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E-Commerce Sub-Sector Assessment Report for Kenya (Mwencha (2016) 2016 E-Commerce Sub-Sector Assessment Report for Kenya)

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Ecommerce News In Africa

EFA Keynote Speaker at the 14th AU High-Level Private Sector Forum

By Alastair Tempest | Aug 14, 2023 | Comments Off on EFA Keynote Speaker at the 14th AU High-Level Private Sector Forum

EFA was a keynote speaker at the AU Private Sector Forum organised by the East Africa Community in Nairobi on 10 July. Ruhi Suttarwala, an award-winning ecommerce practitioner with extensive experience of…

The SA Competition Commission Designates Ecommerce as a Sector to be Controlled for Abuses of Buyer Power

By Alastair Tempest | Aug 14, 2023 | Comments Off on The SA Competition Commission Designates Ecommerce as a Sector to be Controlled for Abuses of Buyer Power

The CCSA held 2 workshops on its new guidelines dated 22 May 2023 on buyer power abuses. EFSA attended the first of these workshops, on 14 June. Following the new…

Other AfCFTA-Related News: SA Starts Workshops on the AfCFTA, the Ecobank Group Starts a Trade Hub, and the UBA Launches a Fund to Resource SMEs

By Alastair Tempest | Aug 14, 2023 | Comments Off on Other AfCFTA-Related News: SA Starts Workshops on the AfCFTA, the Ecobank Group Starts a Trade Hub, and the UBA Launches a Fund to Resource SMEs

  The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) is rolling out a series of awareness workshops on the AfCFTA Agreement throughout the country. The first was held in June…

The AfCFTA’s Draft Protocol on Women and Youth

By Alastair Tempest | Aug 14, 2023 | Comments Off on The AfCFTA’s Draft Protocol on Women and Youth

The Women an Youth Protocol has not attracted such criticism and does look likely to get adopted by the next Ministers’ meeting. It is worth remembering, that the  AU’s Maputo…

News from Africa

By Alastair Tempest | Aug 14, 2023 | Comments Off on News from Africa

The AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol The hopes of the Secretariat to complete the negotiations on the Protocol by 23 July have not succeeded. The meeting of the negotiators has been…

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has adopted a Digital Code

By Alastair Tempest | Jun 5, 2023 | Comments Off on Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has adopted a Digital Code

EFA understands that the new DRC ‘Digital Code’ is a far-reaching piece of legislation – all 175 pages of it – covering a broad spectrum of topics, from ecommerce and…

Online Gambling In Africa

By Alastair Tempest | Jun 3, 2023 | Comments Off on Online Gambling In Africa

Africa is an attractive proposition for the gambling industry with masses of untapped potential. Since 2020, online gambling across the continent has boomed, partly due to the COVID pandemic when…

The Digital Divide will be Reduced by More Smartphones

By Alastair Tempest | Jun 3, 2023 | Comments Off on The Digital Divide will be Reduced by More Smartphones

There were 503.14 million smartphone subscriptions in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2021, and that number is expected to reach 798m by 2027, based on the steady growth seen in earlier years.…

The SA Competition Commission

By Alastair Tempest | Jun 3, 2023 | Comments Off on The SA Competition Commission

Last month we reported that the final recommendations on the  Online Intermediation Platforms Market Inquiry (OIPMI ) had been postponed until 19 May. Now we are told that the Report may…

The Accelerate Africa Programme

By Alastair Tempest | Jun 3, 2023 | Comments Off on The Accelerate Africa Programme

Prosper Africa and Future Africa have announced the launch of the Accelerate Africa programme, which will provide intensive guidance, mentorship, and resources for early stage African founders, according to  DISRUPT AFRICA.…