsebenzi wethu awukakaqedi.”
Ulwandle manje “lusesimweni esiqine kakhulu”
I-Sea Ltd. ibhekane nonyaka onzima, ngokukhuphuka kwamazinga enzalo, ukukhuphuka kwamandla emali, kanye nokungezwani kwezepolitiki okunomthelela ebhizinisini layo. Le nkampani ilahlekelwe cishe amabhiliyoni angama-US $160 (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-214.7) yenani lemakethe kusukela yafinyelela phezulu ngo-Okthoba 2021, okuholele ekuncishisweni kwezinkulungwane zemisebenzi kanye nokumiswa kwamaholo ukuze ikholise abatshalizimali ngekhono layo lokwenza inzuzo.
Le nkampani futhi yenze izinguquko ezinkulu ekusebenzeni kwayo, yavala ukusebenza kwayo e-India nakwezinye izimakethe zase-Europe naseLatin America ukuze inciphise izindleko futhi ifinyelele ukuhamba kwemali okuhle. Lokhu kuhluke kakhulu eminyakeni yokubeka phambili ukwanda komhlaba.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi, uLi uncome inkampani ngokuthatha “isinyathelo esikhulu ekuqaleni kwenhlekelele”, athi ibeke i-Sea Ltd. “esimeni esinamandla namuhla”.

I-Sea Ltd ibisematheni muva nje ngeyunithi yayo ye-e-commerce, iShopee, okuyiyona unciphise imisebenzi engaba ngu-500 e-Indonesia kule nyanga, ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuthi inkampani ibike yayo mangaza inzuzo yokuqala njalo ngekota. Le nkampani iphinde yehlise ngaphezu kuka-US$700 wezigidi ezindlekweni zokuthengisa kanye nokumaketha njalo ngekota ukuze kuthuthukiswe inzuzo.
Naphezu kwezinselelo i-Sea Ltd. ebhekane nayo, iseyinkampani ye-inthanethi enkulu kunazo zonke eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, futhi inzuzo yayo yakamuva yekota iphakamisa ukuthi izinguquko ezinkulu zenkampani seziqala ukukhokha.
I-Sea Ltd. ibiyisitoko esisebenza kahle kakhulu emhlabeni futhi inemali yemakethe elinganiselwa ku-$121.9 billion. Inkampani isebenza amabhizinisi amathathu amakhulu: ukuzijabulisa kwedijithali, i-e-commerce, kanye nezinsizakalo zezezimali zedijithali. Inkundla yayo ye-e-commerce, iShopee, ingesinye sezinkundla ezinkulu zokuthenga eziku-inthanethi eSoutheast Asia.