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RCL in joint venture to scale plant-based food market in Africa

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Nestlé Hatcher platform invites collaboration with African innovators

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Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO

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2020 digital holiday sales climb to $1.1tn globally - Salesforce

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Automation and data-driven decision-making to power retail in 2021

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Watch: SA's premier fashion and textile trade fair goes virtual

Watch: SA's premier fashion and textile trade fair goes virtual

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L'Oréal announces winners of Beauty Tech for Good Challenge

L'Oréal announces winners of Beauty Tech for Good Challenge

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Smart African retailers are rising from the ashes. Here's how

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Do you know where your coffee comes from? The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of knowing about our supply chains. Here, a woman carries harvested coffee beans in a coffee plantation in Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique, in August 2019. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

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Network International to acquire DPO in landmark pan-African payments deal

Network International to acquire DPO in landmark pan-African payments deal

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Amazon's Paul Misener on the link between innovation and diversity

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Smart clothing to drive fitness wearable revenue

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DHL confirms strategic investment in UK-based Link Commerce

DHL confirms strategic investment in UK-based Link Commerce

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Covid-19 driving fundamental shifts in Africa's consumers

Covid-19 driving fundamental shifts in Africa's consumers

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Covid-19 will bring about a retail apocalypse

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Global e-retail transaction values to exceed $4tn by 2024

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Loot, AYO and Volt.Africa announce new SMME-focused online marketplace

Loot, AYO and Volt.Africa announce new SMME-focused online marketplace

4 Mar 2020

Africa wired: E-commerce offers fresh opportunities for young traders

Africa wired: E-commerce offers fresh opportunities for young traders

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SA's 2Engage plans for further growth in Africa and abroad

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Innervation acquires loyalty business from Tritech Media

Innervation acquires loyalty business from Tritech Media

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