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Gift-giving can be a surprisingly hard thing to do well, especially when you want your present to feel meaningful. When it comes to writers, the usual gifts of fancy notebooks or coffee mugs with quotes quickly become cliché. But there’s an often overlooked option that combines functionality with deep personal meaning: a handcrafted wooden pen…

Nonetheless, innovative solutions like using local agents or pickup points, and focusing on high-demand categories (like mobile phones and fashion), have kept e-commerce growing. A big enabler in Africa is the spread of mobile phones and payment systems like M-Pesa that let people transact without bank accounts. Social commerce (buying directly through social media) is…