Like every other pandemic that the world has experienced in the past, coronavirus will eventually come to an end. It will be defeated, and life return to normal. But it will teach us an important lesson: the need to invest in health infrastructure across the world, and particularly in Africa, writes Babatunde Omilola, manager for public health, security and nutrition division at the African Development Bank Group (AfDB).
A new e-commerce platform will be launched in March 2020 by the South African Post Office (SAPO) in conjunction with the Universal Postal Union (UPU), as reported by MyBroadband.
"This is a strategic priority for the South African Post Office and viewed as an important new revenue generator," said the SA Post Office.
The global E-commerce market is anticipated to grow significantly over the forecast period.
E-commerce can be defined as electronically conducted commercial transactions via the internet, pertaining to the buying and selling of goods and services.
E-commerce includes online goods and services (software, e-books, media streaming), retail services (ordering food, travel, mail deliveries), marketplace services (e-wallet, comparison shopping) and customer support (help desks, live support).
It can also be classified on the nature of the dealing parties: B2B, B2C, C2B and C2C or the distribution channels adopted by them: pure click, brick-&-click or click-to-brick.
Apart from these economic factors, customer interaction and marketing forces and multimedia convergence fuel e-commerce growth.
To succeed, a company needs to have a strong, reliable and efficient supply chain and connectivity network to ensure timely processing of orders.