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Consumer demand drives up B2C E-Commerce sales in South Africa

The findings of the latest market report by Germany-based secondary market research specialist yStats.com, “South Africa B2C E-Commerce Market 2016”, reveal that consumer demand and wider mobile Internet access encourage online retail growth in this emerging country, while payment security concerns and lack of trust in delivery are among the…

Infrastructure for Online Retail Improves in Sub-Saharan Africa

A newly released publication by Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats.com, “Sub-Saharan Africa B2C E-Commerce Market 2015,” indicates that though still suffering from high levels of extreme poverty and poorly developed infrastructure, Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the future hopefuls of the global online retail market.  Rising Internet penetration, especially mobile,…

B2C E-Commerce in Africa to reach a double-digit number in EUR billion

A new report by Hamburg-based business intelligence organization yStats.com on Africa shows that though lagging behind other world regions in development of online retail, African B2C E-Commerce is expected to rise, stimulated by increasing Internet penetration, improving infrastructure and especially the increase in mobile connectivity. While countries of the continent…