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  With technology constantly on the move, the retail industry has no choice but to adapt to keep pace and up to speed with the broader changing face of consumer expectations. Mike Smollan, Chief Growth Officer at Smollan gives a high level of how tech partnered and reshaped the retail…

    Konga, has once again established its dominance by winning  the Top Retailer in the Supplies Category award at the recently concluded Retail Bootcamp organized by Hewlett Packard. The two-day event which was held at the Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos served as a vibrant platform…

  Video-sharing platform, TikTok is testing a new feature that would link real-world products to any posts on the app. This would theoretically mean that all videos users would see shoppable content. The platform says this move is an effort to further expand its rapidly growing e-commerce business in the…

  The future is digital, but for Africa to make the most of that future more attention must be given to developing and leveraging local tech talent. Research from several renowned organisations and bodies, including multinational accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, reveals that the digital economy has the potential to…

    Nigeria’s e-commerce scene is ever-growing, projected to reach $22 billion by 2024. But this digital revolution isn’t confined to bustling metropolises; it’s quietly transforming the lives of millions of consumers in secondary cities and rural areas. At the forefront of this rural e-commerce push is Jumia, Africa’s leading…

  X, formerly known as Twitter will be launching its peer-to-peer payments and integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into its platform this year. This the microblogging platform says will allow “more user utility and new opportunities for commerce, and showcasing the power of living more of your life in one place,”…

A new deal entered between ecommerce leader Konga and world-renowned technology company, Apple, is set to offer shoppers in Nigeria original mobile and computing devices online, from Apple. With the coming together of both technology giants, authentic products from Apple such as the iPhone, Mac, iWatch among other exciting accessories are readily available…

  With effect from July 1, 2024, the Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Africa, Olusegun Ogunsanya will retire from the telecommunications firm, haven served in that capacity for three years. To succeed Ogunsanya is Sunil Taldar, according to the telco in a statement. Mr. Ogunsanya, who joined Airtel in 2012,…

    Google has agreed to work on storing Maps user location-history data on the device rather than in the cloud. This development came following pressure for years to change the way it stores user location history. The update to Maps will roll out during the next year on iOS…

A lucky shopper has been gifted with a business class ticket to Rwanda courtesy of Konga Travels and Tours in collaboration with RwandAir. Umoru Suleiman from Kaduna, soared above the rest with a remarkable purchase value of N6,220,000, making him the highest shopper during the Konga Yakata Black Friday sales.…