The E-commerce Association of Ghana was launched to set standards and encourage best practices in Ghana’s e-Commerce industry. The Association includes; stakeholders in the e-commerce, comprising online merchants and marketplaces; payment gateways; Internet Service Providers; and courier companies. Mr Paul Asinor, the Executive Director of the Association, told the GNA that it would represent interests …

A number of Ghanaian e-commerce companies will now have the opportunity to effectively explore opportunities in the e-commerce sector, following the operationalization of a tool that provides business data and analysis on local African e-commerce marketplaces. The tool is thought to be the first-ever to offer online Africa-wide analysis of business-to-consumer (B2C) marketplaces, detailing the …

A report by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has noted that e-commerce is flourishing in the wake of the COVID-19 and the accompanying measures to forestall its spread which include lockdowns. The report noted that one of the most significant segments of online purchasing by value, tourism and travel has plummeted as a result of …