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E-Commerce Sub-Sector Assessment Report for Kenya (Mwencha (2016) 2016 E-Commerce Sub-Sector Assessment Report for Kenya)

ICC Africa Statement (20180412 ICC Africa Statement_v7)

Ecommerce News In Africa

The Role of Freelancers in Africa

By Alastair Tempest | Mar 6, 2023 |

I fully admit an interest in this topic: my eldest daughter is a freelance advertising copywriter. And she prefers that to the constraints of working in an office. Freelancers on online…

Data Clouds

By Alastair Tempest | Mar 6, 2023 |

The Angolan government recently announced a new $89m project to construct a unified national cloud that offers several services. The project includes building 2 data centres and updating an existing centre, which will be…

Internet Speeds Up In Africa

By Alastair Tempest | Mar 6, 2023 |

By the end of 2022, 7 African countries had moved up in the global ranking of median mobile internet download speeds. 7 others upped their fixed broadband speed rankings by a similar number of…

Despite Increased Trade Over the last 3 Years, Jumia Still has a Liquidity Problem

By Alastair Tempest | Mar 6, 2023 |

Jumia is the most-funded ecommerce company in Africa, and since it launched in 2012, it has been the poster child for African digital commerce. But, as of the third quarter of 2022, the company…

Investment into the African Tech Startup Ecosystem

By Alastair Tempest | Mar 6, 2023 |

According to the 8th edition of the annual African Tech Startups Funding Report released by startup news and research portal Disrupt Africa, investment in Tech startups passed the $3bn mark for the first time…

The African Trade Exchange Platform is Launched and Stakeholders’ Contributions to Policy Encouraged

By Alastair Tempest | Mar 6, 2023 |

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Afreximbank announced the development of the African Trade Exchange Platform (ATEX), a digital business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-government (B2G) tool to boost trade in…

More Payments News: West Africa Suffers Drop in Trade – Payment Systems Blamed, and M-PESA’s New Plans For Expansion

By Alastair Tempest | Mar 6, 2023 |

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the bloc founded to promote cooperation and economic integration in West Africa, has reported a 10% drop in trade volumes within the region. Lawmakers…

Where Goes the Payments Industry Body (PIB)? And Other Payments Developments in SA

By Alastair Tempest | Mar 6, 2023 |

This Newsletter has been reporting on the creation of the PIB for the last 18 months. Readers will recall that the SARB decided to remove the licensing powers of PASA…

SA is Placed on the Grey List

By Alastair Tempest | Mar 6, 2023 |

This Newsletter has covered the attempts by SA to avoid being put on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’s international Grey List of countries that do not reach the standards…

The National Identification and Registration Bill

By Alastair Tempest | Mar 6, 2023 |

This Bill was drafted as part of the Official Identity Management Policy, which set out an integrated digital national identification system for all people who live, or have lived, in…