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How Can Conversational AI Rapidly Reshape Digital Commerce in South Africa

Mamsi Nkosi -
As South Africa’s digital commerce landscape continues to evolve at a rapid pace, businesses are facing mounting pressure to reconsider and adapt their customer engagement strategies to ensure that they remain relevant in an ever more competitive marketplace. According to...
FinTech

Growth in Contactless Payments is Pivotal for Businesses

Jenna Delport -
South Africa can expect significant growth in contactless payments on the back of COVID-19. It is also likely that the public’s newfound (and sensible) aversion to contact will spur additional innovation, especially given the uncertainty around second and third...
FinTech

Ethiopian Airlines expands digital payment methods

Jenna Delport -
On Monday, 16 September 2019, Ethiopian Airlines announced that it plans to expand its payment method offerings by partnering with digital commerce and payment solutions platform; CellPoint Digital to introduce WeChat Pay and KNET. In 2018, the Airline first integrated...
Online & Social

Facebook hosts day of education for South Africa’s young entrepreneurs

Fundi Maseko -
More than 300 young entrepreneurs and marketers gathered on 8 June at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Newtown, Johannesburg for Facebook's Youth Enterprise and Skills Day in partnership with the Department of Small Business Development. The event aimed at inspiring...
Education

Study reveals that youth benefit from the rise of digital commerce in Africa

Neo Sesinye -
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...
East Africa

The future of retail will be built on clicks, bricks and data-driven insights

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Over the last 15 years, technology has reshaped the face of global retail. With billions of people spending more time online each day, the way we buy things has evolved. Hundreds of billions of dollars of spending have shifted...
Startups

Visa launches initiative to foster payment innovation with Startups

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Visa has announced the launch of its Visa’s Everywhere Initiative, a global innovation program that tasks start-ups to solve commerce challenges of tomorrow and further enhance their own product propositions and provide visionary solutions for Visa’s vast network of...
Startups

Financial institutions fast-tracked to offer new services

Staff Writer -
Banks are up against increased competition from nimble fintech startups as the need to adapt quickly to dramatic changes in consumer behaviour, new technology, and the fast-evolving regulatory environment continues to pose a challenge. Mobile security and authentication company,...
FinTech

​Mobile-first: The way forward for financial services sector

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The unbundling of banking and transactional functions from traditional financial services providers – driven by increased development of mobile technology, regulatory change, and competition from agile new challenger banks and fintech providers - is forcing banks to radically rethink...
East Africa

Visa partners Kenyan banks to introduce mVisa

Staff Writer -
Visa Inc. introduced mVisa, a new mobile payment service that will accelerate digital commerce in Kenya and across Africa. As part of its initial roll-out, Visa has partnered with Co-Operative Bank, Family Bank, KCB and NIC Bank to deliver...
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Glovo Partners with Kenyan Government, Pledges Billions for Digital Growth & Jobs

Glovo, a technological platform, launched a historic Memorandum of Cooperation with Kenya's Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, led...
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