Ecommerce

ImaliPay brings fintech options to South African gig workers

Fintech platform ImaliPay has announced its expansion into South Africa. This move leverages a partnership with Stitch to rely on its payment and open…

Avoid the Black Friday scams

In pandemic-affected 2020, South Africans flocked to e-commerce retailers to shop Black Friday, which this year, takes place on 26 November. In 2021, with…

Tanzania M-Pesa users share in R33.8m profits

Vodacom Tanzania Plc disbursed profit accumulated on associated Trust Accounts to its over 10 million M-Pesa users, with subscribers receiving their share by 31…

Payment company Zip to acquire Johannesburg fintech Payflex

Australian payment company Zip has announced it will acquire South African Buy-Now Pay-Later (BNPL) fintech service PayFlex. The acquisition will see Zip grow the…

South Africa’s Orderin relaunches as delivery-as-a-service platform

South Africa’s first food delivery app, Orderin, has relaunched as a B2B delivery-as-a-service platform to help bring delivery capabilities to other companies in 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…

Nigerian online shopping portal DealDey acquired by Ringler Africa

Ringier Africa Deals Group has today announced its acquisition of DealDey, one of Nigeria’s biggest online shopping platforms. Ringier, a joint venture between Swiss…

How your ecommerce company can oust Amazon

Ecommerce is in vogue. According to eMarketer, it will account for almost nine percent of total retail sales by 2018, up from 5.9% in…

4 new ecommerce trends you should be aware of

There are a lot of different ways to earn money online. In fact, many traditional jobs are now transitioning to a virtual environment, which…

Logistics: the backbone of South Africa’s ecommerce boom

South African ecommerce is in a better place today than at any other time in its history. According to research released by PayPal earlier…

Top ecommerce strategies for customer acquisition and retention

In the last couple of years, we’ve seen a major shift in focus among ecommerce merchandising sites. Up until about the year 2011, most…

Which ecommerce platform will do justice to your business plan?

Startup wave has hit the world and given birth to various big and small ecommerce websites. Following this, everyone aspires to build Etsy like…

French insurance giant buys into African ecommerce in $83m deal

French insurance giant AXA has bought an eight percent stake in Africa Internet Group (AIG), one of the continent’s largest ecommerce players. The deal…

You can now buy stuff on RunwaySale using an RCS card

This week RunwaySale announced a partnership with RCS, which means that its customers can buy goods from the online store using cards from the…

Ecommerce Africa Confex aims to double in size, reflect industry growth

Ecommerce Africa Confex is aiming to reflect the growth of the global industry and is aiming to be twice as big as it was…

Consistent visibility is key to better ecommerce experiences

Online shopping is growing fast in South Africa, with recent research reports suggesting over one in five South Africans currently shop online, and between…

Konga founder Sim Shagaya steps down as CEO

Nigerian tech entrepreneur Sim Shagaya has announced he is stepping down as the CEO of Konga, which is one of Africa’s leading ecommerce companies….

Want to increase sales in 2016? Here are 5 mCommerce strategies you can’t ignore

If you are planning to deploy mobile commerce in 2016, there are certain key elements that you will need to get right in order…

Kenyan Hellofood users can now order KFC, Ocean Basket online

Hellofood, the online food ordering and delivery service operated by Foodpanda, has announced that its Kenyan users can now order KFC and Ocean Basket…

7 reasons why customers are abandoning your mobile shopping cart

Shopping cart abandonment rate has always been a big concern for ecommerce retailers, but the rise of m-commerce has given this crucial metric a…

Onyeka Akumah on Travelbeta, ecommerce and Nigeria’s tech space [Q&A]

The first time I heard about Travelbeta launch by Onyeka Akumah was in July 2015 at the official launch of HouseMax in Lagos. Akumah…

Nitestay’s attempt to stand out in Nigeria’s highly competitive hotel booking space

Even though ecommerce giants Jumia and Konga are still Nigeria’s foremost startup companies, attention is gradually being extended to other sectors as 2015 saw…

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