Africa – Page 2 – The Supply Chain Lab

The digitisation of the traditional retailer in Africa

The humble mom-and-pop shop or traditional retailer has been getting a lot of attention of late. It seems like not

A report published by Clean Up Kenya and Wildlight for the Changing Markets Foundation (CMF) has found that as much

The African continent is being viewed as a potential goldmine for retailers, with a population of 1.4 billion, including over

Servicing micro-retailers or informal retailers with low volume and limited space can pose challenges and often comes at a higher

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

Size of the cash economy: According to FirstRand, the scale of the cash economy in the South African townships is

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

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

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