When it comes to corporate procurement, managing tail spending — smaller purchases that make up the bulk of transactions but only account for a small fraction of a company’s total expenditure — can be notoriously hard to keep a tab on, especially for large enterprises....
Online marketplaces are among the defining features of contemporary eCommerce, which has been shaped by the likes of global heavyweights such as Amazon and eBay. But just as direct-to-consumer retail has been transformed by the marketplace model, the world of wholesale and commercial trade has...
Today in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) news, the United Kingdom’s new chancellor spent his first full day in office meeting leaders from the financial sector and discussing the country’s high inflation. Meanwhile, the European Central Bank (ECB) singled out three potential use...
Pan-African telecom giant MTN Group has signed a partnership agreement with Johannesburg-based business-to-business (B2B) marketplace operator Dooka. The new partnership, announced by Dooka in a Wednesday (Sept. 7) press release, will help to transform MTN’s supply chain and lead to “digital transparency and greater efficiency...
October 26, 2022
When it comes to corporate procurement, managing tail spending — smaller purchases that make up the bulk of transactions but only account for a small fraction of a company’s total expenditure — can be notoriously hard to keep a tab on, especially for large enterprises. Let’s take the example of Africa’s largest mobile network operator, […]
