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The 'Amazon of Africa' faces a big challenge: No addresses

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She had eight hours, 32 packages to deliver and no addresses.

So, the woman on the front lines of Africa's burgeoning e-commerce industry in the Ivory Coast city Abidjan stayed on the phone, listening to directions: Look for the ice cream cart.

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