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
The East African Community (EAC), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), and the Southern African Development Cooperation (SADC) Tripartite Free Trade Area agreement (TFTA) has not been put…
A McKinsey report just out says that Africa’s fintech revenue may soar to $30.3bn by 2025 – eight times higher than in 2020 – as a growing, young, and under-banked…
According to new statistics in Ookla’s Q3 Canada Market Report for 2021, MTN in SA had the fastest Speed Score (63.52) and the highest Consistency Score (91.0%). Safaricom and Airtel…
According to AppsFlyer, ecommerce in Africa witnessed immense growth in 2021. There was a 55% increase in online retail spending, and the volume of downloads and installation of ecommerce apps…
Local Deliveries in SA The EFSA is setting up a working party to explore how best to provide guidance to local delivery services. This follows concerns expressed by some government…
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) held a preliminary meeting with EFSA recently. As part of its rollout of a new project, “Authorised Economic Operator” (AEO) which will accredit traders…
The African Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat organised 3 regional stakeholder meetings on 10-12 August to discuss its plans for a Protocol on Digital Trade (previously called the Protocol on…
Readers will recall that the SA Competition Commission launched a ‘market inquiry into online intermediation platforms’ in April 2021. EFSA submitted three written submissions to this and took part in…
August is Women’s Month But More Women in Executive Roles Are Needed Last year this Newsletter bemoaned the fact that of all foreign direct investment in Africa, only 1% went…
Fact 1: Rwanda has more women in government than any other country in the world Fact 2: Morocco is home to the world’s largest concentrated solar farm. It produces enough…