Ecommerce

Popular deals app Vouchercloud touches down in SA amidst ecommerce boom

Telecom giant Vodacom announced the launch of Vouchercloud in South Africa recently — the popular UK app that allows you to locate a variety…

5 ways you can prepare for the shift from ecommerce to ‘all-commerce’

When the ecommerce boom first hit, retailers scrambled to develop an online presence. Whole departments were created to manage this separate branch of commerce…

Bad business: the makings of an ecommerce venture in Africa

If you had to pick any industry that Africa seems to have clung onto since its tech boom, it has to be ecommerce. For…

Confirmed: Naspers shutting down MIH SA ecommerce sites, focus shifts to Kalahari

Ventureburn can officially confirm that the African division of MIH, Naspers’ online investment arm, is in the process of shutting down a number of…

Sources: Naspers is shutting down major ecommerce sites from MIH SA [updates]

Emerging markets media and internet giant Naspers looks set to shut down a number of ecommerce sites run by its online investment arm MIH….

Bitcoin accepted here: 6 SA ecommerce stores using the cryptocurrency and why

You can buy many things using Bitcoin. The digital cryptocurrency has made headlines for its links to the deep dark web, notably the online…

Groupon moves into South Africa, India, Israel via new acquisitions

Groupon, the famous collective online buying phenomenon, has announced the launch of Groupon India, Groupon Israel and Groupon South Africa via acquisitions of similar…

So retailers are now media companies… but is that a good thing?

The retailer is now a publisher. And we see retailers rolling out multi-channel networks filled with original editorial content spanning everything from how-to videos…

Groupon raises $500m

Internet sensation Groupon, which specialises in dishing out local bargains, says it has raised $500-million, just weeks after rejecting a multi-billion-dollar takeover bid by…

Startup prediction: Digital money is the space to watch

Paypal has led the way by opening up its platform but there will be lots of startups focused on digital money in its many…

Kenya’s astonishing internet growth: Six key trends to watch

For many years, Kenya was known as fertile ground for agriculture, but increasingly it’s becoming known as a place where technology companies can grow…

Kenyan startups jump on the ‘Groupon’ bandwagon

Groupon has been a massive success in the United States. It’s a deal-of-the-day site, with projected revenue of US$500m in just it’s second year…

India’s mobile money revolution

India’s hunger for new technology is as sharp in its countless small villages as in its shiny office towers or shopping malls — and…

The future of eCommerce in emerging markets

The market for digital content in emerging markets is in a curious place at the moment. In South Africa, there are just over 6-million…

Google’s Groupon deal makes no sense

Faith Merino at VatorNews reported on Monday that Google had purchased Groupon for $2.5 billion: “… according to an unnamed insider who spoke with…

Salesforce.com in major expansion drive

Salesforce.com has been on a tear this year with financial results exceeding Wall Street estimates; a massive expansion of its headquarters in San Francisco;…

Popular SA magazines go digital via kalahari.net

One of the country’s largest online retailers kalahari.net has expanded its digital content offering by selling electronic versions of some popular magazine titles online,…

Tourism is now ‘the top selling online industry’

With annual global sales skyrocketing to over US$150 billion, and robust growth that has shaken off the recession, tourism is the ‘top selling commodity…

Will SA’s unbanked masses embrace M-Pesa?

On paper, the argument for embracing M-Pesa, a mobile-phone based money transfer service, is a compelling one. But implementation needs to be perfect if…

Cred and the art of micropayments

The topic of micropayments has struck a heated note amongst online paywall experts and content providers. There are many who denounce the system, marking…

Do banks block mobile money innovation in Africa?

A recent blog posting by Dr. Bill Maurer on the CGAP website spoke about mobile money’s innovation crisis. The author claims that nothing new has…

DukaPress: A WordPress eCommerce system from Africa

DukaPress is a new customised WordPress eCommerce platform. It allows you to easily set up a fully featured online shop which can be used…

How Digital Platforms Are Enhancing Culture and Connectivity for Tourists in Portugal

South African Shoppers Tempted With Free Tablets As Windows 10 Deadline Nears

Why Some Apps Feel Like a Digital Comfort Zone

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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