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Digital solution for retail networks in Africa

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Nigeria's TradPeek wants to be Africa's Alibaba

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Kenyan payments solutions firm expands to SA

Kenyan payments solutions firm expands to SA

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Left to Right: Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya Chairman Apollo Owuor welcomes newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer, Hosea Machuki to the association

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Ugandan traders turn to Dar es Salaam port

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Maksym Chornii © –

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Cash is no longer king. All hail digitisation

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CNN Marketplace Africa explores Massmart's slow growth

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Nigeria's TradPeek wants to be Africa's Alibaba

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