M-commerce changes African retail game

New technologies such as cloud computing are revolutionising the way people do business across the globe. In the African market, infrastructure has traditionally proven to be a challenge that has hindered adoption of new technologies, says Jaco Barnard, head of Retail...

Trust holds back mobile commerce

Global mobile content and commerce activity grew slightly from 65% to 66% in 2014, fuelled by strong gains in growth markets – but a lack of trust remains the industry’s biggest obstacle, increasing from 30% to 34% year-on-year. These are among the results from MEF’s...

Lack of trust the barrier to mobile commerce

Trust is the number one barrier to the growth of mobile content and commerce, with 30% of mobile media users citing it as the single largest obstacle to purchasing goods and services via their mobile device – although just 9% claim to have actually had a negative...

Gemalto to build MCX’s mobile wallet

Leading US merchants consortium Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) has announced the selection of Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, to build its mobile wallet. MCX selected Gemalto for its unmatched expertise in mobile financial services and track record of...

SA companies need mobile identities

Now is the time for South African companies to establish a mobile identity, run targeted mobile promotions and leverage social media to seriously engage the growing mobile commerce market. This is the view of management at MicroStrategy South Africa, a leading...