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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

SADC Invites Stakeholders to its Services Committee

By Dikonketso | Jun 1, 2022 |

The Secretariat of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) launched the first Sector Focus Group (SFG) – Business Services meeting from 9 – 11th May 2022. The SFG comprised of…

Google Sets up Product Development Centre in Kenya

By Dikonketso | May 5, 2022 |

Google has announced that it will build its first product development center in Africa in Nairobi. In 2018 the company announced a $1bn investment plan for Africa to capitalise on…

Discrimination of Small Logistics Firms by Customs in the East Africa Community

By Dikonketso | Apr 12, 2022 |

Tralac has carried a story on how a few companies are able to get favours when clearing their goods. These companies have the corporate and financial muscle to convince customs…

Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa and Kenya Remain Africa’s “Big Four” from a Funding Perspective

By Dikonketso | Mar 13, 2022 |

Investment into the African tech startup ecosystem almost trebled over the course of a record-breaking 2021 that saw total funding pass the $2bn mark for the first time. This is…

Some African Countries Are Still Not Engaging with the Continental Free Trade Pact

By Dikonketso | Mar 13, 2022 |

Both Botswana and Zambia remain outside the AfCFTA. Signals from the Zambian government indicate that it will delay committing to African free trade while the new government works on the…

Africa News

By Dikonketso | Mar 13, 2022 |

The Rapid Payment Programme and Other Payments Developments in SA Last year we reported that the Rapid Payment Programme (RPP) would be launched in May 2022 by PASA. Unfortunately, there…

Survey on Women Leading Corporate Africa

By Dikonketso | Nov 1, 2021 |

Africa.com took a poll of over 1,000 senior c-suite executives. The poll asked 2 key questions about women in corporate Africa.  First, “Compared to the rest of the world, climbing…

Malware attacks are on the increase in Africa

By Dikonketso | Nov 1, 2021 |

The Newsletter has often stressed the need for greater vigilance against cybercrime. A new report from Kaspersky shows that over the last 18 months cybercriminals have taken advantage of digital…

Social media platforms are accelerating economic growth and opportunity across the continent

By Dikonketso | Nov 1, 2021 |

A new study by Genesis Analytics commissioned by Facebook (FB) and aimed at exploring the impact of the digital economy on small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) has been conducted in…

New SAIIA Paper on Regional Value Chains in Africa, and the Digital Economy

By Dikonketso | Nov 1, 2021 |

Michelle Chivunga and I have submitted another Occasional Paper to SAIIA (https://saiia.org.za/research/why-regional-value-chains-in-africa-need-to-go-digital/). See the event (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdaLZtxGUwo&t=2s) The paper points out that Africa has been dependent on foreign aid and the…