With Massmart and Edcon announcing plans to close stores, and general business confidence and consumer spending indicating a flat-lining economy, South Africa’s retail segment is undoubtedly under pressure. However, one segment going against the grain, and experiencing growth in the retail segment, is food deliveries.

Naspers, which spends a lot of time and effort looking at long-term trends, has, in the past three years, invested $2 billion in its technology-enabled food delivery businesses across the world, and is present in 36 markets.