Electronic commerce in the Arab world

The Arab world ' s e-commerce has spread as much as in all countries of the world. Electronic commerce has grown significantly in the Arab States according to the [digitality] standards (https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8B1%D9%D9%D9%%%D8%); however, this growth has not reached the expected proportion of the Internet.

1. The Arab nation has yet to stand on the path of exportable goods production. Only a few products are produced by Arab States and are not included in the lists of valuable global products, which reduces the opportunities of local firms to benefit from e-commerce.
2. Dependence on imported products and goods has led to high competition for local firms, which has become unfair competition due to the lack of domestically produced goods.
3. Although a large proportion of Arab consumers have shifted to shop shopping, especially during the period of the invasion of the Corona epidemic, studies have shown that this rise was based on the use of smartphones supported by high Nt speeds, as in the State of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, while this advantage will not be found in other States, as in North African States.
4. The major retailers in the Gulf States possessed all the advantages and benefits of e-commerce, following partnerships with foreign partners and high-capital persons, and were expanding their markets by bringing in new products and goods, for example, a market platform that the United Arab Emirates had built with the Amazon World Company, and the Allen Platform, which had partnered with eBay, which had facilitated the production of many new products.

How can e-commerce be developed in the Arab world?

Although the Arab consumer base has expanded to market through electronic commerce, local shops do not keep pace with this expansion, which has resulted in the loss of their customers to suppliers and shops offering foreign products, some of the solution to this problem is to build digital infrastructure, to address the constraints faced by emerging companies, such as facilitating electronic payments and accelerating Internet services, as well as to provide local firms with materials that would reduce their ability to compete with foreign firms and equal opportunities.