Ecommerce

Standard Bank’s SimplyBlu platform to make it easier for small firms in SA to trade online

Standard Bank earlier this week launched SimplyBlu, a platform that makes it easier for small businesses to trade online. The bank claims that the solution,…

The ins and outs of taking your startup offshore

In the vast majority of cases, the real reason why clients hope to build their business offshore is to improve the future prospects of…

DHL eCommerce MoneyAfrica symposium to kick off in March: here’s what to expect

The DHL eCommerce MoneyAfrica conference will take place the Cape Town International Convention Centre between 14 and 15 March. The conference will feature keynotes,…

Startupbootcamp to kick off global FastTrack World Tour in Cape Town

Innovation accelerator Startupbootcamp Cape Town will kick off the 2018 Startupbootcamp (SBC) FastTrack World Tour in Cape Town on 19 February and has opened applications…

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 fashion designer Minku to raise $200 000 in funding with bitcoin

Nigerian fashion designer Minku has announced that it is seeking to raise $200 000 in bitcoin through a seed round. The round won’t be an ICO at all,…

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…

How South Africans can take more advantage of the growing gig economy

If you haven’t noticed, the worldwide workforce is shifting away from traditional nine-to- five roles and toward a flexible freelance economy. English-speaking nations such…

Watch: eCommerce MoneyAfrica Confex panel discussion on industry, fintech

The eCommerce MoneyAfrica Confex conference that took place recently in Cape Town was filled with many talks and discussions around e-commerce and fintech solutions…

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…

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…

8 key factors affecting your ecommerce platform’s SEO

For each and every website owner, SEO is the most critical aspect. However, very few know its importance as far as ecommerce marketplaces are…

4 Ecommerce strategies for reaching a newly defined middle-class

The Dot-com bubble at the turn of the century was part of a new focus on technology in the digital age. Today we take…

What are the benefits of ecommerce for your business

Ecommerce is the activity of doing business activities on the Internet. It refers to buying and selling products and services on the Internet through…

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…

Travel booking site Travelstart lands $40m, asserts investor confidence

Cape Town-headquartered travel booking company Travelstart has secured a whopping US$40-million from Amadeus Capital Partners and MTN, which is an investor in the VC…

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…

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…

Nigerian gift-card startup SureGifts introduces unique way to obtain loans

Nigerian gift-card startup SureGifts is introducing a new service that allows employees in Nigeria to obtain voucher loans to pay for certain online services….

Boeing’s parking its grounded 737 MAX planes in car parks

Cape Town dam levels back above 50% after weekend’s winter storm

Ethiopia’s been without internet for more than 48 hours

African VC funds in for a bonanza, with Germany’s €1bn Africa fund

Ozow nets follow-on funding from Kalon Venture Partners for Series-A round

Village Capital Africa Agriculture applications close this Friday

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite pales in comparison to Pokemon Go at launch

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is now ready to play in South Africa

Keep the kids busy these holidays with the new Huawei Mediapad M5 lite [Sponsored]

Audi’s new cars in Germany will count you down, pace you to green lights

Two Ford Focus trim levels also found to have lock issues

South Africa’s govt ministers really love German cars and big Toyotas report reveals