In line with Sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) projected economic growth of 4.9%(1) this year, which is double the projection for advanced economies (2.4%), DHL SSA expects 2015 to be a year of growth for the logistics industry on the African continent, largely driven by increased consumer demand and the rapidly developing e-commerce industry. This is according
JUMIA continues its rapid expansion with the opening of six new hubs in Cote d’Ivoire in the cities of Yamoussoukro, Bouaké, San Pedro, Daloa, Gagnoa, and Korogho. Jumia intends to achieve its goal to revolutionize the shopping habits of all Ivorians. The new JUMIA hubs will enable the e-commerce leader to satisfy an exponentially growing
Research shows that South Africans have a big appetite for ecommerce and find lower costs, fast and flexible delivery and more significantly, safer ways to pay to be driving influences for conducting more e-commerce purchases. A recent study conducted in South Africa by Ipsos, a global market research company, on behalf of PayPal and FNB,
NMI, a leading provider of e-commerce payment gateway enablement technology for Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs), announced the expansion of its payments enablement platform for the Value Added Reseller (VAR) and Independent Software Vendor (ISV) markets. NMI’s payments enablement platform technology allows web and mobile application developers, shopping carts, domain registrars, hosting providers and Customer Relationship
The rise of e-commerce on the African continent is changing the face of the traditional consumer, and brands need to adapt their business models and strategies in order to remain relevant amongst consumers and avoid a drop in market share. African consumers are increasingly searching online platforms with commercial intent, which include querying prices of
2015 will see many more new e-commerce start-ups along with continued growth and innovation by established niche players, predicts PayGate CEO Peter Harvey. “Five years ago we’d load ten start-ups onto our payment gateway for every established business; now the ratio is more like 100 to one,” says Harvey. “The sluggish job market in traditional
Adyen, the global payments technology company, announced that it has enabled bitcoin payments for Jagex, the UK-based developer behind the highly popular MMORPG RuneScape. Jagex is the first merchant to accept bitcoin payments through Adyen’s platform. Adyen has integrated with BitPay, the world’s leading bitcoin payment processor, to enable customers to accept bitcoin payments. Jagex
ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of electronic payment and banking solutions, has confirmed its commitment to the continuing development of ReD Shield, its flagship eCommerce fraud prevention solution. The solution is central to ACI’s Universal Payments (UP) omni-payments offering for leading retailers that the company supports around the globe. Following ACI’s acquisition of ReD
The growth of Chinese e-commerce companies’ cross-border business will be supported by safer, smarter and more convenient checkout services as MasterCard and BOC Services, the acquiring subsidiary of Bank of China, come together to enable payment via MasterPass, MasterCard’s global digital payment solution. With the agreement signed, BOC Services will become the first bank acquirer
The year 2014 marked a particular point in the adventure of the No. 1 online retailer in Côte d’Ivoire, which started in June 2013. In 2014 Jumia has striven with passion and determination to shake consumers’ habits, and deliver happiness to Ivoirian households. We have selected 10 reasons for you to be “Jumiaddicted”. 1. 30
