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E-commerce, the buying and selling of goods and services over the Internet and other digital technologies has attracted much research especially in developing countries within the last two decades. Findings from such researches focused more on the barriers to e-commerce with very little on the extent of adoption. This paper utilized the findings from past studies and the explanatory case study methodology to describe the extent of e-commerce adoption in Nigeria. Recent attempts to transcend known e-commerce barriers and the role of banks and available ICT technologies are also discussed.
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Egbokhare, F., Ukaoha, K., Chiemeke, S. (2011). E-Commerce Adoption in Nigeria. In: Ariwa, E., El-Qawasmeh, E. (eds) Digital Enterprise and Information Systems. DEIS 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 194. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22603-8_8
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