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Township E-Commerce Exclusion Quantified

Only One in Ten South African Township Businesses Sells Online

Unverified — auto-generated summary, not yet reviewedE-commerce & LogisticsSouth AfricaSep 4, 2026

First official data shows that only one in ten township businesses in South Africa sells online, giving policymakers and investors a concrete baseline for measuring informal sector digital exclusion. The figure provides the first government-sourced quantification of the e-commerce gap in the country's township economy.

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