For online shoppers, the time it takes for their parcel to reach them - after pressing pay – does matter.

Delivery optimisation and scaling is being transformed by a woman-run South African start-up.

Manufacturers and distributors have operated in a state of 'consistent chaos' for several years.

While most economic sectors and traditional businesses have been battered by COVID-19 and the lockdown responses to the pandemic, the online food and essential delivery industry has grown exponentially over the past 18 months.

Although we are on the other side of the world from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, there will be fallouts for Africa from the war for decades to come.

Need to choose a delivery partner and don’t know where to start?

In a trading update for the 18 weeks to end January 2022, retailer Spar announced that its consumer-facing e-commerce delivery platform Spar2U will be available in Johannesburg in March 2022.

As familiarity with ecommerce services continues to grow so will consumer expectations around delivery.

Join this chat with the founders of the ecommerce and marketplace fulfilment platform, Parcel iT who will share their story, their processes and their passion for ecommerce in South Africa.

The story of uAfrica started back in 2004 as Jump Shopping, a company founded by Jaco Roux - now uAfrica’s Head of Product and co-founder.