Africa’s biggest grocery retailer, Shoprite exits Nigeria
Shoprite is exiting the continent's most populated country, Nigeria, after 15 years of operation. The retail giant initiated a formal process to consider the...
Ugandan e-commerce platforms power recovery from COVID-19 crisis
Partnerships with development agencies and government efforts to boost the digital economy are helping soften the economic blow of the pandemic.
David Akanshumbusha sells groceries...
B2B Cross-Border Payments to Grow by 30% to $35tn by 2022, as Business Activity...
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total value of B2B cross-border payments will reach $35 trillion in 2022, from a COVID-related low...
Should digitally delivered products be exempted from customs duties?
As the digital revolution unfolds, more products are leaving their physical carriers and being traded online.
For example, movies and music are being traded digitally...
TradeDepot secures additional $10M to transform the informal retail supply chain in Nigeria
New investment will enable access to credit for retailers and Africa expansion
TradeDepot, the B2B eCommerce platform for consumer goods in Africa, has raised a...
Konga to employ over 100,000 Nigerians through Konga Affiliate project
Composite e-Commerce giant, Konga has revived YUBOSS, a stellar reseller scheme now re-christened as Konga Affiliate through which it is offering millions of smart...
West African Consumer Sentiment Reflects Global Uncertainty – Nielsen
Ghanaian consumer confidence declines by 15 points
Nigerian sentiment also experiences a significant decline
Lagos, 7 July 2020 - Against the backdrop of the unprecedented...
FoodCo joins the online supermarket rush
Nigerian supermarket chain FoodCo has joined the COVID-19-inspired rush into sub-Saharan e-commerce.
Rather than using a third-party, the chain has also launched its own delivery...
All set for Konga discount party by 12pm
Konga is set to host a discount party for the July and third edition of Konga Last Price, a monthly live online auction pioneered...
Shoppers to enjoy rock-bottom prices as Konga rolls out flash sales to mark 8th...
Konga, Nigeria’s composite e-commerce giant is set to roll out its flash sales today, Monday, June 29, 2020, as part of efforts to mark...
COVID-19: Consumer Goods Sector Hardest Hit – Survey
A recent survey conducted by REACH Technologies, a Nigeria-based fintech, on behalf of FBNQuest, corroborates findings from the NBS COVID impact survey that consumers...
Shoppers compete for deals as K8NGA 8th anniversary sale goes live
Thousands of eager shoppers stormed the website and offline stores of e-commerce giant, Konga as the company flagged off its 8th-anniversary sales on Monday, June...