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<p>If women&#8217;s sales could reach parity with men by 2025, the e-commerce sector could add nearly $15 billion to the African Market by 2030. This is according to a recent report by the International Finance Cooperation. CNBC Africa spoke with the Senior vice President of Operations at IFC, Stephanie Von Friedeburg for more.</p>


How to grow women owned businesses on Africa’s e-commerce platforms

IFC on how to grow women owned businesses on Africa’s e-commerce platforms

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<p>The e-commerce and last mile delivery sector in Nigeria are expected to grow about 11 per cent by 2025 as it continues to attract strong investments according to business data platform Statista. Meanwhile, former ride-hailing app turned last-mile delivery and logistics player, Gokada say they have completed one million food deliveries and e-commerce orders on behalf of over thirty thousand merchants in Nigeria within the last 12 months alone. Gokada CEO, Nikhil Goel joins CNBC Africa to discuss the impact of digitally enabled last-mile delivery on Nigeria’s e-commerce space.</p>


How digitally enabled last-mile delivery impacts e-commerce growth in Nigeria

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<p>With the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, e-commerce has experienced a boom globally, with an increase in the number of Internet shoppers, and an improvement in electronic payment processes. However, Africa still faces challenges in the development of e-commerce. Head of Institutional Affairs at Jumia Group, Juliet Anammah joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Jumia: How regulation could hamper growth of e-commerce platforms in Africa

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<p>The Rwandan government has proposed regulation on e-commerce, which if approved, would see businesses pay e-commerce license, regulatory fee on their turnover, and other stringent measures. Where does this leave players?</p>


Rwanda: Is it too early to regulate e-commerce?

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<p>At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, packaging manufacturers had a difficult time maintaining employee health and safety, and managing disruptions to supply chains. With the challenges presented by COVID-19 and the move to e-commerce, the future of packaging looks different. Raymond Dube, Managing Director at Nampak Liquid Carton joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


COVID-19: How the pandemic had a profound impact on SA’s packaging industry

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<p>As Africa works on enhancing trade and integration, technology adoption is regarded as a crucial step towards that ambition.</p>


How to drive growth in e-commerce on the African continent

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<p>The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about major disruptions in the retail industry. This is according to Jonathan Smit, Managing Director and Founder of Payfast. He joins CNBC Africa and Egie Akpata, Director of UCML Capital Limited for a conversation on how the COVID-19 is changing Africa’s e-commerce landscape.</p>


How COVID-19 is changing Africa’s E-Commerce space

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<p>E-commerce has proved to be an abler of market expansion for small businesses among other benefits. However, poor infrastructure and low digital literacy are some of the hindrances to the growth of e-commerce on the continent. How can that be tackled? Njoki Ngumi, Programs and Strategy Lead at HEVA Fund discusses this and more on a digital platform for a Kenyan market.</p>


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<p>South Africans have embraced Black Friday with gusto over the years. Over the past decade Black Friday deals have seen sales skyrocket for both brick-and-mortar retailers and their e-Commerce counterparts. In 2020, online retailers can expect a bumper sales period over Black Friday and Cyber Monday, as shoppers avoid physical retail stores and shopping malls over COVID-19 fears. Warrick Kernes, Founder of the Insaka eCommerce Academy joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Black Friday in 2020: Here’s what consumers will be looking for

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<p>In Kenya, Bolt Business Delivery that was launched on the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has witnessed increased deliveries and cashless payments on its platform. Joining CNBC Africa to unpack this trend is Ola Akinnusi, Country Manager, Bolt Kenya.</p>


COVID-19: How the pandemic is driving a new e-commerce wave in Kenya

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<p>The Covid-19 pandemic is making businesses shift their models to working remotely, thereby making authenticated identity increasingly critical to unlock financial inclusion, drive e-commerce and financial services. Esigie Aguele, CEO of Nigerian KYC start-up; Verifyme joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


COVID-19: Authenticated identity becoming critical as businesses work remotely

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The Day After COVID-19: Overcoming the Novel Coronavirus double jeopardy in Central Africa

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<p>E-commerce has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the COVID-19 pandemic with more up-take thus attracting more investment, so how do you raise capital funding in a pandemic? Lauren Nkuranga, Founder &#038; Chairman of GET IT joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


COVID-19: GET IT Founder Nkuranga on how to raise capital during a pandemic

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<p>Mzawadi unveiled a new incentive program with fully automated CashBack and Manufacturer&#8217;s coupons platform to help businesses track their clients across the globe.</p>


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<p>Global online firms generating cash in Kenya’s cyberspace will start paying taxes in the next six months if Parliament enacts the Finance Bill, 2020 into law. The proposed law has not defined the threshold of what constitutes the amount of tax payable under digital services but stipulates that payment made under the new tax shall be due at the time of the transfer for the service to the providers. Alex Owiti, ICT Policy Analyst joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Kenya Tax Authorities turn heat on e-commerce for revenue collection

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<p>The uptake of e-commerce has seen a rapid increase in the months of the lock-down as consumers turned to e platforms for the delivery of their goods. But will this momentum be maintained now that many countries are opening up again? Egide Butare, Managing Director of the e-commerce platform, Store 2 Door spoke to CNBC Africa for more.</p>


How e-commerce is helping businesses navigate the economic fallout of COVID-19

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<p>The Covid-19 pandemic has promoted extraordinary growth in the e-commerce industry as more consumers turn to online shopping and digital transactions to meet their needs. Digital transactions will change the future of consumer behaviour post-Covid-19 and one of many concerns, is that of online security. Joining CNBC Africa for more is Aida Diarra, Senior Vice President and Group Country Manager for Visa Sub-Saharan Africa.</p>


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How digitally enabled last-mile delivery impacts e-commerce growth in Nigeria

Jumia: How regulation could hamper growth of e-commerce platforms in Africa

Rwanda: Is it too early to regulate e-commerce?

COVID-19: How the pandemic had a profound impact on SA’s packaging industry

How to drive growth in e-commerce on the African continent

How COVID-19 is changing Africa’s E-Commerce space

New platform to digitise Nairobi’s Uhuru Market

Black Friday in 2020: Here’s what consumers will be looking for

COVID-19: How the pandemic is driving a new e-commerce wave in Kenya

COVID-19: Authenticated identity becoming critical as businesses work remotely

The Day After COVID-19: Overcoming the Novel Coronavirus double jeopardy in Central Africa

COVID-19: GET IT Founder Nkuranga on how to raise capital during a pandemic

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IFC on how to grow women owned businesses on Africa’s e-commerce platforms

How digitally enabled last-mile delivery impacts e-commerce growth in Nigeria

Jumia: How regulation could hamper growth of e-commerce platforms in Africa

Rwanda: Is it too early to regulate e-commerce?

COVID-19: How the pandemic had a profound impact on SA’s packaging industry

How to drive growth in e-commerce on the African continent

How COVID-19 is changing Africa’s E-Commerce space

New platform to digitise Nairobi’s Uhuru Market

Black Friday in 2020: Here’s what consumers will be looking for

COVID-19: How the pandemic is driving a new e-commerce wave in Kenya

COVID-19: Authenticated identity becoming critical as businesses work remotely

The Day After COVID-19: Overcoming the Novel Coronavirus double jeopardy in Central Africa

COVID-19: GET IT Founder Nkuranga on how to raise capital during a pandemic

Here’s how digital coupons impact e-commerce businesses

Kenya Tax Authorities turn heat on e-commerce for revenue collection

How e-commerce is helping businesses navigate the economic fallout of COVID-19

The growth of e-commerce during COVID-19

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