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 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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…