South Africa's E-Commerce Reckoning: Customs, Regulation & the Road Ahead | Alistair Tempest
These are the stories making headlines on ITWeb this week. The South African Revenue Service's customs system is still failing to create a level playing field between local retailers and global e-commerce giants, despite changes to import rules. Meanwhile, Minister Solly Malatsi says he has engaged several low-Earth orbit satellite providers, including Starlink, for insight-sharing purposes.
ITWeb TV: Temu, Shein customs loopholes still hurt SA retailers | Ep #147
In this episode of ITWebTV, Sibahle Malinga talks to Alastair Tempest, CEO of the Ecommerce Forum South Africa, who believes the local e-commerce sector’s biggest challenge is not inadequate legislation but weak enforcement and a lack of resources to police cross-border e-commerce.#eCommerce #Retail #SouthAfrica
The payments infrastructure provider behind several South African online retailers adds buy-now-pay-later functionality.
Huawei Cloud mitigates eCommerce business challenges
Calvin Huang, Head of Cloud Solution Architecture – South Africa, shared some of his insights around the current challenges faced by South African businesses within the eCommerce space. He also identified potential areas for growth in this sector and explained how partnering with Huawei Cloud could mitigate some of the most pressing challenges. #huaweicloud #cloudcomputing #ecommerce
The ERP and eCommerce are not distantly related business areas. Their effective combination provides the edge in today's commercial landscape.
Having the support of the right payment gateway in South Africa ensures that the online merchant has all the essential measures, says PayU.
In the past 10 months, close to 20% of Tarsus' customers have registered and begun making use of the site.
Facebook is rolling out a new feature that allows users to purchase and send real gifts to friends.
Apple is said to be in talks with The Fancy, a Pinterest-like e-commerce site, about a possible acquisition.
The apps were designed as self-service tools and to help the retailer create more personal relationships with customers.
TradeWorld and Quadrem have signed a merger agreement which will see them forming one of the country`s largest e-marketplaces.