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The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the views of trade promotion organizations, donors, export associations and banks on e\u2010business financing in Ghana's non\u2010traditional export (NTE) sector, with the view to making policy contributions to the e\u2010business financing phenomenon in a developing economy (DE) context.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>The research design is qualitative since this is an exploratory study and deep preliminary insights were sought about a hitherto under\u2010researched information systems topic from a developing country perspective. