While the continent doesn't get much attention, South Africa has emerged in the past 4-5 years as a fast growing eCommerce space. Now with over 50k merchants it's cracked the top 10 in the world in terms of number of sites.
eComm 🇿🇦📈 2016 - 2020
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Today | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WooCommerce | 6305 | 10148 | 13500 | 17101 | 24833 | 37241 |
| Magento | 288 | 401 | 502 | 514 | 554 | 622 |
| Ecwid | 493 | 639 | 816 | 1238 | 1605 | 1891 |
| Shopify | 1051 | 1382 | 1860 | 2713 | 4431 | 5811 |
| Wix | 694 | 854 | 1173 | 1836 | 2470 | 2960 |
| Open Cart | 601 | 780 | 943 | 1205 | 1409 | 1558 |
| Prestashop | 281 | 356 | 439 | 575 | 716 | 842 |
| Squarespace | 318 | 461 | 587 | 721 | 840 | 962 |