eCommerce News
Data Privacy Laws and other ecommerce relevant laws in Africa
I keep on hearing learned lawyers giving speeches about the Protection of Private Information Act (POPIA), and saying that this law is unique in Africa. There is a new tool…
Read MoreAmazon and the Courier Companies – increasing competition ahead
According to Amazon’s most recent company report, its shipping costs were $9 billion in the last quarter – a 23% increase from the previous quarter, but shows just how much…
Read MoreAfrica and the Service Industries
The services industries in Africa are a major component of the Continent’s economy. In 2016, about 55% of Africa’s GDP was generated by services. The share of services in Africa’s…
Read MoreCommon Mistakes you need to check
Sarah Carrol, the author of the enormously successful ecommerce book, Grow Global (the 2nd highest sales for a business book in 2018), has published a list of the top 10 most…
Read MoreProgress on the New Deal for Consumers continues in Parliament
On 28 January, the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) adopted its final report on the Omnibus proposal. The proposal is one part of legislative package aimed at modernising EU consumer laws…
Read MoreThe French Data Protection Regulator, the CNIL, has issued a Google a £44m (ZAR 795m) fine for failing to follow EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Google was fined over a “lack of transparency, inadequate information and lack of valid consent regarding ads personalisation”. The CNIL also said that it had not “sufficiently informed” users about…
Read MoreNotice to all paid-up members of the Ecommerce Forum Africa
The AGM will be held in the afternoon of Monday 18 March 2019 in Cape Town. Details of the venue and time will be advertised as soon as a venue…
Read MoreTear down barriers and African e-commerce will thrive, say CEOs
Participants at UNCTAD’s Africa eCommerce Week discover that e-commerce will flourish only when governments and businesses across the continent work together. Read more here
Read MoreLaunch of the Ecommerce Forum Africa (EFSA)
Major players in ecommerce launched the new Ecommerce Forum Africa (EFSA) on 12 November in Johannesburg and 13 November in Cape Town. The mission of the EFSA is to drive…
Read MoreEuropean Court of Justice Overturns the EU-US Safe Harbor Agreement
A lot of people have asked me what I felt about the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling on Wednesday 7 Oct. This is how I have replied – The…
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