Kenyan e-commerce pioneer Copia is facing a dire financial situation just months after securing a significant Sh2.6 billion ($20 million)…
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Global fintech investor Flourish Ventures has released a new research report showing that corner shops are doing better than predicted…
Amazon has invested $6.5 billion to launch smart commerce in India to help offline stores across India to launch their…
Chooya, a Nigerian eCommerce startup digitizing word-of-mouth marketing has received $950,000 in cash and program support from the Entrepreneurship World…
Anko Retail is currently an online Kenyan store offering to sell goods and products 20% less than local supermarkets. They…
Have you been struggling to sell your products online? If you’re in e-commerce you probably tried opening a page and posting products over and over
Jumia, an NYSE listed e-commerce platform for Africa backed earlier on by MTN and Rocket Internet, is mulling spinning-off its…
Sky.Garden is a SaaS mobile commerce platform built for retailers in Africa that allows retailers to sell inventory with ease…
Merging fashion with Big data, augmented and virtual reality, Ghana’s Ahwenepa works closely with its vendors and designers co-creating and implementing…
Unimall a Kenyan startup is working to eliminate the hustle of sourcing out commodities and shopping needs for students. With…
Africa has experienced a rampant rise of inventions and startups that have gone a long way from the…
Founded by Ben Oche, Diapersnmum is an ecommerce store that caters for women and their children, offering beauty and wellness products.…
Kenya’s telecom giant, Safaricom is set to launch e-commerce platform, Masoko in the coming weeks, TechWeez first reported the development. The platform…
Whe it comes to customer service, ecommerce platforms might not be the best at offering that because there’s that disconnect,…
The eCommerce market in Nigeria is highly saturated, and with many new players struggling to gain visibility, Kelechi Nwaozuzu and…
Hithood is an online classifieds marketplace that allows anyone post goods for interested consumers to purchase. The platform also allows…
It’s not news that there millions of African manufacturers and traders, but only a few have been able to come…
A first of its kind industry solution to manage “Pay-On-Delivery” transactions for online businesses and e-transactions has been deployed by…
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has invested $15 million in debt to SunFunder Inc. to provide financing to companies operating…
Ecoemmerce giant JUMIA this evening unveiled its first ambassador for Côte d’Ivoire, he is musician Serge Beynaud. In Côte d’Ivoire,…
Jonathan Doerr, Managing Director of Jumia Nigeria has said less than 30% of customers shopping on the ecommerce giant’s platform…
Online marketplace OLX has described trust and safety as key factors that would determine the success of ecommerce in Nigeria.…
One of Nigeria’s online shopping platforms Rothschild has described the growth potential of ecommerce in the country as astronomical. According…
Following its launches in Tanzania and Angola, Rocket Internet’s online retailer JUMIA today launches in Senegal, the 12th country the…
Two Nigerians, Abiodun Johnson and Esosa Ighodaro in February launched CoSign to the public, the world’s first mobile app that…
According to a report by World Bank, a 10% increase in broadband has correlated to a 1.38% in GDP growth…
In April 2014, Rocket Internet teamed up with Qatari’s Ooredo Group to launch what was known as the Asia Pacific…
Shoppers in Nigeria will now be able to buy goods then pay for them later after JUMIA signed a deal with…
Founded by Ikenna Okonkwo and Udoka Uzoka as CEO and CTO respectively, Nigeria’s Heels.com.ng an online shoe retail store has…
By Ben Lyon, co-founder and Director, Kopo Kopo, follow him on Twitter (@bmlyon) This post originally appeared on Kopokopo.com here…