Amazon
Ecommerce

What African Headquarters of Amazon in SA Means For E-Commerce

Amazon is scaling its presence in Africa by officially establishing its headquarters in Cape Town, South Africa. The headquarters will

Jeff Bezos
Leadership People

Jeff Bezos Steps Down As Amazon CEO After 27 years

Jeff Bezos has disclosed that he will step down as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Amazon and assume the role

Amazon
Business Job

Amazon to Employ 3,000 People in SA For Virtual Customer Service Roles

Amazon has announced that it will employ 3,000 people for virtual customer service roles in South Africa. The new individuals

Multichoice
Business Video Streaming

Multichoice Strikes Deal With Netflix, Amazon to Offer Their Streaming Services

Multichoice, the owners of DStv, has signed a deal with Netflix and Amazon Video Prime to offer their streaming services

Amazon Web Services
Business Cloud Technology

Amazon Web Services Launches Region in South Africa

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company has announced the opening of the AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region. With this

China
Business Ecommerce Government

Amazon Set to Close its China Marketplace in July

China has always protected its ‘own’ and this has forced international businesses to pull out. Uber has been served the

tappi
Funding Investment SMEs Venture Capital

tappi Raises $1.5m to Digitize and Build Online Trust  for Africa’s SMEs 

tappi, an end-to-end digital commerce SaaS solution for SMEs, has raised $1.5M in an oversubscribed Pre-Seed round led by Mercy Corps

Women

TLcom Announces Africa Tech Female Founder Summit 2023

TLcom Capital, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, has officially announced its fifth annual Africa Tech Female Founder Summit, which will

e-commerce
Ecommerce

Embedded Finance in the Age of e-commerce 

The African online e-commerce market has grown rapidly in recent years and is estimated to be worth approximately $40 billion – a figure that

AWS
News

AWS Selects 25 Startups For Its First ‘Fintech In Africa’ Accelerator

Twenty-five African fintech startups have been selected for the first Amazon Web Services (AWS) FinTech Africa Accelerator cohort. This inaugural