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Continued rumours circulate about SAPO’s plans to dominate ecommerce delivery in Southern Africa. It is said that SAPO will launch an e-platform soon but details of the ecommerce site’s name,…

The global private education institution, Valenture Institute, based in Cape Town and London, has received an unexpectedly high number of registrations for its online high school curriculum in SA. It offers 4 levels of qualifications: Junior…

South Africa has pledged to support the AWLF which invests in women fund managers and provides technical assistance. Over $20 million has so far been raised for the fund,which was launched this month, with the goal…

The University of Johannesburg has designed a new virtual conferencing/debating system which it is calling the CloudebateTM. This takes the traditional debate/panel discussion and reimagined it, placing it within the realm of 4IR, using…

In cooperation with the Mozambique authorities, Paycode has helped create biometric identities for 18,000 Mozambicans to facilitate offline social grant payments to recipients in rural areas. Paycode specialises in payment…

Kenya has become the first African country to start negotiations with the USA for a free trade agreement (FTA). The USA was Kenya’s third-biggest trading partner in 2019, importing the…

The implementation of the African Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is set to start on 1 July 2020, following the agreement’s entry into force on 30 May 2019. Fifty-four countries have…

We understand that the latest craze is for resold make-up on Glambot, the makeup and skincare resale platform founded by Karen Horiuchi in 2013. Modelled on Thredup, consumers send in…

Telelift uses drones the size of a dining table, which is attached to the ground by a long wire and, according to their maker, can stay in the air for…

Globally ecommerce will hit Us$5 trillion in 2020, and its impact means retailers and brands must prepare for its next evolutions. According to the US Census Bureau, the US retail…