Equity Group has set aside Sh500 billion to finance Kenyan and South African firms seeking to trade or invest in Africa, in a move to expand its business beyond [...]
E-commerce in Africa is well under way. Estimates suggest about 264 e-commerce start-ups are operational across the continent, active in at least 23 countries. ...
E-commerce in Kenya thrived for the better part of the past decade and continues to be on the ascendancy, thanks to a vibrant tech-savvy youth, complemented by a strong [...]
The initiative by the Ministry of Trade, Industrialisation and Enterprise Development, which is also part of the Vision 2030, is targeting to spur value addition and market access for [...]
Abuja, Nigeria, September 13, 2021. The ECOWAS Commission collaborated with the GIZ African Union Support Programme to the African Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA), to hold its first virtual regional [...]
The AfCFTA unites an estimated $3 trillion market and could help to realize more than $84 billion in untapped intra-African exports, according to a ...
DURBAN - WHILE South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya have the highest internet penetration in the continent, e-commerce penetration was at less than 40 percent, ...
If infrastructure and governance improve, more firms may choose to build factories in Africa to make components for global supply chains using parts from local suppliers. Industrialisation in Africa [...]