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Payfast is Africa's leading payments business and a champion of small business. Get cracking with the simplest and safest payments provider for your business.  

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Payfast has partnered with Heavy Chef to champion entrepreneurs and small businesses in South Africa. At Heavy Chef, we will teach you how to get started with Payfast, get your e-commerce site live and your business paid securely. Here are some recipes to get you going: 

E-Commerce Payments

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Junaid Galant, sales manager at Heavy Chef partner Payfast, shares his experience with and knowledge about e-commerce payment gateways.

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Online Payments

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Jonathan Smit, Founder of PayFast, demystifies the most important component of e-commerce: taking payments online.

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Byron Clarence is at the helm of business development at PayFast, a payment service platform for merchants of all sizes. He unpacks the workings of South Africa's leading online payment gateway.

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E-Commerce Teams

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The General Manager of KOODOO explains how her company is fulfilling a niche in the online gaming space and how they've gone about growing an engaged and passionate team.

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Black Friday

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Colleen Harrison, former head of marketing at PayFast, shares some insider info on how to make Black Friday work for your business.

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E-Commerce Basics

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A pioneer of e-commerce in South Africa and the founder of The Insaka E-Commerce Academy explains the intricacies of starting and growing an online shop.

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E-Commerce Basics

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Digital marketer and founder-owner of Hells Bells Digital Michele Macnab shares how to choose and track digital marketing metrics that support your business strategy.

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Online Shops

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The Head of Communications at E-commerce Forum South Africa unpacks the online shop and outlines the power that e-commerce has to change the lives of many South Africans.

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Pioneering E-Commerce

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The CEO and Co-founder of Yuppiechef provides ten learning bites on crafting South Africa's most celebrated online success story from his living room.

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Find more recipes here. Payfast is also a premium partner of Heavy Chef events, which are free for Heavy Chef and PayFast members.  

Over 1m Businesses Use Payfast

Entrepreneurs, small business owners, e-commerce vendors across Africa trust Payfast to process their payments. Payfast allows you to securely and safely manage your transactions. Everything you need to ensure you manage your payments well. What's more, Heavy Chef will teach you how. 

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