The conference, held at Gallagher Estate, Midrand, aim to keep up to date with the latest trends in eCommerce, presented by the best the world of eCommerce has to offer, and of course, to be able to network and share business ideas with industry colleagues. As part of this annual culmination of industry thought leaders and SME business owners, uAfrica.com also host the eCommerce Awards which acknowledges SME’s that have been successful in the online retail space as voted by uAfrica.com’s some 116 000 survey respondents. Winners of each of the categories include; South Africa’s Favourite eCommerce Website: Winner: kalahari.com First Runner Up: takealot.com Second Runner Up: Groupon Best eCommerce Store: Winner: Yuppiechef.com First Runner Up: Zando Second Runner Up: takealot.com Best Shopping Process: Winner: Zando First Runner Up: Yuppiechef.com Second Runner Up: takealot.com Best Customer Service: Winner: Zando First Runner Up: takealot.com Second Runner Up: Mantality Best eCommerce Services Platform: Winner: bidorbuy First Runner Up: TravelGround Second Runner Up: Groupon Best Small eCommerce Business: Winner: Poetry First Runner Up: Babylife Second Runner Up: Seeds for Africa ‘We have been overwhelmed by the response to our survey and are thrilled to be able to congratulate our entrants, finalists and winners – the fact that they have formed part of this survey at all, means that they are contributing to an industry that related business thought leaders are expecting exponential growth from, ’ said Andy Higgins, Managing Director of uAfrica.com. ‘The eCommerce Conference has been a huge success and uAfrica.com would like to thank the sponsors takealot.com, Shopify, PayPal and eSolutions’ added Higgins.
