Steven Liversedge

According to a survey by Acuity Media Africa, South African shoppers spent R20 million online over the 2000 holiday period. The survey was conducted in the first half of January 2001 and 110 South African e-tailers were polled regarding their revenue over the period 15 November to 24 December. Auction sites were excluded from the […]

South Africa’s Dimension Data revealed this week that its specialist automotive software provider Auto-Mate has entered into a venture to provide Mitsubishi car dealers across the U.S. with an online technology platform. The deal between the DiData-owned Auto-Mate and Car America came about as a result of Mitsubishi’s request that Car America find a partner […]

Online broker Tradek.com appears to be consolidating its position as the premier South African brokerage, announcing this week a major acquisition and an exclusivity agreement with financial group Saambou Holdings. The Saambou agreement provides the broker with rights to sell online stock broking services to Saambou’s existing clients. The agreement specifies that Tradek will establish […]

The Audit Bureau of Internet Standards (ABIS) has released traffic results on South African sites for the last quarter of 1999. Africam ranked as the top-rated site with more than 24 million impressions. Africam, which features footage of major game parks throughout South Africa, has been criticized as overinflating its audited traffic because the site […]

An international forum for Internet enthusiasts, Web entrepeneurs and venture capitalists known as First Tuesday this week held its first meeting on the African continent. The First Tuesday concept was brought to South Africa through the efforts of the E-mail Corp. and is being sponsored by Braitec, the technology equity fund of Brait SA, Oracle […]

Media, entertainment and telecommunications giant Johnnic this week said that it has acquired Ananzi, South Africa’s largest Internet search engine, for an undisclosed sum. Ananzi will form the foundation of the business-to-consumer element of Johnnic e-Ventures, the new e-commerce initiative announced last month by Johnnic CEO Paul Edwards. Full details of Johnnic’s online plans would […]

South African Internet certification company Thawte Consulting announced this week that the company has been sold to VeriSign Inc. for R3.5 billion ($575 million) in an all-stock deal. The Cape Town-based company is the second largest provider of digital certification for the Internet in the world, with VeriSign (VRSN) being at the top of the […]

South Africa seems set to fly in the face of conventional Internet wisdom and impose tax or duties on online e-commerce transactions. In a statement released on Friday, Director-General of Communications, Andile Ngcaba announced that legislation will be tabled toward the end of next year in terms of which the existing barriers between electronic and […]

Retail group Wooltru revealed plans to adapt its business to take advantage of electronic commerce opportunities. Speaking at the company’s annual general meeting in Cape Town, Wooltru Chief Executive Colin Hall noted how the marketplace has seen a transition from traditional models of profit, growth and return towards newer models whereby the most valuable resource […]