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Ecommerce News In Africa

SA’s Copyright and Performers Bills Approach Final Stages, While UNCTAD and the Commonwealth Launch Systems to Help Lesser Developed Countries Deal With IP

By Alastair Tempest | Mar 11, 2024 | Comments Off on SA’s Copyright and Performers Bills Approach Final Stages, While UNCTAD and the Commonwealth Launch Systems to Help Lesser Developed Countries Deal With IP

These controversial Bills have been passed through the SA Parliament Portfolio Committee on their way to vote in Parliament and then in the upper house. Artists, performers, writers and content…

Kenya joins SA on the “Grey List” and Other Financial News

By Alastair Tempest | Mar 11, 2024 | Comments Off on Kenya joins SA on the “Grey List” and Other Financial News

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) asked Kenya to supervise crypto-assets, improve the quality of financial intelligence and increase prosecution of money laundering cases. The FATF also added Namibia and…

AI Helps Cut Costs of Advertising in Africa

By Alastair Tempest | Mar 11, 2024 | Comments Off on AI Helps Cut Costs of Advertising in Africa

Businesses are increasingly using AI-generated images, models and voices for their advertising campaigns across TV and digital platforms, lowering their advertising budgets. Ad spending in sub-Saharan Africa fell by 11.6%…

SA Offering Special Visas for Digital Nomads

By Alastair Tempest | Mar 11, 2024 | Comments Off on SA Offering Special Visas for Digital Nomads

SA’s Department of Home Affairs has gazetted proposed amendments, including the digital nomad visa, inviting public feedback until March 29. This step towards modernizing immigration laws underscores the initiative’s potential…

Taxing Creativity in Nigeria and Other News

By Alastair Tempest | Mar 11, 2024 | Comments Off on Taxing Creativity in Nigeria and Other News

Given the debate over the WTO Moratorium (see above) Nigerian creatives are asking how do you tax a viral video? This has become an important issue since the Corporate Affairs…

News from the East Africa Community

By Alastair Tempest | Mar 11, 2024 | Comments Off on News from the East Africa Community

The East African Community (EAC) issued its Regional Meeting Committee Report for 2023 recently. This shows that the direct costs of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) is estimated at $16,703,970, with the…

Internet Closures in Africa

By Alastair Tempest | Mar 11, 2024 | Comments Off on Internet Closures in Africa

Top10VPN latest research shows that since 2020, at least 12 countries have shut down the internet at least 19 times. In 2020, the Nigerian government suspended the use of Twitter…

Digital Transformation

By Alastair Tempest | Mar 11, 2024 | Comments Off on Digital Transformation

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Google have signed a landmark MoU to foster and accelerate digital transformation in Africa during the 2024 edition of the Africa…

Education in Africa

By Alastair Tempest | Mar 11, 2024 | Comments Off on Education in Africa

Several countries have revised their secondary and tertiary education curricula to reflect the changes in the future patterns of employment. EFA will be supporting a major conference – the Future…

SADC’s Regional Customs to Business Forum

By Alastair Tempest | Mar 11, 2024 | Comments Off on SADC’s Regional Customs to Business Forum

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat officially launched the Regional Customs to Business Forum (RCBF) in Johannesburg, South Africa on 19 Jan. The SADC Regional Customs to Business Forum…