Advances in information technology have created great opportunities as well as threats to organization in various business sectors all over the world. Though adoption of e-commerce is considered to provide substantial benefits to business; many business in Ethiopia still have not realized to adopt electronic commerce due to different factors. The main purpose of this scientific paper is identifying and examining the challenges and opportunities of e-commerce services in Ethiopia and beside it try to see what is e-commerce and types of e-commerce.
THE CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY OF ELECTRONIC
COMMERCE IN ETHIOPIA
Bisrat g/ab
BA degree in accounting and finance
Accountant at sikela branch
E-COMMERCE
The use of electronic networks to exchange information, product service and payments for commercial and communication purposes between individuals(consumers) and business, between business themselves ,between individual themselves, within government or between the public and government, and last between business and government. E-Commerce is applied via open or closed networks. v E-Commerce consists of producers, users, public or private organizations. Major Types of e-commerce
Business to business(B2B)Business to consumer(B2C)
Business to government(B2G)
Consumer to consumer(C2C)
Business to Business (B2B) e-commerce refers to electronic deals conducted between two businesses. For example, a restaurant orders prawns from a prawn producer or a bank Orders stationary from a stationary supplier
Business to consumer (B2C) e-commerce refers to companies that retail products (physical or virtual)over the Internet. Many of the Internet companies with high profiles and listed on some of the stock exchanges are B2C companies including Amazon.com and ebay.com. These companies operate in an environment where, irrespective of whether it is a local or international order, the client orders and pays by credit card, the system generates an