Why Isn't E-Commerce Benefiting the Arab World?
Although headline measures of digitalization and e-commerce are growing steadily in the Middle East and North Africa, the outlook is anything but rosy. Not only is internet access largely limited to those with higher incomes, but the bulk of the goods and services being traded comes from foreign suppliers.
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DUBAI – For centuries, the streets of Cairo have been festooned with traditional lanterns to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan. In recent decades, the domestically produced lanterns were replaced by cheaper ones made in China. Yet owing to the pandemic’s disruption of global supply chains, Egyptian-made lanterns made a comeback last year. But whether their revival will last remains to be seen.