The paper describes the scope of Ecommerce adoption in Southern African countries. This study contributes to the ongoing studies of identifying opportunities that assist in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Nine (9) by the year 2030.The research focusses mainly on Ecommerce adoption and its role in achieving the Sustainability Development Goal (9) which is to build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainability industrialization, and foster innovation in Sub-Saharan African countries. This research includes the literature pertaining to the United Nation`s Sustainable Development Goals Nine (9), Ecommerce as an innovation and its role in economic growth. Ecommerce is the purchasing, selling, and providing of goods or services using the internet which entail computer networks. Ecommerce is one of the innovations that enables businesses to provide products or services using online platforms both locally and globally. The objective of the study is to establish the main barriers of Ecommerce adoption in Southern African countries and to determine if Ecommerce contributes to the growth and sustainability of the economies of Southern African countries. The paper employs the use of quantitative methods such as an online survey to collect data from participants who reside within the Sub-Saharan countries in Africa. The quantitative data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics such as tables, graphs, and tables. The significance of the study is to highlight key challenges of Ecommerce adoption and to determine what needs to be done to improve Ecommerce adoption for sustainability and economic growth.

Keywords : Ecommerce, Economic Growth, Sustainable Development Goals (9), Cost, Infrastructure, Security, Ease of Use, Usability