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Insaka – eCommerce Next Level Membership

By Shahrain Coovadia | Jul 27, 2020

A membership perfectly suited to South Africans which are already selling online and want to improve their site, increase their traffic, grow their sales and streamline their business. Entrepreneurs and…

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Interview with Alastair Tempest of Ecommerce Forum South Africa

By Shahrain Coovadia | Jun 17, 2020

We had the opportunity to get in contact with our new strategic partner to SAITEX, Alastair Tempest of Ecommerce Forum South Africa. During these times of uncertainty come about times…

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Alastair Tempest, CEO, Ecommerce Forum Africa, speaks with STAT Trade Times at Air Cargo Africa 2019

By Lauretta Ngakane | Jul 8, 2019

Alastair Tempest, CEO, Ecommerce Forum Africa, talks about the changes in Africa’s ecommerce commodity trends, challenges due to lack of a national street address system, changing equation of ecommerce with…

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AI and Machine Learning in the Travel Industry – new global study

By Shahrain Coovadia | Mar 15, 2019

The Travel industry leans increasingly on ecommerce to sell. According to the report “Leading With Next-Generation Key Performance Indicators,” leaders in the travel sector use machine learning (ML) not only…

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 Ideas on SEO and marketing

By Shahrain Coovadia | Mar 15, 2019

A friend in Europe who trawls through the latest ideas from the USA and Europe, sent me these thoughts, pointing out that, since more advertising tools are equipped with Blockchain…

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The Global economy – a new world economic order is in the making!

By Shahrain Coovadia | Mar 15, 2019

India is likely to become the world’s second-largest economy by 2030, next only to China and overtaking the US, according to Standard Chartered’s long-term forecast released on 8 Jan. The…

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Making Business Fairer for Online SMEs e-shops in Europe

By Shahrain Coovadia | Mar 15, 2019

On 13 February, the European Parliament, Member States and the European Commission agreed on the first ever rules regulating the relationship between businesses and online platforms. The rules are intended to…

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Data Privacy

By Shahrain Coovadia | Mar 15, 2019

There is still no news when the POPIA will be implemented, despite the publication on 14 December of the ‘Regulations relating to the Protection of personal information’ by the Regulator.…

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The Annual Global Mobile Congress, Barcelona, 25-8 Feb

By Shahrain Coovadia | Mar 15, 2019

Interesting developments always come out of the annual Barcelona Mobile event at the end of February, although by far the most eye-catching this year was the concentration on 5G, which…

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The Lure of a Single Currency for Africa

By Shahrain Coovadia | Mar 15, 2019

Readers may recall that last year when he announced that South Africa would join the African Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), President Ramaphosa mentioned, among the other benefits, the possibility of…

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