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
Zimbabwe has released a gold-backed digital currency for peer-to-peer and peer-to-business transactions as well as to act as a store of value as the country’s currency continues to lose ground…
Corner shops, otherwise known as Tuck shops or Spaza shops in SA, depend on being restocked either by the owner going to the wholesaler, or a community system for delivery…
The Ichikowitz Foundation’s Youth Survey published on Africa Day reports that nearly half (46%) of the continent’s young people have never heard about the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).…
We are informed that the EU’s EDF is keen to fund South African SME businesses in various sectors, including the digital economy. EFSA has been approached asking if we know…
SA was the only African country to rank among the Top 20 countries on the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index, which is dominated by European countries, the US and China.…
The SA Post Office was placed under provisional liquidation on February 9 after a court application by a creditor owed for rent. The Post Office’s most recent available financial statements…
Accredited traders in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and SA will benefit from lower trade costs and quicker turn-around times for imports and exports, because of a Mutual Recognition Arrangement signed…
The Mozambique government has published plans to introduce a new Conformity Assessment Programme. If this works as advertised, the importing of the goods that are listed in the CAP could…
ECA has committed to create a borderless region, with its own currency (although this is proving a tough nut to crack as we retorted last month). In order to assist,…
The US applies stringent rules to multinational companies which do business within its territory under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This Act applies extra-territorially to companies, requiring them to provide evidence…