Africa Offers Enormous Ecommerce Potential

| Tim Parry

Africa offers enormous growth potential for e-retailers given that online shopping is in its infancy in the region. According to the DHL Shop the World report published by Deutsche Post DHL, emerging markets in Africa offer the highest growth potential for the ecommerce industry. Deutsche Post DHL is not alone: Here’s additional reasons to conclude Africa’s ecommerce will be enormous.

The Chinese Payments Landscape

| Daniela Forte

With 1.4 billion people living in China and 650 million using internet and 80% of these internet users on mobile devices, it is projected that by 2020, the Chinese ecommerce market will be bigger than that of U.S., U.K., Japan, Germany and France, according to an infographic by Adyen.

A Brief Overview of Global Ecommerce

| Daniela Forte

The landscape of ecommerce is constantly changing. According to an infographic by CueCommerce, 82% of consumers are shopping online using their laptops, while 10% are using tablets and only 8% are using smartphones. The top five countries of ecommerce spending include: United States, United Kingdom, China, Japan and Belgium.