Ride-hailing firm Bolt – formerly known as Taxify – has announced it will launch a food delivery service in South Africa, in the process taking on rivals Uber Eats and Mr D Food.
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Jumia has kick-started a plan to sell shares in New York as the fast-growing Nigerian firm seeks to take advantage of rising Internet access and increasing smartphone use on the continent.
One of the world’s biggest website hosting providers, GoDaddy, has officially been launched in South Africa, offering .co.za domain registrations at just R10 for the first year.
The South African Post Office, which faces ongoing criticism from the public over delays in mail and parcel deliveries, wants to revive its long-stated plan of becoming an online shopping delivery player.
Uber Technologies is in talks to sell its Uber Eats operations in India to rival Swiggy, less than two years after it entered the country’s competitive food-delivery business, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.
Amazon reported a rise in revenue and profits for the last quarter, as the tech giant published its latest set of financial results.
Naspers said on Friday that it is investing almost $1.2-billion (about R16-billion) to buy an additional 29.1% stake in Russian classifieds business Avito.
The Competition Tribunal has issued a R20-million “administrative penalty” against Computicket for abusing its dominance between mid-2005 and 2010. It has 60 business days to pay the fine.
Amazon.com reported a record-breaking holiday season as shoppers loaded their online baskets with items from Echo speakers to Calvin Klein clothes.
Just days after announcing it will lead a $540-million funding round in Indian online education start-up BYJU’s, Naspers said on Thursday that it will invest $660-million in Swiggy, India’s largest food delivery platform.