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These are the articles, videos and more that caught the attention of TechCentral’s editorial team in the past 24 hours. South Africa’s migrant delivery workers find safety in numbers: Migrant food delivery workers in South Africa face dangerous roads, crime and xenophobia. Without formal unions or benefits, they form informal unions via social media, sharing […]
Pargo CEO Lars Veul South African click-and-collect company Pargo is exploring an expansion into the rest of Africa, its CEO said in an interview, betting on e-commerce growth on the continent. Africa is forecast to surpass half a billion e-commerce users by 2025, having shown a steady 17% compound annual growth rate of online consumers […]
Making deliveries cheaper for consumers is the top priority in efforts to make online shopping more accessible to a greater number of South Africans and to drive further growth in the sector. This is according to the Eye on the Last Mile: South Africa Report 2024 by FarEye, a developer of last-mile logistics technology, which […]
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 costs to try to turn profitable, including by reducing head count, exiting everyday grocery items and food delivery and […]