Shein, Temu growth puts thousands of SA retail jobs at risk

Shein, Temu growth puts thousands of SA retail jobs at risk

South Africa’s e-commerce sector isn’t growing fast enough. Offshore e-commerce retailers, such as Shein and Temu, are rapidly gaining ground in South Africa’s retail clothing, textile, footwear and leather sector, displacing thousands of local jobs, including in e-commerce. This is creating an urgent need for digital transformation, including the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). The…

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Powering secure growth: How crypto.com stays ahead of fraud with LexisNexis ThreatMetrix

Powering secure growth: How crypto.com stays ahead of fraud with LexisNexis ThreatMetrix

We are one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges. Discover how crypto.com, one of the world’s fastest-growing crypto-currency platforms, collaborates with LexisNexis Risk Solutions to stay ahead of evolving fraud threats.  Deyan Tsvetkov, SVP of Risk Management at crypto.com, shares how LexisNexis ThreatMetrix supports crypto.com’s global expansion by boosting fraud detection by 26%, enabling seamless onboarding and ensuring…

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Africa: In Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Reassessing Tax Incentives Can Assist Growth and Equity

Africa: In Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Reassessing Tax Incentives Can Assist Growth and Equity

Kinshasa, July 28, 2023–In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), rationalizing tax incentives could improve effectiveness of tax policies, and pave the way for future tax rate reductions, while ensuring adequate resources for development and social spending, according to the World Bank DRC Economic Update, released today. The report titled Reassessing Tax Incentives – Falling…

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