{"id":32015,"date":"2023-08-17T07:38:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T07:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/e-commerce-readiness-assessment-report-presented"},"modified":"2023-08-17T07:38:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T07:38:34","slug":"e-commerce-readiness-assessment-report-presented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/e-commerce-readiness-assessment-report-presented","title":{"rendered":"E-COMMERCE READINESS ASSESSMENT REPORT PRESENTED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology engaged stakeholders on the Eswatini e-commerce Readiness Assessment.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>During the stakeholder engagement, project consultant, Mr Paul Baker, from Rise Africa delivered the headline results of the e-commerce Readiness Assessment.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the stakeholder engagement today in Mbabane, Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Information Communication Technology Phesheya Dube thanked all stakeholders for their contributions to the sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis report will become an integral tool in our wider digitalisation roadmap, and really catalyse Eswatini\u2019s transition to a digital economy We are happy that when conducting the assessment, Africa Rise has taken cue from the AMTAD, which is the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development \u2013 their e-trade readiness assessment methodology, and has also gone a step further to contextualise the assessment to Eswatini\u2019s landscape,\u201d said the Principal Secretary through his representative Andreas Dlamini.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ministry commits itself, and further implores the community of the private sector, non-governmental agencies, development partners, and all stakeholders to the implementation of policy recommendations that will emerge from the assessment,\u201d implored the PS.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the development of the National E-commerce Strategy was the next phase of the project.<\/p>\n<p>The survey is a joint project by the Ministry of ICT, Ministry of Commerce Industry and Trade and ESCCOM. 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