| Date | Title | Description |
| 21.05.2025 | The Shifting Sands of African E-Commerce: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead | The African e-commerce landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. Investors are pulling back, and giants like Jumia are grappling with fierce competition. The numbers tell a stark story. In the first quarter of 2025, African e-commerce startu... |
| 21.05.2025 | African e-commerce startups raise $11.3M in Q1 as investor caution grows | Investor appetite for e-commerce startups in Africa is dwindling as year-on-year funding figures dropped by 47.2% in Q1 2025. According to data from Africa: The Big Deal, a database for startup deals, the total funding received by African s... |
| 12.11.2024 | Foschini Group takes on Shein with speedy deliveries | The Foschini Group is mounting a challenge on its home turf as global giants Amazon, Shein and Temu expand aggressively in South Africa’s e-commerce market.
TFG is leaning on its local advantage, using faster delivery times and a robust log... |
| 17.10.2024 | The Evolving Landscape of E-Commerce: Trends and Challenges in 2024 | The world of retail is changing faster than a chameleon on a rainbow. In 2024, a seismic shift is underway. Consumers are flocking online, reshaping the shopping experience. A recent report reveals that 73% of shoppers are now purchasing it... |
| 16.10.2024 | South African online fashion retailer Zando to close down | Africa-focused e-commerce retailer Jumia Technologies will close its South African online fashion retailer Zando and its Tunisian operations by the end of the year to sharpen its focus on its other markets.
Jumia is aggressively cutting cos... |
| 16.10.2024 | Jumia exits South Africa and Tunisia to focus on Nigeria, other markets | Jumia Technologies AG, Africa’s leading e-commerce platform, has announced plans to shut down its operations in South Africa, where it operated under the brand name Zando, and Tunisia by the end of 2024.
This strategic move is aimed at opti... |
| 03.06.2024 | Shein IPO: £50-billion London listing on the cards | Online fashion retailer Shein is set to file for an initial public offering in London as soon as this week that could value the company at about £50-billion (R1.2-trillion), according to a person familiar with the matter.
The timing of the ... |
| 20.04.2024 | Zando launches international unit to counter SHEIN and Temu in South Africa | Image Courtesy: https://imagedelivery.net/
In an attempt to compete domestically with fast-fashion Chinese e-commerce shops SHEIN and Temu, South African online fashion store Zando has established an international e-commerce section named Z... |
| 18.04.2024 | Zando launches new unit to counter Shein and Temu | South African online fashion retailer Zando on Thursday launched an international e-commerce division called Zando Global in the hopes of taking on fast-fashion Chinese e-commerce retailers Shein and Temu at home.
The rapid rise of Shein an... |
| 05.03.2024 | South Africa Social Commerce Intelligence Report 2024: Market to Grow by 55.2% to Reach $2.05 Billion in 2024 - Forecasts to 2029 | - |
| 07.09.2021 | Pick n Pay Clothing Is Entering Into Partnership With Online Fashion Retailer Zando | Pick n Pay. Image Pick n Pay Epsom Downs
Effective today, Pick n Pay Clothing fashion ranges will be available for purchase on Zando, extending accessibility beyond its physical stores across the country and online at www.pnpclothing.co.za.... |
| 07.09.2021 | Pick n Pay Clothing partners online fashion retailer Zando | Pick n Pay Clothing today announced a partnership with online fashion retailer Zando.
Effective today, Pick n Pay Clothing fashion ranges will be available for purchase on Zando, extending accessibility beyond its physical stores across the... |
| 07.09.2021 | You can now buy Pick n Pay clothing via competitor, Zando – for 1c more per item | Clothes from Pick n Pay appeared on fashion retail site Zando this week.
You'll pay 1c per item more to buy from Zando, which has similarly high shipping costs to PnP.
Zando says it wanted more range of its customers. Pick n Pay says it was... |
| 07.09.2021 | Pick n Pay Clothing Is Entering Into Partnership With Online Fashion Retailer Zando | Pick n Pay. Image Pick n Pay Epsom Downs |
| 22.05.2021 | How to use SA’s online shop marketplaces to sell your products | Review
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Anyone can sell products on websites like Amazon, Takealot, or Makro.co.za.
Sellers pay a percentage of the successful selling price, fulfilment and storage fees, and in some cases membership fees.
This allow... |
| 24.04.2020 | What you need to know as Jumia expands to South Africa | Share this article:
Seemingly leveraging the current demand for deliveries of essential services during the lockdown, Africa focused e-commerce platform, Jumia, has apparently expanded its e-commerce footprint to South Africa.
According to ... |
| 02.02.2018 | Tappit Africa: Quicket, Old School Group and UK’s tappit in new joint venture | Multi-brand sports group Old School Group and events ticketing startup Quicket have teamed up with a UK-based cashless payment solutions provider tappit to form a new joint venture company dubbed tappit Africa.
tappit Africa will provide se... |
| 02.02.2018 | Tappit Africa: Quicket, Old School Group and UK’s tappit in new joint venture | Multi-brand sports group Old School Group and events ticketing startup Quicket have teamed up with a UK-based cashless payment solutions provider tappit to form a new joint venture company dubbed tappit Africa.
tappit Africa will provide s... |
| 30.08.2017 | Former Rocket Internet man tells how he cloned firms, from Cape Town to Bangkok | Cape Town born Tauriq Brown always wanted to be an international businessman. He may claim to be an entrepreneur. But the 28-year-old former Rocket Internet employee is just one of the hundreds employed by massive venture-builder companies ... |
| 30.08.2017 | Former Rocket Internet man tells how he cloned firms, from Cape Town to Bangkok | Cape Town born Tauriq Brown always wanted to be an international businessman. He may claim to be an entrepreneur. But the 28-year-old former Rocket Internet employee is just one of the hundreds employed by massive venture-builder companies ... |
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| 25.02.2014 | Springlab: a new SA incubator on the block has its sights on sub-Saharan Africa | There’s a new South African incubator on the block and its name is Springlab, and its goal is to “foster entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa” by building highly scalable ventures.
