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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

Mobile Money – MPESA Continues to Gain Ground, but Scams Damage Trust

By Alastair Tempest | Sep 25, 2023 | Comments Off on Mobile Money – MPESA Continues to Gain Ground, but Scams Damage Trust

Mobile money transactions in Kenya has hit 68% of GDP as remittances continue to drive growth, according to data company Global Voice Group (GVC). It is estimated that Kenyans make…

The Digital Divide Getting Smaller, but Internet Interference Remain Concerning

By Alastair Tempest | Sep 25, 2023 | Comments Off on The Digital Divide Getting Smaller, but Internet Interference Remain Concerning

According to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report 2023, growing adoption of 5G technology across Africa is set to increase by a staggering 47-fold in subscriptions over the next 5 years,…

A Key Debate on Supply Chains Needs to be Centre-Stage

By Alastair Tempest | Sep 25, 2023 | Comments Off on A Key Debate on Supply Chains Needs to be Centre-Stage

While we earnestly discuss the pros and cons of BRICS and new currencies (see above), one issues that sits like an elephant in the corner of the room is how…

Intra-African Trade Fair 2023 Business Roadshow – Cross Border Payments.

By Alastair Tempest | Sep 25, 2023 | Comments Off on Intra-African Trade Fair 2023 Business Roadshow – Cross Border Payments.

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has pointed out that the continent is benefitting from the use of local currencies when engaging in intra-African trade because global currencies, such as the…

The AGOA Summit – Planned for SA in November

By Alastair Tempest | Sep 25, 2023 | Comments Off on The AGOA Summit – Planned for SA in November

Hardly has the dust settled from the BRICS Summit (see above) when SA gears up to host this year’s summit on AGOA (African Growth and Opportunity Act) with the other…

Leaderex Summit, Sandton, 12-15 September

By Alastair Tempest | Sep 25, 2023 | Comments Off on Leaderex Summit, Sandton, 12-15 September

Congratulations to Ecommerce Live for an excellent event on the first day of the Leaderex series of events! EFSA held a wine and cheese networking event for our members during…

SAITEX 2023

By Alastair Tempest | Aug 22, 2023 | Comments Off on SAITEX 2023

The SAITEX exhibition took place on 18-20 June. EFSA took the stage on the last day to look at ecommerce and in particular at cross-border opportunities. We were delighted to…

China-Africa Trade 

By Alastair Tempest | Aug 22, 2023 | Comments Off on China-Africa Trade 

The Chinese have been very keen to forge trade agreements to benefit their ecommerce exports in SA and elsewhere in Africa. In that regard, EFA was invited to a meeting…

The Russian Amazon – Yandex – Expanding in Africa

By Alastair Tempest | Aug 22, 2023 | Comments Off on The Russian Amazon – Yandex – Expanding in Africa

Yandex, which is a major tech company (the 8th largest globally) with a wide range of interests including ecommerce, digital marketing and SEO measurement, entertainment, B2B machine learning, is looking…

KWeb Ecommerce Transformation Conference

By Alastair Tempest | Aug 22, 2023 | Comments Off on KWeb Ecommerce Transformation Conference

I spoke at this conference in June on sustainability and ecommerce. During this year we have picked up a number of indicators that ecommerce consumers want online businesses to take…