Jason Govender unpacks what has led to explosive growth in the sale of counterfeit goods through online platforms, why it matters, and what can be done. FULL STORY >

By Zak Haeri, MD for NIQ and GfK – an NIQ Company – in South Africa FULL STORY >

By Quintin van der Linde, Senior New Business Developer at Ecentric Payment Systems FULL STORY >

Google has announced new initiatives to support small retail businesses in Africa as part of a month-long commemoration of International Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Businesses Day in June. FULL STORY >

According to Amrish Singh, Global Customer Experience Advisor at SAP Africa, South Africans were traditionally used to physical purchases where they can see the quality of a product or the freshness of a loaf of bread –... FULL STORY >

By Tennille Bell, National General Manager Sales at Programmed Process Outsourcing (PPO) FULL STORY >

Retailers need to revise their approaches to ensure safer sales and customers in the time of COVID-19 FULL STORY >

Is regulation stifling innovation and curtailing e-commerce, right when we need both urgently? Craig Duggan, Head of Commercial at Transaction Junction, makes his case for the affirmative. FULL STORY >

South Africa’s small but aspirational e-commerce sector has been ushered into sharp focus as a result of the entirely unexpected shock of Covid-19 and the resulting national lockdown. Gareth... FULL STORY >

An innovative digital e-commerce platform, designed and developed in South Africa, has uncovered the Holy Grail of business-to-consumer (B2C) interactions. FULL STORY >

By Ian Janse van Rensburg, VMware Southern Africa Senior Manager: Technical Pre-Sales FULL STORY >

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, a massage parlour could be selling vouchers for couples’ massages or a sports store could promote golf equipment for husbands’ gifts. With this said, e-commerce is no... FULL STORY >

Black Friday is an American tradition that has quickly taken root in Africa. The large online e-commerce shops and the major retail chains in many parts of the continent will be splashing out with big promotions and marketing campaigns to... FULL STORY >

While online retail still only accounts for 1% of retail revenue in South Africa, the growth rates of more than 20% year-on-year since 2000 speak volumes about the need for every business to seriously plan for an online... FULL STORY >

As mobile payments continue to rise with an estimated 447.9 million users worldwide, Sage Pay's MD Charles Pittaway unpacks the advantages that mobile payments hold. FULL STORY >