The Potentiality of E-Commerce Innovation in Tanzania

Faraja Nyalandu - Executive Director of Shule Direct speaking on entrepreneurship and its' challenges in Tanzania and promoting self employment during the Innovation week organised by Human Development innovation Fund (HDIF) in Dar es Salaam earlier this week. From left Benedict Tesha - Founder of Jamaa Technology, Nisha Ligon - CEO of Ubongo Limited, Taha Jiwaji - CEO of Bongo Live and Co Founder of KINU.Benedict Tesha - Founder of Jamaa Technology speaking on entrepreneurship and its'...

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The government has been urged to implement its different policies on women development through budgetary allocations at national and local levels for the advancement of their skills, both technical and business. The advice was made yesterday by a ...

The recently introduced Cyber crime Act bill of 2015 by the parliament of Tanzania promises to provide security to all citizens from any sort of cyber-attack that may come their way as they are surfing on the internet. For a developing country like Tanzania this is a big step in trying to make sure justice is served and that all those that are using the internet as a medium to take advantage of people’s rights, privacy and that of the state are dealt with accordingly.

A report by the...

Mhe. Omar Mjenga, amekutana na Mhe. Hamad Buamim, Rais na Mtendaji Mkuu wa Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry na kufanya naye mazungumzo.
Katika mazungumzo, wamejadiliana uwezekano wa kuwa na ziara ya kibiashara kwenda Tanzania, kwa makampuni na viwanda vilivyopo Dubai, ili kukutana na wafanyabiashara na wamiliki wa viwanda Tanzania, ili kujionea na kuibua fursa za uwekezaji. Wamekubaliana ziara hiyo ifanyike mwanzoni mwa mwaka kesho na hivyo basi kuanza maandalizi mapema.
Mwezi Novemba,...

It is hard to push the growth of e-commerce in Africa especially when the key element, which is internet access, is still a problem. There are many factors holding back the development of e-commerce and online business in Africa including the need a much more developed financial infrastructure.

The chart below shows internet penetration % worldwide. Notice how it is very low in most of Africa.

According to Ndekia S. Maghimbi, who deals with Marketing  & Partnerships at Kaymu Tanzania, “If...

E-commerce Slowly Overtaking Offline Retail v2

Ecommerce is commonly known as business that is conducted over the Internet using any of the applications that rely on the Internet, such as e-mail, instant messaging, social media, websites etc. This kind of trading can be between two businesses transmitting funds, goods, services or between a business and a customer. Today Technology is changing Tanzania – the way we live, work, educate ourselves, buy goods and services and transfer money are all done through the internet and the main aim...

Online retailer Jumia is struggling, a year after its debut on the New York Stock Exchange.

Recently Kaymu Tanzania had the opportunity to partner with the University of Dar-es-Salaam, in The 2015 UDBS Marketing Forum. The Forum was held on, Saturday, 6th June 2015, where potential marketers (marketing oriented students) met with the corporate practitioners.
Kaymu Tanzania was amongst the many companies that were there on Saturday, to showcase and educate about their business. Kaymu had the opportunity to introduce its organization to students, academic staff and the...