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Flutterwave Store Launched
Flutterwave has launched Flutterwave Store, an online portal that lets African merchants sell online by creating digital shops. According to TechCrunch, the Flutterwave Store is the startup’s response to the…
Read MoreThe Covid-19 outbreak is accelerating digital transformation for retailers as priorities are reexamined.
According to the new CB Insights Report retailers’ operations are in upheaval in the developed world. The coronavirus crisis has resulted in store closures, shorter hours, and slower shipping speeds…
Read MoreEncouraging Cashless Payments in SA
EFSA cooperates with the Payments Association of SA (PASA). In April PASA’s Card Strategy Committee met to explore communication possibilities which would encourage cardholders to pay using the contactless capability.…
Read MoreTrade Negotiations at the World Trade Organisation
At a virtual meeting of all WTO members on 17 April, over 50 delegation heads took the floor to exchange views on the use of online discussions and written procedures…
Read MoreThe EU plans the revision of its Ecommerce Directive
The European institutions are gearing up for the revision of the 2000 Ecommerce Directive. The Directive has contributed to what is now known as the platform economy in the Single…
Read MoreImportant Announcement from the EU – Taxes and Imports
As of 1st January 2021, the EU will change its rules for imposing VAT on imports from outside the Union. Presently items of under Eur 150 could be imported free…
Read MoreThe Size of Africa’s Ecommerce Market by E-platforms
One session which attracted a lot of interest during the UNCTAD event was a report for the International Trade Centre (ITC) from the University of Amsterdam (Netherlands). The study looked…
Read MoreUNCTAD’s 2020 Ecommerce Week Online
I attended 10 of the 15 online webinars held in the week of 27 April. There was a lot of fascinating information, and the new Secretary-General of the African Free…
Read MoreEcommerce sales: Top ten economies in 2018
Source: UNCTAD, based on national sources. Note: Figures in italics are UNCTAD estimates. The leading B2C ecommerce companies are based mostly in China and the United States. The world’s top…
Read MoreSouth Africa Institute of International Affairs – two new papers on the digital Economy and the African Free Trade Area
Opinion piece- https://saiia.org.za/research/renewed-urgency-to-implement-the-african-continental-free-trade-area-how-can-africa-prepare-for-a-post-covid-19-world/ Draft report (final version will be published in mid-May) – https://saiia.org.za/research/the-digital-economy-and-e-commerce-in-africa-drivers-for-the-african-free-trade-area/ Please feel free to share these papers.
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