Posts Tagged ‘#COVID-19’
The Post-COVID Blues – Shopify Continues to Lay-off Staff
As this Newsletter has reported previously, all the Big Tech, and some important (for ecommerce) “Smaller Tech” increased their staff during COVID and are now reducing their employment levels. We…
Read MoreMore on the Effects of COVID
It is obvious that the COVID lockdown has had and will continue to have a major effect on the use of traditional office space. Last month the Newsletter raised the…
Read MoreCall for Action! COVID and Ecommerce in SA
Please may we remind all e-shops or e-platforms to continue to carry the government COVID announcement prominently on your website. EFSA continues to work closely with government with twice weekly…
Read MoreInterview with Alastair Tempest of Ecommerce Forum South Africa
We had the opportunity to get in contact with our new strategic partner to SAITEX, Alastair Tempest of Ecommerce Forum South Africa. During these times of uncertainty come about times…
Read MoreGifting in the COVID Era
Jumia has donated face masks to the health ministries of Nigeria, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Uganda and Morocco. 54gene, a genomics research startup, has launched a $500,000 fund to boost local testing capacity for coronavirus in West Africa.…
Read MoreProtection Against Twitter Bots
NortonLifeLock Research Group, the R&D division of antivirus vendor NortonLifeLock, has released a browser extension called BotSight that is designed to detect Twitter Bots in real time. BotSight is intended to highlight the prevalence of bots and disinformation…
Read MoreThe “New Normal” – Working from Home
A new wave of disruption more forceful and more pervasive than what we have seen previously is likely to unfold in the next decade. While the roots of this disruption—technological, economic, geopolitical, demographic…
Read MoreThe Economy Post-COVID-19 Era
The volume of world merchandise trade may fall drastically in the first half of 2020 as the pandemic disrupts the global economy, according to the WTO Goods Trade Barometer released on 20 May. The…
Read MoreFacebook’s New Ecommerce Initiative
Facebook Shops has been launched in the USA as a way for businesses to list their products on Facebook and Instagram. FB points out that since the COVID-19 pandemic started…
Read MoreSouth 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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