E-commerce is growing in Africa as developments make delivery, fulfilment, and payments easier. Nigerian start-up Paystack, which makes online payments more seamless and secure, has been acquired by Stripe, marking a shift as tech companies turn their attention towards Africa.

A survey has found that people are becoming more willing to share their personal information with insurers for a lower price. At the same time, though, their confidence that insurers will use this data responsibly has dropped, highlighting how transparency is key for earning back trust.

The approval of multiple vaccines will hopefully end the COVID-19 crisis in 2021 – but what can people and brands learn from this pandemic? Canvas8 spoke to Richard Preston, the author of The Hot Zone, to understand how it compares with previous outbreaks and its potential long-term impact.

With data-sharing enabling everything from smarter cities to more sinister surveillance, the public debate around privacy is becoming increasingly complex. Canvas8 spoke to Alisa Frik, a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, to understand how people are weighing up the pay-offs.