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March 17, 2026Open Access

Digital Economy and Trade: Evidence from South Africa

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ICIreen ChogaPMPrecious Macheve

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Analysis shows digital economy positively impacts trade in South Africa, suggesting policy enhancements for digital inclusion.

Key Points

  • This research aims to explore the impact of the digital economy on trade in South Africa from 1990 to 2022.
  • Applied the Autoregressive Distributed Lags (ARDL) approach for analysis.
  • Investigated factors like internet users, literacy rate, economic globalisation, and foreign direct investment.
  • Examined the relationship between these variables and trade share.
  • Increased internet users positively influence trade share in the long run.
  • Positive relationships found between literacy rate, economic globalisation, and foreign direct investment with trade share.
  • Overall, enhancing digital access and literacy correlates with improved trade outcomes.

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Choga et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b8f11edeb47d591b8c608ehttps://doi.org/10.14276/2285-0430.5027
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