Newsletter 2021/04
Favo’s community group buying platform in Latin America What is Favo? It is a community group buying platform focused on micro-locations that enables
Tag: South Africa
Newsletter 2021/03
Women in last-mile Last-mile: Women in rural Rajasthan in Dina, where ecommerce marketplaces like Amazon and Flipkart do not deliver, are becoming
Newsletter 2021/01
Social ecommerce models – how Pinduoduo and Shihuituan are reshaping online sales in China China’s social ecommerce platforms remain largely
December Newsletter 2020/06
How Reliance is targeting kirana stores in India with an online-to-offline strategy Reliance Industries is creating an online-to-offline ecommerce platform
Order Kasi is delivering the township taste to your front door
Hungry for a “kota” or “magwinya” but don’t want to leave the house? Order Kasi has you covered. The South
Removing the hassle and red tape for Zimbabweans living and shopping in South Africa
On any Sunday, many minibus taxis with trailers in Park station in Johannesburg are filled to the brim with consumer
September Newsletter 2020/03
One Kiosk Africa – connecting Nigerians with their local neighbourhood store One Kiosk Africa is a Nigeria B2B ecommerce startup that
Zuzela’s sales app is connecting South African spaza shops with suppliers in the township
Zuzela is a Port Elizabeth based business-to-business (B2B) ecommerce startup that connects spaza shops or micro-retailers in South Africa with
August Newsletter 2020/02
Yebo Fresh: Township delivery is revving up Yebo Fresh is a food delivery startup servicing Cape Town township customers. The company started
Companies and startups that are changing South African informal retail sector
There are over 150,000 spaza shops or small informal groceries in operation in South Africa. They add R120 billion ($7
