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Takealot.com
Takealot.com (stylised as takealot.com) is a South African e-commerce company based in Cape Town, South Africa. Is regarded as South Africa's largest online retailer,'''' takealot.com has helped grow online shopping in South Africa, and was the first local retailer to take part in Black Friday. As of November 2019, over 2500 third-party businesses use the Takealot Marketplace platform to sell to over 1.8 million takealot.com shoppers. History In October 2010, former MWEB CEO Kim Reid and US-based investment firm Tiger Global Management acquired existing South African ecommerce business Take2, renaming it takealot.com. Takealot.com was officially launched to the public in June 2011. In 2014, takealot.com successfully launched its own on-demand food delivery service after acquiring Mr Delivery (rebranded ''Mr D Food'') and Superbalist.com, a fashion e-tailer. In the same year, takealot.com announced that a merger would take place with Kalahari.com. The merger was successfully c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naspers
Naspers Limited is a South African multinational internet, technology and multimedia holding company headquartered in Cape Town, with interests in online retail, publishing and venture capital investment. Naspers' principal shareholder is its Dutch listed investment subsidiary Prosus, which owns approximately 49% of its parent as part of a cross ownership structure. Founded in 1915 by attorney W. A. Hofmeyr, Naspers was the largest publishing company in South Africa throughout the 20th century with interests across newspapers, magazines and books. In the 1980s the company began to diversify, launching a subscription television service and investing in markets outside of South Africa for the first time. In 2001, Naspers made an early investment in Chinese technology firm Tencent and became increasingly focused on the global consumer internet sector. In 2019, Naspers listed its global internet investment business unit Prosus (including a 31% stake in Tencent) on Euronext Ams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |