Jumia, Konga, Takealot… for a long time the African tech space has been almost defined by the success, or lack…
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Africa is unique in the way e-commerce has leapfrogged traditional retail, offering major opportunities to companies operating in the space.…
A range of ingenious solutions to logistics challenges in the African e-commerce space demonstrate that the continent is full of…
African e-commerce is set to boom, on that most people are agreed. According to Frost Sullivan, the market – worth…
It started at the beginning of 2014, and has gathered pace this year. South African media giant Naspers is giving…
A few weeks ago, I claimed the “age of African VC” had arrived. Last year was sound enough, with VC4Africa…
South African e-commerce firms Kalahari and Takealot have begun operating as one entity after their merger was approved in January,…
E-commerce is Africa’s big opportunity, we are told. And so it is, with more people getting online, rising incomes and…
South African online beauty subscription service Rubybox has been the subject of a management buyout that sees the startup return…
There are inherent dangers in African startup ecosystems aping Silicon Valley. The name has been co-opted, from “Silicon Savannah” to…