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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

Wither SAPO? The Continuing Saga of the SA Post Office

By Alastair Tempest | Jun 3, 2023 | Comments Off on Wither SAPO? The Continuing Saga of the SA Post Office

The SA Post Office was placed under provisional liquidation on February 9 after a court application by a creditor owed for rent. The Post Office’s most recent available financial statements…

The Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) Adopts AEO

By Alastair Tempest | Jun 3, 2023 | Comments Off on The Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) Adopts AEO

Accredited traders in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and SA will benefit from lower trade costs and quicker turn-around times for imports and exports, because of a Mutual Recognition Arrangement signed…

Mozambique Conformity Assessment Programme (CAP) – What it is and can you help?

By Alastair Tempest | Jun 3, 2023 | Comments Off on Mozambique Conformity Assessment Programme (CAP) – What it is and can you help?

The Mozambique government has published plans to introduce a new Conformity Assessment Programme. If this works as advertised, the importing of the goods that are listed in the CAP could…

The East African Community (EAC) Studies How Businesses are Approaching the AfCFTA – Striving For a Borderless EAC

By Alastair Tempest | Jun 3, 2023 | Comments Off on The East African Community (EAC) Studies How Businesses are Approaching the AfCFTA – Striving For a Borderless EAC

ECA has committed to create a borderless region, with its own currency (although this is proving a tough nut to crack as we retorted last month). In order to assist,…

Africa Poses a Challenge to Multinationals Trying to be Compliant

By Alastair Tempest | Jun 3, 2023 | Comments Off on Africa Poses a Challenge to Multinationals Trying to be Compliant

The US applies stringent rules to multinational companies which do business within its territory under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This Act applies extra-territorially to companies, requiring them to provide evidence…

Big Tech News

By Alastair Tempest | Jun 3, 2023 | Comments Off on Big Tech News

Apple sent waves across the fintech landscape last month with the launch of its new savings account, which saw deposits reach nearly $1bn over the first 4 days. Savings are…

Miscellaneous

By Alastair Tempest | Jun 3, 2023 | Comments Off on Miscellaneous

Interesting Data Privacy Case – Transfers of Personal Data, the EU versus the US. Meta has been fined a record €1.2bn by the Irish Data Protection Commission for not complying…

Sustainability, Reducing the Use of Plastics in Packaging and Action on Climate and Trade

By Alastair Tempest | Jun 3, 2023 | Comments Off on Sustainability, Reducing the Use of Plastics in Packaging and Action on Climate and Trade

Recently Takealot announced that it would be using sustainable packaging. In this decision the South African ecommerce company was following other market leaders, such as Amazon. A lot is being…

Africa’s Digital Trade is Low, but Overall Growth is Good

By Alastair Tempest | Jun 3, 2023 | Comments Off on Africa’s Digital Trade is Low, but Overall Growth is Good

Trade in digitally delivered services boomed during COVID, with global exports growing by 15% on average in 2020-21. The newly released WTO-OECD Balanced Trade in Services report reveals digitally delivered…

The EU Plans to Do Away with its de minimis Customs Benefit: EFA is Greatly Concerned

By Alastair Tempest | Jun 3, 2023 | Comments Off on The EU Plans to Do Away with its de minimis Customs Benefit: EFA is Greatly Concerned

EFA has held a meeting with our European colleagues at the Ecommerce Europe to discuss the new EU proposals on customs. The draft circulated by the European Commission proposes that…