Ecommerce

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…

If your Facebook store failed, don’t blame Facebook, blame yourself

I worryingly read a slew of articles over the weekend about the shuttering of numerous big-brand F-commerce sites. My issue with most of these…

22seven launch: How the Mint experience differed

The recent launch of online money management system 22seven has raised a fair amount of controversy around allowing third-party applications to access user banking…

How Facebook’s Open Graph could take f-commerce to a whole new level

So did you get up at the crack of dawn to get your free Wimpy breakfast last week? I didn’t, but driving into work…

Freelancer.com outlines best jobs of 2011

The 50 fastest-growing online job categories for the fourth-quarter of 2011 were recently announced by Freelancer.com. Known as the “Fast 50”, this current list…

Why Google Trader could leave other classified platforms in the dirt

Google Trader, the internet giant’s classifieds and trading service, is making waves, especially in emerging markets. The aim of Trader is to make it…

MIH kills group-buying site Dealify

Another day, and another Groupon clone bites the dust. After a whirlwind gold-rush to emulate the incredible success of Groupon, there has been nothing…

Has the internet made Black Friday an international phenomenon?

Black Friday is a day that has permeated global media through a number of avenues. While it has very little direct bearing on our…

eBay’s physical stores are giving it the jump on competitors this Christmas

While most retail businesses this year are pushing to get a bigger slice of the online shopping spend, eBay Inc. has turned the tables…

Breaking news: Visa, Fundamo unveil emerging markets MCommerce product

Visa, the world’s largest credit and debit card network, has unveiled a new product that allows people to access a prepaid account through their…

You better scale up: The ecommerce boom is upon us

By 2015 companies will generate 50% of their online business via their social presence and mobile applications. This bold claim comes from prominent research…

eCommerce site buys Mr Delivery arm to offer same-day deliveries

TAKEALOT, a South African online retail store and Mr Delivery Express, a subsidiary company of Mr Delivery Holdings are teaming up to give “speedier…

Make Group-Buying work for your business

Unless you’ve been holed-up in a snow-cave the last few months (Saskatoon is so lovely this time of year), you’ve probably heard about this…

We are on the verge of an eCommerce revolution

If you have recently spent any time in the United Kingdom or United States, you will no doubt be aware of the vast difference…

WooThemes launches retail WordPress plugin

WordPress theme provider WooThemes has launched a new plugin application and library of integrated themes. The company claims that the product, called WooCommerce, will…

Online furniture sales on the rise says bidorbuy

We all know that online auction sites are a great place to find a deal on a whole host of products. With a bit…

5 Cool African eCommerce websites

There was a time when Africa’s eCommerce platforms were so few in number as to be negligible. The ever increasing penetration of bandwidth onto…

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