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With EGP 30 million in investments, over USD 100 million in customer sales across the GCC and Egypt, saving restaurants USD 15 million worth of commissions. Zyda, the rising e-commerce platform provider, has announced its expansion into the Egyptian market. With investments of over USD 2 million, equating to over EGP 30 million, Zyda is […]
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By Karen Nadasen, CEO of PayU, South Africa It has been a year of reckoning: a year that lit a fire beneath online payments in South Africa, transforming eCommerce while creating immense economic pressure. As the global pandemic waged war on government process, merchant sales and consumer behaviour, companies were faced with tough decisions and mercurial markets that […]
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Andrew Torre, Visa’s regional president for Central Europe, Middle East and Africa, shares perspectives on how post-lockdown retail trends are creating new opportunities for online merchants on the path to recovery. This year’s holiday shopping season has taken considerably greater global significance with retailers of all sizes, sectors and geographies seeking a welcome boost during […]
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The digital world is growing exponentially across the continent The rapid urbanisation, technological and economic growth seen in Africa is exceedingly going digital, opening up a successfully secured venture into e-commerce technological investments. Evidence of what is predicted can already be seen in Africa’s major cities, where a growing number of consumers have greater disposable […]
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By Gareth Hawkey, CEO redPanda Group As Black Friday looms, rethinking and filling ‘holes’ in existing e-commerce platforms will be critical. In South Africa, and indeed, worldwide, e-commerce has been turbo-charged by the newfound reliance on technology and digital tools in almost every sphere of life. Although the protracted ban on local e-commerce during lockdown […]
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Who to trust in an online retail world awash with special offers, tempting deals and big promises E-commerce, and specifically in the retail sector, has broken barriers regardless of the global pandemic’s lockdown restrictions. Statista, a global business-data platform, believes that the South African market will reach just over R62 billion this year, and show […]
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Africa’s booming e-commerce sector can not only jump-start small businesses but also help large companies enter a market full of energized consumers. Africa has one of the most digitally connected populations on the planet, with 400 million internet users. Sacha Poignonnec, cofounder and co-CEO of Jumia, Africa’s largest internet group, discusses why the e-commerce opportunity in […]
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Global technological advancement has transformed numerous economic societies. Here in Africa, the impact of technology specifically the internet on our business economy is remarkable. Ghana is experiencing a gradual transformation in its economy as a result of the technological (internet) boost in business. It is simply clear that the use of internet in business transactions […]
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