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The city of Lagos is a chaotic one. With horns blaring from 4am till 1am, the best ways to avoid getting caught up in traffic is to rent a helicopter or drive between 11pm and 4am. Since these are not the most realistic options for the majority of the city's residents, spending long hours in traffic is inevitable and lots of stuffs are compromised – including adequate sleep and good diet.
It's not too surprising then that many residents of the ... 
We here at Ventureburn write a lot about mobile payments in Africa. From old favourites such as Kenya's M-Pesa to newer ones like South Africa's SnapScan, each one is keen on seeing a cashless society. So a startup that relies on cash immediately peaked our interest.
"We are avoiding to reinvent the wheel," says Nomanini's co-founder Vahil Monadjem. "We're creating a product that serves a pressing need that the current model doesn’t serve." And so, after refining product after business model, ... 
The South African ecommerce space is pretty complex. On the one hand you've got players like Takealot attracting hundreds of millions of dollars in international funding. On the other you've got people from some of the world's biggest retail companies suggesting that it won't be a major force.
That flies somewhat in the face of the reasons given for Takealot's merger with Naspers-owned Kalahari. At the time, both parties said it was so they could better compete in the international ... 
Here’s the thing with PPC (Pay Per Click): it’s a live action, real time slugfest. Everything happens so quickly on the paid advertising front that if you don’t get it right, you’ll very well end up pouring buckets of money into a vast sea of nothingness. While it might seem that PPC could be pretty straightforward, it is and it isn’t.
But even before you get into anything to do with actual dynamics of PPC advertising, it’s an advertising channel that ... 
Nigeria’s music industry is regarded as the most popular in Africa considering the numerous continentally acclaimed and globally heard music superstars that are filling halls and stadiums in several parts of the world. Even though the stars are largely regarded as wealthy, much of their wealth don’t come from album sales since it has been largely difficult to get people to pay for music, forcing the artists to focus more on making money from endorsements, events and other franchises.
The proliferation ... 
Thinking back to some of the golden nuggets shared at this year's eCommerce Africa Confex in Cape Town, South Africa, one can't help but note that the announcement of ParcelNinja's recent multi-million rand investment came at a really great time. This investment reaffirms two crucial things we should keep in mind.
First, South Africa's ecommerce scene is growing, and -- as the case usually is with ecommerce -- there's a lot of money being shifted around. Secondly, and a bit ... 
In emerging markets, mobile money services have the power to simplify lives, offering people the convenience of paying from anywhere and at any time, but also to transform them, playing a social noble role by addressing the unbanked or underserved population in Africa, offering them payment services they did not have access to before.
Africa is a continent filled with digital opportunity. With the mobile phone as the primary online device and a 72% mobile phone penetration rate, by far surpassing ... 
Dutch founders Lars Veul and Derk Hoekert recently showcased their ecommerce solution called Pargo at the eCommerce Confex Africa. We caught up with them to see what all the fuss is about around pick up points.
Both have a strong background in ecommerce and have over the last two years help grow the online classifieds site Groupon SA. While trying to sort out Groupon’s ecommerce strategy, the pair immediately saw a gap. 
In the famous words of former US president Ronald Reagan during the Cold War, "Trust, but verify." This is the philosophy attached to ThisIsMe -- a South African startup out to help proof that your online self is real.
"The gap is simple. Everything people do today online is based on trust," explains company CTO David Thomas. Online tasks that have succumbed with fraud, phishing attacks and scams can include everything we do online from finding a date, buying her expensive ... 
Being an entrepreneur can deliver a great feeling of satisfaction and self-fulfillment, but there are certain things you must do to ensure your success, and being ever vigilant and productive is at the top of the list. Entrepreneurs are successful when they can improve their productivity, organization, and time management skills. There are of course several tools and resources that many entrepreneurs can take advantage of to help them achieve their goals more efficiently, thanks to ever-improving technology and the ... 
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