This is well poised to sober up B2B commerce builders being a previous operator you need fundamentally different not incrementally better and this has to be done over long period of time
Thank you for this insightful article on B2B e-commerce in East Africa. You’ve highlighted the challenges and nuances of the local B2B market, particularly with thin margins, infrastructure issues, and the dominance of informal markets.
I’m curious about your perspective on a slightly different model, the one that we at Crafts of Africa (http://craftsofafrica.com/) implement, B2B e-commerce targeting African markets as a source of goods, with the USA or other developed markets as the target for those goods.
1. Do you think some of the same challenges you mentioned would still apply in this context?
2. Could targeting export markets provide a different set of opportunities or mitigate some of the challenges you outlined?
3. How do you see the role of logistics, payments, and infrastructure in this export-focused B2B model compared to the local market model?
This is great, what happens if the selected segment doesn't fully cover your operation cost ?,will you on board other segment for the survival of the business or you would rather source for capital somewhere else ,
secondly, i brief insight on retailers(Tanzania) most of these people define profit on a different eye
- ((buying something cheap in a large or moderate quantity and selling it with profit ) as from this eye the added value of B2B ecommerce player isn't a prior ,and this is the winning point of informal players ,i personally think despite the missing infrastructures, Government policies supporting e commerce is another missing piece ,i hope soon this retail part will clearly see the value of a service beyond price .
This is well poised to sober up B2B commerce builders being a previous operator you need fundamentally different not incrementally better and this has to be done over long period of time
Thank you for this insightful article on B2B e-commerce in East Africa. You’ve highlighted the challenges and nuances of the local B2B market, particularly with thin margins, infrastructure issues, and the dominance of informal markets.
I’m curious about your perspective on a slightly different model, the one that we at Crafts of Africa (http://craftsofafrica.com/) implement, B2B e-commerce targeting African markets as a source of goods, with the USA or other developed markets as the target for those goods.
1. Do you think some of the same challenges you mentioned would still apply in this context?
2. Could targeting export markets provide a different set of opportunities or mitigate some of the challenges you outlined?
3. How do you see the role of logistics, payments, and infrastructure in this export-focused B2B model compared to the local market model?
Looking forward to your thoughts!
This is great, what happens if the selected segment doesn't fully cover your operation cost ?,will you on board other segment for the survival of the business or you would rather source for capital somewhere else ,
secondly, i brief insight on retailers(Tanzania) most of these people define profit on a different eye
- ((buying something cheap in a large or moderate quantity and selling it with profit ) as from this eye the added value of B2B ecommerce player isn't a prior ,and this is the winning point of informal players ,i personally think despite the missing infrastructures, Government policies supporting e commerce is another missing piece ,i hope soon this retail part will clearly see the value of a service beyond price .