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Payment Cross-Frontiers in Africa Remains a Major Challenge

Nov 1, 2021 |

Despite the announcement by the Afreximbank of its new cross-border payment system, PAPSS, last month (see September’s Newsletter), the hurdles that an online shop has to overcome to ensure payment…

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Recognising Ecommerce Skills

Nov 1, 2021 |

EFSA has held a meeting with our sponsoring ministry, the Department of Communications and Digital Technology (DCDT), to discuss ecommerce skills with two aims – first, Home Affairs provides temporary…

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News From Africa

Nov 1, 2021 |

Work on the Introduction of the Payments Industry Body Readers will recall that the SARB invited the total financial sector to reorganize itself in order to become inclusive. The timetable…

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Delivery, The South African Postal Service Tries to Carve Out Leadership in Southern Africa, and Amazon is Now the 3rd Largest Delivery Company in the USA

Nov 1, 2021 |

Delivery is key to the success of ecommerce around the world. Many national postal services (POs) have moved most of their emphasis over the last 2 decades to ecommerce fulfillment.…

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LinkedIn Plans to Roll Out Freelance Recruitment Service

Nov 1, 2021 |

LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned platform, has completed a successful test in the US  for freelancers, called the Service Marketplace. This lets people advertise themselves for short-term engagements, competing against the likes…

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