We don’t normally “go there” in this space, but it’s just too tempting. Often marveling at the resilience of the somewhat mysterious SHEIN shopping app...
Telecoms operator Airtel Africa notched a $200 million investment for its Airtel Mobile Commerce unit from the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), MarketWatch and other news...
Vodafone could spin off its popular African mobile money service M-Pesa, the company’s CEO told Bloomberg News on Friday (July 23). M-Pesa, which offers peer-to-peer...
Snapcommerce, the message-driven mobile commerce platform for the price-conscious, has come off a funding round with $85 million, a press release says. With the new...
Mastercard is testing a cloud-based setup that will “enable contactless payments acceptance via a mobile phone.” This Cloud Tap on Phone will mean that “any...
‘Tis the season for predictions — the most dangerous time of the year for potential prognosticators looking to offer the world a sneak peek as...
Super apps – and, from some of the biggest names in commerce, super enthusiasm. And: super amounts of capital being committed to craft consumer-focused ecosystems. The...
That a market is massive and emerging as a target for digitization, does not necessary mean it will be an easy target to pursue —...
Mobile commerce hasn’t been a focus during the pandemic, but recently retail apps and other usage patterns are starting to appear as more than a...