Last week, the US retail giant Amazon announced that it would be opening its first African office in South Africa with a real estate investment of over 4 billion rand ($280 million). The headquarters would reside on 70,000 square metres (17.3 Acres) of land on the outskirts of the city centre. The building project is […]
Partnerships between payment processors in different continents drive the spread of e-commerce around the world. Businesses that want to expand into Africa have one problem: the ability to receive online card payments using bank cards in places like Nigeria. One example of this is Spotify. Many Nigerians have complained about not being able to pay […]
PayPal users anywhere in the world can now pay African merchants directly, thanks to a new partnership between the US payments giant and Flutterwave. People in the US and other countries where PayPal is available will see “Pay with PayPal” on a Flutterwave merchant’s checkout page, provided the merchant has enabled the option. Founded in […]
My Life In Tech is putting human faces to some of the innovative startups, investments and policy formations driving the technology sector across Africa. Karen Adie’s approach to leadership is one I haven’t come across expressed in many of the profiles I’ve written in this series. It’s like a dance, constantly changing each day to fit […]
My Life In Tech is putting human faces to some of the innovative startups, investments and policy formations driving the technology sector across Africa. Jessica Anuna’s Klasha wants to bring the global fashion industry to the African continent with ease and convenience. Although starting out as a fashion e-commerce company, Klasha is now building technology integrations […]
Cameroon’s strange and short-lived phone tax law NOVEMBER 1, 2020 This newsletter is a weekly in-depth analysis of tech and innovation in Africa that will serve as a post-pandemic guide. Subscribe here to get it directly in your inbox every Sunday at 3 pm WAT. Hello, As I write this, the Jumia shares on my […]