e-commerce

While Nigerian startups deploy AI solutions for fashion commerce and cybersecurity threats mount across the continent, telecommunications infrastructure challenges threaten to undermine progress in South Africa's digital economy.

Flextock's Series A funding signals growing investor appetite for infrastructure plays that solve the operational headaches holding back African online retail.

The Nigeria Data Protection Commission has launched a formal investigation into Temu over alleged violations of the country's Data Protection Act, citing concerns about online surveillance and personal data handling practices.