26 results
- 26 Nov 2021
Alerzo Excites Informal Retailers with Up to 20% Discount on its Retail App
Alerzo Limited, Nigeria’s business to business e-commerce platform, is offering up to 20% discount on its Alerzoshop retail App to retailers selling in the informal markets, as part of its Black…
- 3 Jun 2022
Empowering Micro Businesses in the Informal Sector to Overcome Supply, Profit Challenges
The retail market in Nigeria consisting of micro businesses is worth over 100 billion dollars, reports have revealed. This sector makes up 50 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP),…
- 8 Sept 2022
E-commerce Firms Promoting Nigeria's Cashless Economy Policy
With the innovations by e-commerce platforms, more Nigerians including retailers are keying to the cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The policy is targeted at tackling some of the…
- 2 Dec 2024
Mastercard, Alerzo, and e-Trade Alliance Unite to Enhance Financial Inclusion for 10,000 MSMEs
Mastercard has collaborated with Alerzo, a leading Nigerian B2B e-commerce company, and the USAID-funded e-Trade Alliance to accelerate the digital transformation of and enhance financial inclusion…
- 21 Dec 2021
Why Informal Retailers Should ‘Shop Alerzo” This Yuletide
As corporate organizations shut their office doors for the year and workers embark on holiday activities, businesses in the FMCG category remain fully active. Their activities not only keep the…
- 24 Aug 2022
Leveraging Technology in Tackling Retailers' Needs
Business to business (B2B) firms in Africa are demonstrating intentionality in leveraging technology to tackle the needs of retailers across the continent. In Nigeria precisely, founders of tech…
- 30 Sept 2022
Independence Celebration: Offering Micro Businesses Freedom Through Technology
It’s that time of the year when the independence of Nigeria from its colonial masters is commemorated. The annual October 1st celebration has recently been greeted with mixed feelings as many…
- 3 Nov 2022
Empowering Women for Trade Through Digital Technology
A report by PriceWaterCoopers has said that women account for 41 per cent ownership of micro-businesses in Nigeria, with 23 million female entrepreneurs operating in the segment. The United Nations…
- 29 Jun 2022
Micro Businesses Overcoming the Challenges of Doing Business in Rural Areas
Contrary to the erroneous belief in some quarters that doing business in rural areas is immune from the common challenges that businesses generally face, reality is that micro business owners in…
- 24 Jun 2022
B2B e-commerce as an Enabler of Micro Businesses
The informal retail space in Nigeria has one of the lowest entry barriers. Most people who are into ‘hustling’ – street parlance for those chasing extra income – play in this space.…
- 27 Jun 2022
Technology Firms Provide more Opportunities for Micro Businesses in Rural Areas - Opaleye
B2B e-commerce platforms continue to provide increased access to products, for micro businesses in underserved areas as they expand their e-commerce services, reaching the retail market end in the…
- 19 Jul 2022
Tech's Role in Bringing Retailers Online
With retailers forming part of the backbone of the Nigerian economy, as everyone is connected to them one way or the other, it is important the problems faced in this sector get reduced to the barest…
- 28 Nov 2022
National E-commerce Policy and Benefits on Online Business Ecosystem
By Lere Ojedokun Increased adoption of technology among informal retailers, micro businesses and individuals coupled with the COVID-19 disruption, has made e-commerce a veritable transaction model in…
- 29 Aug 2022
Tech Firms Redefining Manufacturers, Retail Value Chain
With the emergence of tech firms in Nigeria, the redefinition of the face of retail business is holding sway as more value is being added to this sector. Before now many retailers had no option of…
- 21 Mar 2022
B2B e-commerce Platforms and the Consumer Goods Distribution Value Chain
By Lere Ojedokun International rating agency eMarketer estimated that the global e-commerce sector would be worth USD27 trillion in 2020. This may not be anything near what the world’s e-commerce…
- 15 Sept 2022
FG‘s 95% Digital Literacy Target by 2030 will Drive Technology Adoption by Informal Retailers - Alerzo CEO
In support of the remark made by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami that the country’s march towards attaining 95 percent digital literacy in 2030 now looks more…
- 18 Sept 2022
Bookkeeping App, Veedez Making Life Better for MSMEs
Mama Joy always has difficulty finding out how much profit she makes from her groceries business. She neither has an idea if she was running at a loss nor making profits coupled with her daily…
- 22 Sept 2022
Alerzo Seeks Tranformation of Informal Retail Sector
Top business to business (B2B) e-commerce platform, Alerzo, has called for transformation in the operations of the informal retail sector in the country. The e-commerce platform holds that serving…
- 28 Sept 2022
Digital Infrastructure: Critical for Growing Nigeria’s Digital Economy
In order to harness the global digital economy estimated at $11.5 trillion (which translates to about 16 percent of the global economy), the federal government has said Nigeria's digital economy will…
- 25 Jul 2023
Mastercard Partners with Alerzo to Digitize SMEs in the Nigerian FMCG Space
Mastercard, a global leader in financial services, has joined forces with Alerzo, Nigeria's leading technology service provider, to address the challenges faced by small and medium-sized enterprises…
- 1 Nov 2022
B2B E-commerce Technology Strategic to Nigeria’s Economy Diversification – Alerzo CEO
Adewale Opaleye, the group chief executive officer of Nigeria’s leading business-to-business e-commerce platform, Alerzo, has stated that tech-enabled B2B e-commerce startups will contribute…
- 17 Dec 2021
Alerzo: Using Technology to Improve the Quality of Life of Informal Retailers
Most informal retailers run their businesses on a non stop basis. Even in their leisure time, they are either thinking about the stocking of goods, or the current market prices and how to get the…
- 8 Nov 2022
Improving the Startup Environment with Nigerian Startup Act
By Lere Ojedokun On October 19, 2022, the Nigerian technology and innovation space, and in particular the tech-enabled startup ecosystem received a major boost when President Muhammadu Buhari signed…
- 8 May 2022
How B2B E-commerce Platforms Digitization Aid Nigerian Businesses
The sale of goods or services between businesses, utilizing any of the various online or electronic channels, referred to as B2B e-commerce, is on a steady rise in Nigeria. This rise, both in volume…
- 29 Mar 2022
B2B e-Commerce Boosting the Manufacturing, Distribution Value Chain
As increasing demand for groceries and essential goods continues to push manufacturers to double up capacity, B2B e-Commerce platforms are increasingly becoming a strategic force to be reckoned with…
- 16 Jun 2022
How B2B e-commerce is Helping Micro Businesses Save Time, Energy, and Resources
Unlike the years where micro business owners in underserved areas face deprivation in accessing fast moving commodities and goods to sell to consumers due to factors such as: unavailable…