Posts by Alastair Tempest

I chaired the Digital Retail Conference (DRC) in Joburg on 29 Jan. One of the many interesting discussions centred around the effect of online on offline retail. Recently one of the online…

There are currently over 640 active technology hubs across the Continent, according to Disrupt Africa, and startups raised almost US$500 million in funding in 2019 – year-on-year (YoY) growth of almost 50%. Topping the list…

Last year President Ramphosa launched the 4IR Commission (this Newsletter has reported on that initiative). A new initiative has now come to the fore – SADA is a multi-stakeholder initiative…

The Chinese Tourism Academy says that Chinese outbound tourism rose to approximately 81.3 million trips in the first half of 2019, up 14% year-over-year (YoY), according to a recent report…

In June, EFSA will take part in Africa Trade, a new part of the annual hotel and hospitality exhibition, SAITEX. Our contribution will not be confined to tourism and we…

Adv Pansy Tlakula, the Chair of the Information Regulator, issued a press statement announcing that the President is poised to implement the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) on 1…

EFSA has been discussing cybercrime aimed at e-shops with the South African Banking Risk Information Centre  (SABRIC) and as a result of those discussions has prepared a series of information…

Each month we publish an interview by our Board member, Mpho Sekwele. This month we are publishing 6 points by the UNCTAD’s e-Trade for Women initiative to show how vital…

African startups are increasingly getting accepted into accelerators and incubators around the world, opening them up to new markets which they would normally not have been able to access. There…

This course introduces SMEs to the importance of creating quality ecommerce content for their online initiatives, presenting them with useful guidelines for content creation, both for individual products as well…