Amazon to launch in South Africa

🎓️ Amazon Edu - Amazon will launch its services for South African sellers in 2024 and are already letting sellers in the region register on its website. Its also launching free educational content to empower sellers to better use the platform.

🔎 New Rival - Amazon will be challenging Takealot, South Africa’s biggest online seller, who has the advantage of knowing the South African consumer more. According to a survey from MyBroadband, 57.34% said Takealot is the best online shop in South African back in 2017.

Amazon still has a few problems for its new market:

• 🛍️ South Africans are returning to shopping malls

• ⚡️ Logistics issues like bad power supply

• ⚖️ Antitrust and data protection laws