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Payments are costing online businesses more than they think

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IT News Africa

Afrika2063

July 2, 2026

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Payments are costing online businesses more than they think
Source: IT News Africa

Nobody builds an online store hoping customers will give up at the last click. Yet that is exactly where too many businesses still lose sales: the customer was ready to buy and the business had already done the hard part, but then the checkout got in the way.

Nobody builds an online store hoping customers will give up at the last click. Yet that is exactly where too many businesses still lose sales: the customer was ready to buy and the business had already done the hard part, but then the checkout got in the way. Payments should be central to how African […]

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