Ecommerce

African online sellers to get logistics upgrade, more jobs

This week, Nigeria’s two largest marketplaces, Jumia and Kaymu, announced a fulfillment and delivery platform joint initiative for Africa. Their goal is to provide…

Is South Africa ready for its Instacart moment?

Getting home after a long day, you put your keys and bag down, kick your feet up, get comfortable and ease into you couch….

Nigeria’s CcHub incubator announces latest ventures

On Monday, Nigeria’s social innovation centre in Lagos Co-creation Hub (CcHUB) announced three new ventures were added to its Incubation program. Each of the…

Education platform launches to help you set up your online shop

Starting an online store can be a daunting process and isn’t as simple as installing ecommerce software on your web server. It requires a…

Can online boutique startup &Threads follow-up on YDE’s success?

In 1995, Paul Simon (age 21) started the very popular Young Designers Emporium (YDE). The retail store for fashion designers soon grew to 13…

Kalahari ceases to exist with finalisation of Takealot merger

Visit kalahari.com right now and for the first time since 1998 (that’s 17 years for the slower ones) you won’t find yourself on South…

Efinity competition offers R75k worth ecommerce solution for startups

Backed by a package worth R75 000, South African ecommerce fulfilment service Efinity is having a competition to help put your business in the…

South Africa’s big ecommerce problem is supply, not demand

Most of the discussion about the slow growth of e-commerce in South Africa focuses on consumers. But the biggest problems may be on the…

Popular SA foodie online shop Yuppiechef is going international

South African-based online kitchen utility shop Yuppiechef is recognised as one of South Africa’s top commerce platforms and is well known for its cult loyal community support. Now, the company…

MzansiStore: this Etsy for Africa aims to empower local crafters

A few months ago, MzansiStore successfully raised funds on local crowdfunding site Thundafund in order to support one of South Africa’s designers. More than…

Stately is SA’s online shop for all your curated décor needs

Stately is an online shopping service that curates products for lifestyle estate residents in South Africa. After having launched a new site, it also…

Taking Nigerians cashless: Q&A with PayPal’s business lead for Africa

Nigeria’s 170-million plus population has an estimated 60-million internet users, making it the largest potential market for PayPal of all the countries it has…

Groupon South Africa CEOs officially announce they’re stepping down

After four years at the head of one of South Africa’s fastest-growing ecommerce companies, Cape Town entrepreneurs Wayne Gosling and Daniel Guasco have announced…

‘Work is a sideline. Live the holiday’: welcome to the cult of entrepreneurship

I have a penchant for books about entrepreneurship and starting a business from almost nothing. Books about ideas, making those ideas work for you…

Nifty250: the photo printing startup making a name (and profit) on social media

It sounds like the kind of pitch that would leave any investor with a disbelieving smile and a pile of cash stashed safely in…

uAfrica gets ready to go on an African adventure

South African ecommerce outfit uAfrica is ready to make its African play. The company today announced that its first forays into the continent will…

Biometric fingerprint tech could boost SA’s ecommerce industry

With the launch of Apple’s iPhone 5S and the Samsung S5, introducing biometric fingerprint authentication technology to the market, we are starting to see…

Collaborative consumption: eBay, entrepreneurship and Africa’s mass potential

Technology has changed the world, no doubt about that. By extension it has changed the way we live our lives, do business and make…

PayPal finally extends services to Nigeria, 9 other emerging markets

Online payments have picked up steam across the world, but certain countries, mostly due to lack of telecommunications infrastructure and the threat of fraud,…

uAfrica announces speakers for SA eCommerce Conference

The renowned ecommerce company, uAfrica, is announcing the speakers for the annual South African eCommerce Conference which will be taking place 4 September 2014….

India’s Flipkart raises $210 million, investors include Naspers

Hot off the back of acquiring rival online shopping site Myntra, India’s ecommerce leader Flipkart announced that it has raised a new round of…

Breaking: ecommerce player uAfrica raises $1.5million funding round

South African ecommerce outfit uAfrica has closed a US$1.5-million funding round led by online auction site Bidorbuy and the company’s own managing director, Andy Higgins….

Shipping and delivery: what customers expect from online retailers

Technology research company World Wide Worx recently produced a report on the growth of internet access in South Africa — including projections for the…

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