Ecommerce

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  Ecommerce

  Black Friday spending soars in South Africa as one shopper drops $66,000

  Sakhile Dube

  28th November 2025

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  Ecommerce

  Jumia considers Tanzania and Angola as next expansion bets

  Temitayo Jaiyeola

  18th November 2025

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  Ecommerce

  Jumia’s asset-light network is cracking the last-mile puzzle in rural Kenya 

  Kenn Abuya

  18th November 2025

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  Ecommerce

  Jumia narrows losses, cuts 7% staff as AI reshapes operations

  Temitayo Jaiyeola

  13th November 2025

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  Ecommerce, Food Delivery, Food Delivery

  How Gambia’s Farm Fresh is evolving into a tech-enabled food distribution platform

  John Adoyi

  5th November 2025

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  Ecommerce

  Africa’s next billion-dollar startups will come from fixing the invisible systems of commerce

  Abdulrasheed Abubakar

  21st October 2025

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  Ecommerce

  As petrol prices fall, South Africa’s online retailers prepare to cash in

  Sakhile Dube

  10th October 2025

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  Ecommerce

  Wasoko co-founder Daniel Yu steps down one year after MaxAB merger

  Kenn Abuya

  18th September 2025

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  Ecommerce

  Takealot employs 6,500 South Africans. Its next hires could come from technical colleges

  Sakhile Dube

  18th September 2025

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  Ecommerce

  South Africa’s online retail boom exceeds $7bn as Amazon, Shein, Temu shake up the market

  Sakhile Dube

  11th September 2025

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  Ecommerce

  South Africans can now shop for home loans online

  Sakhile Dube

  29th August 2025

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  Ecommerce, News

  Jumia names Axian Telecom founder to board as takeover talk intensifies

  Ngozi Chukwu

  26th August 2025

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  Ecommerce

  Jumia narrows losses as Q2 2025 revenue surges by 25% to $45.6 million

  Ngozi Chukwu

  7th August 2025

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  Logistics & Transport, Mobility, News

  Top Bolt and inDrive drivers earn over ₦1 million monthly amid growing discontent

  Ngozi Chukwu

  5th August 2025

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  Ecommerce, Food Delivery

  Chowdeck hits 1,000 daily orders in Ghana in three months, a feat that took thrice longer in Nigeria

  Ngozi Chukwu

  31st July 2025

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  Ecommerce, Startups

  This Mastercard-backed startup says it will be AfCFTA’s implementation engine

  Ngozi Chukwu

  29th July 2025

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  Logistics & Transport

  Top 10 logistics and mobility startup raises of H1 2025

  Ngozi Chukwu

  23rd July 2025

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  Ecommerce

  Temu’s local warehousing in South Africa cuts costs on select items

  Sakhile Dube

  21st July 2025

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  Logistics & Transport

  Why Johannesburg’ Metrobus is switching to contactless card payments

  Sakhile Dube

  1st July 2025

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  Features, Logistics & Transport

  Left on read: What happens to your complaints on Bolt, inDrive, and Uber?

  Opeyemi Kareem

  30th June 2025

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  Acquisitions, Analysis, Ecommerce, Food Delivery, Food Delivery, News

  Analysis: Chowdeck is digging deeper into restaurants; and it just acquired Mira to do it

  Ngozi Chukwu

  23rd June 2025

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  Ecommerce, News

  Sabi cuts staff as it narrows its focus to commodities’ trade

  Ngozi Chukwu

  19th June 2025

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  Ecommerce, Food Delivery

  Uber Eats’ South African users can now order meals right from their seats at live events

  Sakhile Dube

  18th June 2025

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  Ecommerce, Venture Capital

  Silverbacks partially exits from OmniRetail with a 5x return in ninth profitable exit

  Ngozi Chukwu

  10th June 2025

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  Ecommerce

  Twiga Foods halts Nairobi operations, considers new locations for distribution hub 

  Kenn Abuya

  6th June 2025

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  Analysis, Logistics & Transport

  Same deals, $102 million less cash: Africa’s logistics and transport funding in Q1 2025

  Ngozi Chukwu

  5th June 2025

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  Ecommerce, Logistics & Transport

  What is Lagos’ fastest food delivery app? I tested Chowdeck, Glovo, and FoodCourt to find out

  Ngozi Chukwu

  2nd June 2025

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  Ecommerce, Food Delivery

  Glovo vendors in Nigeria have generated ₦71 billion in revenue since 2021 

  Ngozi Chukwu

  29th May 2025

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  Ecommerce

  Twiga Foods creates holding company, cuts over 300 jobs in major restructuring push

  Kenn Abuya

  24th May 2025

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  Logistics & Transport, News

  Kwik’s parent company declared bankrupt after creditor dispute

  Ngozi Chukwu

  23rd May 2025

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  Analysis, Ecommerce

  OmniRetail raised $20 million. Here is what it means for 78% of its customers who are women

  Ngozi Chukwu

  21st May 2025

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  Ecommerce

  African e-commerce startups raise $11.3M in Q1 as investor caution grows

  Opeyemi Kareem

  21st May 2025

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  Ecommerce

  Twiga’s pivot to asset-light model begins with acquisition of Kenyan distributors 

  Kenn Abuya

  20th May 2025

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  Ecommerce

  Jumia’s Q1 2025: More orders, less money, tougher market

  Bunmi Bailey

  19th May 2025

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  Ecommerce, Features

  “I didn’t know”: The Buy Now Pay Later boom that’s backfiring in rural Kenya

  Adonijah Ndege

  16th May 2025

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  Ecommerce

  Why Flour Mills, Nigeria’s 64-year-old food giant, joined OmniRetail’s $20 million round

  Ngozi Chukwu

  15th May 2025

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  Ecommerce, News

  Jumia launches third-party logistics service in profitability push

  Ngozi Chukwu

  13th May 2025

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  Features, Logistics & Transport, Ridesharing

  Their careers no longer paid well, so they joined Zimbabwe’s gig economy

  Editor

  10th May 2025

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  Ecommerce, News

  Jumia predicts profitability in 2027 as Q1 results reflect consumer gains

  Ngozi Chukwu

  8th May 2025

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  Ecommerce

  These 6 African ecommerce websites went from zero to $1 million: here’s how

  Chukwuebuka Mgbojikwe

  19th April 2025