There has been innovation in the home delivery mobile app space in South Africa. Murat Yoldas Ertugrul, VP MEA, Emakina, talks about how South Africa has seen a significant increase in online shopping across all categories and why adopting marketing technology solutions is crucial to the survival of brands. Emakina uses data-driven insights to increase […]
eCommerce enabler Opontia has acquired UAE-based direct-to-consumer (D2C) medical equipment and therapeutic products, Novimed. Novimed launched in 2017 with its first core product: medical pillows and cushions for patients suffering from acid reflux. The company now offers different kinds of medical products to support patients and physicians during treatment plans, including medical braces, foot care […]
Trendyol, an eCommerce company backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, is close to raising fresh funding at a $16.5 billion valuation, making it Turkey’s biggest startup. The company is in talks to raise about $1.5 billion from investors including General Atlantic and could complete the deal as soon as next week. SoftBank Group Corp is […]
Startups are not only key drivers of economic growth and job creation but are often a catalyst for innovation. In the MENA region, innovation by young firms contributes significantly to aggregate productivity growth. When it comes to startup success stories in the region, ride-hailing service Careem, which was acquired by the US-based Uber in 2019, […]
Taplytics for Shopify is a suite of CRO tools to enable merchants to drive ROI and customer LTV across their entire funnel – for any platform. The suite was purpose-built, focused on enabling merchants to optimise checkout conversion across their entire funnel. Merchants get powerful features such as Taplytics No-Code Visual Web Editor, Genius AI […]
Choosing the platform that best suits the company’s performance marketing strategy is crucial. Here are our top picks. Some of the best marketing strategies today are performance-driven. Becoming increasingly popular are performance marketing platforms that offer low-risk solutions to collect real-time data, measure, and track campaign insights. Some platforms provide end-to-end solutions, while others only […]
Following the recent success of a limited early access program for its users, Narrative, the Data Streaming Platform that makes it easy to buy, sell and win, launched Data Shops, the company’s latest innovative solution that makes it easy for any business in any industry to launch their own branded data eCommerce experience without spending […]
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is focused on economic diversification — from a natural resource-based economy to an innovation hub powered by technology. The large and growing local population means solid domestic demand for goods, services and infrastructure. As a result, the government is pouring billions of dollars into high-tech infrastructure, launching funds, moving […]
The strengthened partnership between Stor.ai and Toshiba aims to provide more retailers with tools covering the entire eCommerce journey, from placing an order to the customer receiving it. A spokesperson for Stor.ai said the two companies have worked together on product integrations in the past, and are now formalising their partnership to allow Stor.ai to […]
KUKApp is now available to 1.7 million merchants on Shopify. Convenient no-code technology lets businesses publish apps with App Store and Google Play in a single day. KUKApp aims to replace both development teams and app builders by offering a shorter release cycle than existing solutions. “Most low-code app builders are still a major time […]
