Assessment Reports
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
According to research from the research company, TaiwanPlus, Angola has the highest percentage of women-owned businesses globally. 35% of Angolan women own a business, Guatemala was in second place (24.9%). Interestingly, only 9.9% of these women own established…
COVID made it far more difficult for musicians to make a decent living. Grammy-nominated Kenyan musician Bien-Aime Alusa of popular group, Sauti Sol, has co-founded a digital streaming and payment…
In 2020 this Newsletter reported on the Starlink project by Elon Musk’s Space-X enterprise. At that time it was considered that SA would be active in the project, but it…
The 15th edition of the Global Innovation Index released recently by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) ranks Mauritius, South Africa, and Morocco, which have significantly moved up closer to…
As San-Francisco-based AI development firm OpenAI’s dream of achieving general artificial intelligence (AI) picks up speed (see the article on Big Tech above), reports of how it used 200 underpaid Kenyans…
Anyone looking to launch an African startup in 2023 must be sorely tempted to do so in the fintech space (provided they have the relevant background and expertise). After all,…
Last year we saw the launch of both the PAPSS payment system from the Afreximport Bank and TCIB by BankServAfrica. These initiatives, both pilots at present are designed to reduce…
And while on the subject of SA’s partners in BRICS, China is now the African continent’s largest trading partner, accounting for trade worth US$254bn in 2021. It is also the main country of…
In its policy meetings in early January, the ANC has demanded that SA use its 2023 chairmanship of the BRICS group of nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and SA) to…
Learn about Sustainable Trades and Investment The second edition of the E-learning Course on Climate-smart Trade and Investment for Sustainable Development, by UNCTAD, ESCAP & UNEP, is now available. It will be held virtually from 5-16 December with…