Ecommerce

Jumia announces Ghana’s top 4 online food delivery orders

Ghana might be recognised for its natural resources like gold, cocoa and oil, but in recent times there seem to have been a big…

Parenting platform extends marketing opportunity to e-commerce SMMEs

As the Covid-19 cloak begins to lift, certain consumer habits which were not as prevalent pre-pandemic seem to remain. This includes online shopping, and…

ThriveAgric secures $56.4m funding, accelerates expansion plans

ThriveAgric, a Nigerian technology-driven agricultural company, has raised $56.4 million in debt funding from local commercial banks and institutional investors. The raise also included…

African genetics company raises $1.6m seed round

Billed as the first African-based direct-to-consumer genetics company to introduce polygenic risk scoring (PRS) to generate DNA test results, BioCertica has just launched a…

Mobile Money industry processes record $1 Trillion in 2021

Mobile money adoption and use saw continued growth in 2021, processing a record $1 trillion annually according to the GSMA‘s 10th annual ‘State of the…

[Opinion] Ukeshe details the biggest trends in payments market

Last year saw an unprecedented rate of change in the financial sector, with huge growth in the use of digital financial services. A report…

Lipa secures R10M financing from Imvelo Ventures

South African-based fintech start-up Lipa Payments has secured a R10 million investment from Empowerment Capital’s Imvelo Ventures, which is backed by Capitec Bank. The…

Naspers invests R120 million in Joburg-based insurtech startup Naked

Naspers has announced it has invested R120 million in Johannesburg-based insurtech startup Naked in a Series A funding round. Announced on 4 August, the…

PayFast launches Split Payments option, designed for platform commerce [Sponsored]

Online payment gateway, PayFast, has launched Split Payments, a SA-first that instantly splits a portion of an online payment with a third party. The…

Six key strategies to reduce cart abandonment

When it comes to ecommerce, reducing cart abandonment is critical to increase sales and revenue. The industry norm for abandoned carts is an astonishing…

Five things I learnt from Jack Ma and why Africa’s tech future is bright

Last November I was selected as one of 25 African entrepreneurs to join the eFounders Initiative Entrepreneurship Training Programme. The programme, titled “Shaping Champions…

Nigerian ecommerce: Is the end near for payment on delivery?

Nigeria ecommerce retailers are increasingly viewing payment on delivery as a problem. While some etailers believe it’s an effective way to get around the…

SA bookings site Afristay aims to take on AirBnB following R7m funding injection

One of the hardest things to get right when running an accommodation booking site is how to grow the number of listings of establishments, while…

XAfricaMart.com marketplace launches with a transaction fee of just 1.2%

Online B2B marketplace XAfricaMart.com was launched yesterday in Johannesburg, with its CEO Stephen Oehley claiming that the marketplace has one of the lowest transaction fees in…

Five key success factors that ecommerce businesses need to strategically plan for

New research from Forrester, The Five Key Success Factors of Every Digital Business, has identified five key success factors that ecommerce businesses need to strategically plan…

eCommerce MoneyAfrica Confex kicks off in Cape Town

Ventureburn recently attended the third annual eCommerce MoneyAfrica Confex in Cape Town, featuring a range of notable speakers. Ventureburn editor Graham van der Made chaired…

Is your Magento store breathing easy? This infographic has the answer

Magento is a massively-popular open-source ecommerce software suite we’ve covered extensively here on Ventureburn. And while many may know what it is and how…

5 security tips for anyone wanting to start an ecommerce store

An increasing number of people with an entrepreneurial mindset are setting up ecommerce sites, thanks to increased access to the Internet and mobile services,…

Is EFT the new payment comeback kid?

Electronic Fund Transfers (EFT) may be one of the older payment methods on the block, but thanks to fraud and crime they are experiencing…

The 12 steps to starting the ecommerce store you want

Even though ecommerce only makes up one percent of retail sales in South Africa, it’s still a big and booming industry. You may want…

SID Instant EFT launches next version of its payment solution

Startups with ecommerce stores may want to consider EFT payments for their products. Transaction gateway company SID Instant EFT has announced a new version of…

Ecommerce site stagnating? You might be making these common mistakes

Most online merchants focus on listing as many products on their website rather than focusing on their website’s ranking on search engines. This is…

10 great merchant account providers (that aren’t PayPal and Google Wallet)

When your ecommerce dreams are new and you aren’t yet sure how to run an online store, it makes sense that you would use…

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