South Africa Opens Lockdown for Ecommerce
The EFSA has engaged government since the start of the lockdown and had produced a number of letters and papers for government pointing out the public health benefits of home…
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Read MoreWhat Ecommerce Forum South Africa is doing during the COVID emergency?
The Ecommerce Forum South Africa has been working tirelessly for the common good of all those involved in ecommerce since the Lockdown started. Read more…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Safety requirements for ecommerce
E-shops of whatever size should follow government’s COVID-19 safety requirements for ecommerce. To understand what these requirements are, click here…
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Strategies for Surviving COVID As a startup trying to master your new business at any time is quite a challenge but never more than now – here are some useful…
Read MoreKasha attracts Funding from Finnish
Finnfund, the Finnish development financier has invested $1-million in Kasha, an ecommerce platform that aims to improves women’s access to health, hygiene and self-care products in East Africa. Kasha was founded in…
Read MoreDonations to help the battle against COVID
Jumia has donated face masks to the health ministries in Nigeria, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Uganda and Morocco. Naspers has donated 1bnR ($5.5m) of PPE equipment to the South African government. The genomics research startup 54gene has…
Read MoreTailbacks at the Kenyan-Ugandan Border
Recently the East African Community (EAC) and Trademark East Africa (a business initiative) have worked to reduce customs clearance between the 7 EAC member states. It is claimed that customs…
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Safaricom will sell 4G smartphones in partnership with Google. The telco announced the plan during its earnings call on April 29. Under a device financing scheme, it will provide people…
Read MoreM-Pesa News
In March, Kenyan telecom operator Safaricom announced a move that on the surface appeared counterintuitive – for a 90-day period, it made all person-to-person (P2P) transactions under $9 free on the…
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