This paper explores the impact of selected factors that affect the
adoption of E-commerce among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana,
with emphasis on access to electricity. The data included figures for the
country’s population growth (PG), secondary education (SEC), individuals using
the internet (IUI), broadband subscriptions both fixed and mobile (BBS), access
to electricity (AE) and secure internet servers (SIS). The data was from the
year 2007 up to 2017.The main objective is to identify the various factors that impact e-commerce adoption in Ghana. This study uses regression to
conduct an empirical analysis on the
impactthese factors have on e-commerce in Ghana. The study found that access to
electricity had a strong positive relationship with e-commerce adoption in the
country. This can explain why e-commerce has not been broadly adopted and used
in Ghana since the
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