Founded by ex-Rocket Internet alum Eugen Petersen (co-fo... |
| 25.02.2014 | Springlab: a new SA incubator on the block has its sights on sub-Saharan Africa | There’s a new South African incubator on the block and its name is Springlab, and its goal is to “foster entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa” by building highly scalable ventures.
Founded by ex-Rocket Internet alum Eugen Petersen (co-fou... |
| 02.12.2013 | Silvertree Capital Acquires 24% Stake In Cybercellar.com | South Africa-based venture capital investor Silvertree Capital, has acquired a 24 percent stake in a leading local online wine retailer, Cybercellar.com, for an undisclosed amount.
The investment is expected to enable the 15-year-old online... |
| 25.11.2013 | Looking for a tech startup job in SA? Here’s all you need to know today | The tech scene in South Africa is a hot spot for opportunities. Don’t believe me? That’s okay because the kind folks over at jobs platform Adzuna have sent Ventureburn their latest report, this one on job specifics in technology startups in... |
| 25.11.2013 | Looking for a tech startup job in SA? Here’s all you need to know today | The tech scene in South Africa is a hot spot for opportunities. Don’t believe me? That’s okay because the kind folks over at jobs platform Adzuna have sent Ventureburn their latest report, this one on job specifics in technology startups in... |
| 05.07.2013 | Silvertree Capital has ecommerce sweet tooth, sub-Saharan African focus | Africa’s tech investment landscape has gained a new fund which looks set to boost the emerging sector. The recently launched Silvertree Capital is a South African-based business incubator specifically targeting startups that cater to the So... |
| 05.07.2013 | Silvertree Capital has ecommerce sweet tooth, sub-Saharan African focus | Africa’s tech investment landscape has gained a new fund which looks set to boost the emerging sector. The recently launched Silvertree Capital is a South African-based business incubator specifically targeting startups that cater to the So... |
| 08.04.2013 | Invasion: will international attention boost or badger African tech startups? | As Africa keeps emitting positive economic signals, international investment will continue to rise. The question is, how will it affect Africa’s tech startup scene? Will it boost the fledgling ecosystem, or cannibalise greenfield opportunit... |
| 08.04.2013 | Invasion: will international attention boost or badger African tech startups? | As Africa keeps emitting positive economic signals, international investment will continue to rise. The question is, how will it affect Africa’s tech startup scene? Will it boost the fledgling ecosystem, or cannibalise greenfield opportunit... |
| 20.03.2013 | Zando founder, MD Manuel Koser resigns | Zando co-founder and managing director Manuel Koser today announced his resignation from the South African online retailer.
The entrepreneur will reportedly be leaving Zando to co-found Silvertree Capital, a “company builder and venture inv... |
| 20.03.2013 | Zando founder, MD Manuel Koser resigns | Zando co-founder and managing director Manuel Koser today announced his resignation from the South African online retailer.
The entrepreneur will reportedly be leaving Zando to co-found Silvertree Capital, a “company builder and venture in... |
| 05.12.2012 | Rocket Internet Taps Summit Partners For Another $26M For Lazada, Its Asian Amazon Clone, As It Ramps Up Its Marketplace Ambitions | Rocket Internet, the incubator and investment vehicle run by the Samwer brothers, is continuing its aggressive push in Asia, and is turning to more investment to do it: today the company announced that Lazada, its online shopping mall — thi... |
| 12.11.2012 | Samwers’ Online Shopping Mall Lazada Gets $40M From Shareholder Kinnevik To Push The Amazon Model In Asia | Amazon’s global march has yet to take it into emerging markets like Vietnam and Malaysia, so the Samwer brothers have smelled an opportunity to build out their own version in the absence of Amazon itself. Lazada, an Asia-focused “online sho... |
| 02.11.2012 | Zando.co.za Receives €20m Equity Investment from Summit Partners | Zando.co.za, a Cape Town, South Africa-based fashion e-commerce retailer, has received a €20m equity investment from Summit Partners.
Summit will take a stake in the company through its German holding company.
Launched on the 23rd of Januar... |
| 30.10.2012 | Investment rains down on South African e-commerce site Zando | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
South African company Zando is soaking up an inve... |
| 30.10.2012 | Funding Daily: ‘Tis almost the witching hour | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
To accomodate the onslaught of funding news, I pu... |
| 28.09.2012 | Zando Receives Investment from J.P. Morgan Asset Management | ZANDO, a Cape Town, South Africa-based fashion e-commerce retailer, has received an investment from J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.
The investor, which will take a stake in ZANDO through its Ge... |
| 25.09.2012 | JP Morgan Invests ‘Significant Double Digit Millions’ In Another Rocket Internet Fashion Site, Asia’s Zalora | Less than a month after reportedly sinking $40-80 million into Lamoda, Rocket Internet’s “Russian Zappos”, JP Morgan is investing once again in the Samwer brothers and their vision for a global e-commerce operation: the latest is Zalora, Ro... |