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By Vaughan O’Grady

There’s a new name in e-commerce in Africa – and, having set up last month in Kenya and Nigeria, pan-African business-to-business marketplace Zandaux.com this week announced its launch in South Africa at an event held in Johannesburg.

Its stated ambition to become the ‘Alibaba of Africa’ will see the e-commerce platform, which connects buyers and sellers across the continent, arrive in Egypt at the end of February, giving it a foothold in the continent’s four key markets before expanding to the rest of Africa.

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