Africa
Mobile Money – MPESA Continues to Gain Ground, but Scams Damage Trust
Mobile money transactions in Kenya has hit 68% of GDP as remittances continue to drive growth, according to data company Global Voice Group (GVC). It is estimated that Kenyans make…
Read MoreThe Digital Divide Getting Smaller, but Internet Interference Remain Concerning
According to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report 2023, growing adoption of 5G technology across Africa is set to increase by a staggering 47-fold in subscriptions over the next 5 years,…
Read MoreA Key Debate on Supply Chains Needs to be Centre-Stage
While we earnestly discuss the pros and cons of BRICS and new currencies (see above), one issues that sits like an elephant in the corner of the room is how…
Read MoreIntra-African Trade Fair 2023 Business Roadshow – Cross Border Payments.
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has pointed out that the continent is benefitting from the use of local currencies when engaging in intra-African trade because global currencies, such as the…
Read MoreThe AGOA Summit – Planned for SA in November
Hardly has the dust settled from the BRICS Summit (see above) when SA gears up to host this year’s summit on AGOA (African Growth and Opportunity Act) with the other…
Read MoreLeaderex Summit, Sandton, 12-15 September
Congratulations to Ecommerce Live for an excellent event on the first day of the Leaderex series of events! EFSA held a wine and cheese networking event for our members during…
Read MoreSAITEX 2023
The SAITEX exhibition took place on 18-20 June. EFSA took the stage on the last day to look at ecommerce and in particular at cross-border opportunities. We were delighted to…
Read MoreChina-Africa Trade
The Chinese have been very keen to forge trade agreements to benefit their ecommerce exports in SA and elsewhere in Africa. In that regard, EFA was invited to a meeting…
Read MoreThe Russian Amazon – Yandex – Expanding in Africa
Yandex, which is a major tech company (the 8th largest globally) with a wide range of interests including ecommerce, digital marketing and SEO measurement, entertainment, B2B machine learning, is looking…
Read MoreKWeb Ecommerce Transformation Conference
I spoke at this conference in June on sustainability and ecommerce. During this year we have picked up a number of indicators that ecommerce consumers want online businesses to take…
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