eCommerce
22 Jan
An electronic commerce (eCommerce) web application platform, Market Buddy, has formally debuted in Nigeria with a focus on connecting buyers to sellers.
MarketBuddy provides three types of services including the sale of goods
18 Nov
Technology experts at the Africa Tech Alliance Forum held in Lagos have highlighted the transformative potential of blockchain and AI in positioning Nigeria and other parts of the region as global technology leaders.
23 Oct
In a bid to improve the delivery of products to underserved communities, especially rural and semi-urban areas, more e-commerce companies are increasingly turning to practical and innovative solutions such as pickup stations, to bridge this gap.
14 Aug
Women's accessories sold by some of the world's most popular online shopping firms contained toxic substances sometimes hundreds of times above acceptable levels, authorities in Seoul said Wednesday. Chinese giants including Shein, Temu and AliExpress have skyrocketed in global popularity in recent years, offering a vast selection of trendy clothes and accessories at stunningly low…
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Britian's King Charles III is to feature in a new Amazon documentary, in which he is expected to highlight his environmental charity work and "philosophy of harmony," the Press Association reported Saturday. A source from "The King's Foundation" said the monarch's charity was "looking forward to working with Amazon on a one-off documentary to showcase…
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Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced a reduction in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, from N950 to N890 per litre. The price slash takes effect from Saturday, February 1, 2025. Dangote Refinery's spokesperson, Anthony Chiejina, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. Chiejina said the 'strategic adjustment' was a direct…
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told his US counterpart Donald Trump on Saturday that the world was relying on him "to reach a permanent and historic peace agreement" to end the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Saturday's phone call was the first between the two leaders since Trump repeatedly floated a plan to relocate Palestinians…
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A Syria war monitor said 10 pro-Turkey fighters were killed on Saturday during fighting with Kurdish-led forces in the country's north, while nine people were killed in a car bombing. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 10 members of pro-Ankara groups were killed in clashes with the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who…
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Artillery shelling and air strikes killed at least 56 people across greater Khartoum on Saturday, according to a medical source and Sudanese activists. Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a battle for power since April 2023 that has intensified this month with the army fighting to take…
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The United States military on Saturday conducted air strikes on Islamic State group targets in Somalia, President Donald Trump announced. "This morning I ordered precision military air strikes on the senior ISIS attack planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia," Trump said on Truth Social. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the strikes…
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Bayern Munich stretched their lead at the top of the Bundesliga to nine points on Saturday with an extraordinary 4-3 victory over Holstein Kiel. Bayern led 4-0 as Harry Kane scored twice, but Finn Porath replied for Kiel before Steven Skrzybski's stoppage-time double threatened to steal an unlikely point. The full-time whistle was met with…
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Donald Trump has fired the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, who announced Saturday that his term had been "concluded" in the latest move by the Republican president to reshape the American government. Rohit Chopra, who had been named to head the agency responsible for protecting bank customers in 2021, had been due to…
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The death toll from the crash of a medical jet carrying a Mexican child home from a hospital in Philadelphia has risen to seven, officials said Saturday, with 19 others wounded. The crash -- the second major aviation disaster in the United States this week -- occurred Friday when the twin-engine Learjet 55 plummeted towards…
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Indian commandos shot dead at least eight Maoist rebels in the dense jungles of central India on Saturday as security forces ramp up efforts to crush the long-running conflict. More than 10,000 people have been killed in the decades-long insurgency waged by the rebels, who say they are fighting for the rights of marginalised Indigenous…