e-commerce

The country attracted our attention today is Tanzania located in central East Africa. The country is bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique to the south. Actually, Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in the world, being deprived its natural wealth and resources and totally dependent on help from the rest of the world.

We are to consider today Internet and e-commerce industry of one of the Arabic countries, located in Western Asia, Iraq. This Muslim country is spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert. Iraq is bordered by Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, and Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south. The economy of the country is dominated by the oil sector, which has traditionally provided about 95% of foreign exchange earnings.

The country Internet and e-commerce infrastructure of which we are to consider today is South Africa. The country is located at the southern tip of Africa, with a 2,798 kilometres coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north of the South Africa lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland; while Lesotho is an independent country wholly surrounded by South African territory. South Africa is known for diversity in cultures and languages. The economy of the country is mixed with high rate of poverty and low GDP per capita.

Tunisia is the North African country Internet and e-commerce infrastructure of which we are to consider today. Bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east, Tunisia represents the smallest of the nations situated along the Atlas mountain range. Importantly, this African country has close relations with both the European Union and the Arab world, being also a member of the Arab League and the African union.

According to the latest study from Visa, Latin America and Caribbean region has reflected e-commerce has to surge by over 39%, reaching $21.8 billion. 

The country attracted our attention today is the largest Central American country, Nicaragua, which, however, one of the least densely populated. The country, that has its capital in Managua, is bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south to the west of the country the Pacific Ocean lies; the country's Caribbean coast is part of the Western Caribbean Zone.

The country ICT and e-commerce infrastructure of which we are to consider today is an amazing land of wonderful nature with amazing fauna and unique flora, Kenya, located in East Africa. This amazing country, that is lying along the Indian Ocean, is bordered by, at the equator, Ethiopia (north), Somalia (northeast), Tanzania (south), Uganda plus Lake Victoria (west), and Sudan (northwest). Kenya, named after Mount Kenya, a significant landmark and the second among the highest mountain peaks of Africa, has numerous wildlife reserves, containing thousands of animal species.

Today, the country we pay attention to is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus, Armenia. Armenia, that represents a former republic of the Soviet Union, is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south. Interestingly, the country represents an unitary, multiparty, democratic nation-state with an ancient and historic cultural heritage.

 Sales of digital goods such as virtual objects and currency used in online games are taking off with consumers. Unfortunately for their vendors, they are increasingly popular with cyber criminals, too.

Merchants that sell digital goods lost 1.9% of all revenue to fraud in 2009, compared with a 1.1% fraud rate for companies that sell physical goods online, according to CyberSource Corp., which processes credit cards for online merchants.

Today, let’s pay attention to Africa again. Well, the country we are to talk about is Mozambique, located in southeastern Africa. The country, which’s bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest, has the worst in the world life expectancy and infant mortality. Meanwhile, Mozambique has the lowest on earth Human Development Index.

 It was announced that China has renewed Google's Internet license to operate a Chinese website after it pledged to obey censorship laws and stop automatically switching users to its unfiltered Hong Kong site. 

Earlier in March China decided to close its Chinese search engine however it still offers music and other services in China. A decision to let Google continue operating was taken a bit earlier, on July 9 however the statement on this matter was issued only today. 

The country attracted our attention today is one of the newest Eastern European countries, Montenegro. Located in Southeastern Europe the country, has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast, Kosovo to the east and Albania to the southeast. Montenegro is a current member of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Council of Europe, the Central European Free Trade Agreement and a founding member of the Union for the Mediterranean.

SponsorPay, a known virtual currency monetization platform has announced new partnerships with industry leaders of social games publishers and social networks.

The African country internet and e-commerce infrastructure of which we are to consider today is Algeria located in North Africa. Algeria represents the largest country on the Mediterranean Sea and the second largest on the African continent after Sudan. Moreover, it is the eleventh-largest country in the world. Algeria, that has capital in Algiers, is bordered in the northeast by Tunisia, in the east by Libya, in the west by Morocco, in the southwest by Western Sahara, Mauritania, and Mali, in the southeast by Niger, and in the north by the Mediterranean Sea.

Digital River, Inc. a known provider of global e-commerce solutions has announced the appointment of Alfred J. Castino to its board. Previously Castino worked as CFO of both Virage and Rightpoint; as vice president and corporate controller of Chiron; and as manufacturing controller at Wyse Technology. Prior to 1980, he held assistant vice president and auditor positions with Bank of America, Deloitte and Touche, and Arthur Andersen.

The most recent place of work was Autodesk (2002-2008), PeopleSoft, Sun Microsystems and HP.