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The African Gateway Dubai Chamber helps businesses who want to understand market dynamics, bid for tenders or connect with businesses in Africa. It has launched a portal which houses case…

Bob Collymore, the head of east Africa’s biggest telecoms company, Safaricom, and a pioneer of mobile money, who passed away this month, said the ultimate purpose of his business was…

According to the survey conducted by Tribunebyte.com, it has been found that customized products sold online are expected to grow this year. The report says that ecommerce companies are investing…

All computer systems are vulnerable to errors by their programmers. This truism is becoming more evident as we rely increasingly on AI and other 4IR systems to work for us.…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) imposed a record-setting US$5 billion fine on Facebook for mishandling user data — and also has set out a series of restrictions on what FB…

This Newsletter has reported on the plans of European countries to apply taxes to the social media giants’ ad revenues. Last year Spain, Germany and the European Commission withdrew their…

EFSA is affiliated to the 2 European Ecommerce bodies – EMOTA and Ecommerce Europe. Both are warning their members to prepare to meet their obligations under the new “Strong Customer…

Our Consumer Protection Act is closely modelled on the EU’s rules protecting consumers, particularly those to do with selling at a distance (including ecommerce). In this Newsletter we therefore always…

Above, in the article on the AfCFTA, we looked at how that free trade area intends to open up Africa’s markets to intra-African trade. The more Africa can trade within…

According to a joint report by the Global System for Mobile Association (GSMA) Ecosystem Accelerator and Briter Bridges, the number of tech hubs in Africa grew by 40% over the last year,.…