Local Entrepreneur Opens E-commerce Supermarket

MAUN: Local entrepreneur, Setso Molosi, an accountant by profession, has embraced technology and launched an online e-commerce supermarket, which uses artificial intelligence to shop and sell groceries in Botswana.

Through his company, Smartbuy Groceries, Molosi said that his business offers convenience as it accords customers to buy online using websites, mobile apps as well as Facebook.

Narrating his journey, Molosi noted that he developed the idea while he was working with Alibaba, a company that owns AliExpress.com, an online retail service made up of businesses in China, which offers products to international online buyers.

Editor's Comment
Our digital safety is in our hands

That sounds like good news. But the report also warns that this may simply be because our digital economy is still young, not because we are safe. As more people shop, bank and pay online, criminals will follow.We Batswana do not need a report to tell us that danger is real. Many of us have heard of or fallen victim to KYC scams. A caller impersonates your bank or mobile money provider. They say they need to “verify” your account. They ask...

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