If you’re a small-scale importer in Africa, you may have wondered why after placing an order for a product from China, you wait weeks to receive it, even when flights come to Africa from China ...

Amazon's FBA service, which stores, processes, and ships products for sellers, has spawned a booming sub-economy of aggregators. Now these aggregators want to diversify beyond Amazon's infrastructure.

Buy a popular household item on Amazon and the chances are you're not buying from an indie seller or shop, but from a new breed of conglomerate aiming to be the 21st century equivalent of Unilever or ...