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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

Digital Transformation in Africa

By Alastair Tempest | Nov 23, 2023 | Comments Off on Digital Transformation in Africa

The International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) regional development forum for Africa aims to accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the continent through digital transformation​. The Forum held…

News From the African Free Trade Area

By Alastair Tempest | Nov 23, 2023 | Comments Off on News From the African Free Trade Area

The AU’s Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) convened the third and final multi-stakeholder national dialogue series of the year on the Free Movement Protocol (FMP), in September. Increased mass…

The Struggle for an Environmentally Sustainable Africa

By Alastair Tempest | Sep 28, 2023 | Comments Off on The Struggle for an Environmentally Sustainable Africa

The inaugural Africa Climate Summit last month adopted ‘the Nairobi Declaration’, a document that highlighted Africa’s vulnerability to the climate crisis and called for more ambitious and progressive action from…

More News on Gaming in Africa

By Alastair Tempest | Sep 25, 2023 | Comments Off on More News on Gaming in Africa

Last month this Newsletter covered the growth of gaming in Africa, A new report prepared by games market data provider Newzoo and Cape Town-based Carry1st, a games publisher, estimates that…

Investing in Africa – the Gap is of Concern

By Alastair Tempest | Sep 25, 2023 | Comments Off on Investing in Africa – the Gap is of Concern

According to the 2023 Edition of the Africa’s Dynamic Development Report Africa’s sustainable financing gap until 2030 is about $1.6 tn. It estimates that the continent needs additional financing of…

Delays to SA’s Import Duty Investigations Cause Barriers to Trade

By Alastair Tempest | Sep 25, 2023 | Comments Off on Delays to SA’s Import Duty Investigations Cause Barriers to Trade

It is currently taking an average of 25 months for government to complete import duty investigations and to provide the necessary Ministerial approvals for the South African Revenue Service to…

The AfCFTA’s Draft Digital Trade Protocol

By Alastair Tempest | Sep 25, 2023 | Comments Off on The AfCFTA’s Draft Digital Trade Protocol

The Protocol still needs to go through its last negotiation before being put to the Ministers at the end of October. The Protocol spends considerable effort to encourage greater use…

Logistics, Single Window Customs Solutions – and Ethiopia Looks in 2 Directions to Reach the Sea

By Alastair Tempest | Sep 25, 2023 | Comments Off on Logistics, Single Window Customs Solutions – and Ethiopia Looks in 2 Directions to Reach the Sea

The EU has pledged to dedicate half of its €300bn infrastructure plan, seen as a rival to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, to Africa. The fund has already backed renewable…

Artificial Intelligence in Africa

By Alastair Tempest | Sep 25, 2023 | Comments Off on Artificial Intelligence in Africa

The legal profession is facing a major transformation thanks to the rise of AI, and Large Language Models (LLM) are one of the most promising AI technologies for the legal…

Air Cargo and Air Travel Hit by Civil War and Coups

By Alastair Tempest | Sep 25, 2023 | Comments Off on Air Cargo and Air Travel Hit by Civil War and Coups

At the African Free Trade Expo in Pretoria, at which I spoke on the role of ecommerce, the Kenyan Airways speaker pointed out the issues of increasing civil disruption in…