This pioneering research, conducted in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation explores the pervasive digital workplace landscape in Africa and Indonesia. The research reveals the scale of dependency millions of Africans have on digital marketplaces for their livelihoods, where 27% of Kenyan farmers claim to use Meta (Facebook) to sell information and buy produce. In examining marginalised groups, people with disabilities shared in-depth accounts of challenges faced with their user experience, such as a lack of screen-reading technology for the visually impaired, inhibiting full participation. Caribou Digital calls for better governance and inclusivity for Africa’s digital marketplace to ensure it unlocks its projected reach of $72 billion by 2026.
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tappi Raises $1.5M in Oversubscribed Pre-Seed Round to Digitize and Build Online Trust for Africa’s SMEs
Funds to Accelerate Trust in Digital Commerce Ecosystem, as tappi Achieves 19% MoM Growth with $3M in Verified Consumer Transactions
Get Smarter about Connecting Buyers & Sellers in Online Marketplaces
Gil Sperling, co-CEO of SA proptech, Flow, recently attended the Global Online Marketplaces Summit in Miami, and has put together the article sharing some of the top insights from the conference which might be of interest to those in the property space.
Online merchants hit by double whammy of fraud as cost of living bites
The study shows fraud remains a significant source of profit erosion for businesses trading online.
Retailers Can Drive Commerce Experiences Via Mobile Messaging, New Clickatell Research Shows
Clickatell (www.Clickatell.com), the Chat Commerce and business messaging leader, announced the results of its latest Chat Commerce Trends Report: Retail Edition, which reveals new findings about how […]
Dr. Brian Armstrong and Dr. Greg Lee release new book – Digital Business
Dell’s Digital Transformation Index 2020 surveyed over 4000 business leaders globally and reported that eight in ten organisations fast-tracked their digital transformation programmes in 2020. Technology […]
South African Proptech Flow Expands Reach Into Australia
API platform connecting real estate agents and social media users leverages significant growth on the continent to target global property market Flow, a proptech startup […]
The value of digital transformation for SMEs
Digital Transformation refers to the overall change of organisational activities aimed at leveraging opportunities created by digital technologies and data. This requires companies to profoundly […]