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August 22, 2021 Micro-Retail

Newsletter 2021/ Aug

Scale of the cash economy in the South African townships surprises Size of the cash economy: According to FirstRand, the

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April 22, 2021 Micro-Retail

Newsletter 2021/ March

Women in last-mile Last-mile: Women in rural Rajasthan in Dina, where ecommerce marketplaces like Amazon and Flipkart do not deliver, are becoming

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September 22, 2020 Micro-Retail / Technology

Ecommerce for rural Africa – The Copia Global way

Copia Global is a B2C ecommerce startup — enabling people in rural and peri-urban areas to purchase products online, without

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September 14, 2020 Route-to-market

Differences between traditional trade and modern trade

In emerging markets, modern trade is still in the early stages of development, especially in some less developed economies in

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January 21, 2020 Micro-Retail / Technology

South Africa’s Nomanini – connecting micro-retailers with financial services

South Africa’s Nomanini provides a retail point-of-sale device — allowing informal traders to sell digital goods such as electricity and

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January 2, 2020 Technology

Zimbabwe’s Figjam – creating supply chain visibility in informal trade

In African markets, supply chain visibility remains a big challenge. A CIPS survey highlighted that 65% of South African companies

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November 22, 2019 Micro-Retail / Technology

Egypt’s MaxAB – transforming the small grocery trade

With a population of 100 million and an outlet base of 400,000, servicing Egypt retail market is not an easy

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November 11, 2019 Micro-Retail / Technology

Twiga Foods – solving Africa’s fragmented agriculture markets with technology

With over 20 percent of Sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP coming from agriculture, and more than 60 percent of the population engaged

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October 25, 2019 Route-to-market

Africa’s retail challenges – distribution issues to consider

Servicing mom-and-pop stores or micro-retailers in Africa is no easy undertaking. Whether you’re importing products or have a local manufacturing

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October 20, 2019 Micro-Retail

The challenges of servicing mom-and-pop shops – and why they still matter

Servicing mom-and-pop shops with low volume and limited space is difficult and often expensive. But traditional outlets also have a

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