At least 100,000 people in Africa die every year from unsafe and unregulated food products, while popular global e-commerce platforms face investigations worldwide for issues ranging from deceptive pricing to environmental and product safety violations.
This is according to Dr Willard Mwemba, director and CEO of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. He was speaking on Thursday during the National Consumer Commissions G20 webinar titled Developments in Consumer Protection Product Safety and Digital Markets.
Mwemba said the true figure of deaths linked to unsafe products could be higher due to poor record-keeping across African states.