Four young scientists, accompanied by Eskom Expo’s Business Manager, Mmamoloko Rancia Riba, won their place to represent the country at the Indonesia competition, renowned…
Banking on ecommerce growth in SA — Q&A with The Foschini Group’s Brent Curry
Even though South Africa’s ecommerce sector is estimated to estimated to make up only one percent of the total market for consumer goods, we’ve…
CEO of Supermart.ng Raphael Afaedor on the state of Nigeria’s ecommerce
The last time I spoke to Raphael Afaedor in person, he was still the co-founder of Jumia, his face and that of Tunde Kehinde’s…
Ecommerce in South Africa – a growing movement
By Anna Malczyk and Lyndi Lawson-Smith Ecommerce in South Africa faces many challenges. From the consumer perspective, these include reluctance to pay delivery costs,…
‘It makes all the sense in the world’ — former PriceCheck CEO on Naspers sale
Last week emerging markets media and internet giant Naspers sold its award-winning South African price comparison site PriceCheck back to original founder Kevin Tucker…