In 2017, married couple, James and Jo Hand, began working on GiKi Enterprise. This came after they realised that buying ethically sourced and sustainable products is an unnecessary hassle. “We wanted to help people reduce the environmental impact of their food, whilst making it easy to find products that are healthier too,” says Jo. “We...
MumsVillage, a parenting website for expert advice and online community support in Kenya, announced the launch of the MumsVillageShop. Aimed at becoming a one-stop-shop for mum and baby products MumsVillageShop reflects the changing preferences of consumers...
E-commerce is experiencing a drastic increase in South Africa, as the number of online shoppers is predicted to reach 25 million in 2021 which is a growth from 18 million in 2017. In the next two years, the average online spend is predicted to be...
Nigeria’s online shopping platform, Jumia, is attempting to bridge the ever-increasing unemployment gap by empowering young women. The company launched its ‘Women & Youth Empowerment’ pilot programme in Yaba, Lagos on Friday, 14th June...
May 10, 2019 •
Retail, Top Stories •
Fundi Maseko •
Comments Off on Superbalist adopts new technologies to speed up browsing
South Africa’s e-tailer, Superbalist.com, has adopted two new technologies which have accelerated the browsing experience for shoppers and translated into strong business results. One year in, and Accelerated Mobile Apps (AMP) and Progressive Web Apps...
South Africans can now shop for luxury beauty brands online at Takealot.com and Superbalist.com. The online retailers have extended their offering to include Estée Lauder, Clinique, Bobbi Brown, Smashbox, Glamglow, Tommy Hilfiger, DKNY, Aramis and Lab...
South Africa’s online retailer takealot.com has launched over 25 collection facilities across the country. Its flagship Takealot Pickup Point at the New Road off-ramp in Midrand spans the N1 highway, the busiest highway in Africa, allowing motorists...
Jiji, Nigeria’s classifieds marketplace has reached an agreement with OLX to redirect OLX users in Nigeria to Jiji and to acquire OLX businesses in Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. The transaction is supported by one of Jiji’s principal investors,...
Yodiwo South Africa has formed a partnership with Cold Tech Marketing which will transform the retail sector in South Africa with intelligent IoT platform capabilities, analytics, and machine learning algorithms at a price point versus response time...
April 2, 2019 •
Retail, Top Stories •
Fundi Maseko •
Comments Off on How AR and VR will transform the retail experience
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) have the potential to shake up the customer experience by individualising retailers’ offers and enabling customers to visualise products in different settings. By 2020, 100 million consumers will shop in...
March 25, 2019 •
Retail, Sponsored •
Fundi Maseko •
Comments Off on 2018 best ideas for profitable dropshipping product niches
Having a well-settled dropshipping store with well-placed ads and perfectly managed SEO thoroughly is just like a dream come true for almost all of the dropshipping business lovers. It needs a lot of hard work and dedication to build up the successful empire...
March 15, 2019 •
Retail, West Africa •
Fundi Maseko •
Comments Off on Konga migrates to Intel Retail Accelerator Programme
Nigerian e-commerce site, Konga has announced that it has migrated to the Retail Accelerator Program of global technology company Intel, thereby becoming the first e-commerce company in sub-Saharan Africa to achieve the feat. Konga’s elevation to the...
February 28, 2019 •
Education, Retail, Top Stories •
Neo Sesinye •
Comments Off on Study reveals that youth benefit from the rise of digital commerce in Africa
A recent study by Master Foundation in partnership with BFA has revealed that 80 million young people will benefit from the rise of digital commerce in Africa by 2030. These findings indicate that the digital commerce sector has the potential of disrupting...
February 26, 2019 •
Finance, Retail •
Fundi Maseko •
Comments Off on 2019 Mastercard Digital Payments study highlights payment trends
More than ever, people are living an increasingly digital – and mobile – life and they expect their ability to pay for their needs and wants to match that same “always on” mindset, according to social media conversations identified in the 2019 edition...
As we approach the third month of 2019, some interesting trends are being predicted and already seen, in the retail and online market segment. Considering that December – usually an important sales month – was a tough one for SA retailers, keeping ‘on...
February 24, 2019 •
Retail •
Danielle Kruger •
Comments Off on Retailers see triple-digit gains
Thirty-five percent of shoppers feel today’s brands do not care enough about personalising their shopping experiences. However, when retailers do invest in personalisation it pays. This is according to a Total Economic Impact (TEI) study conducted by...
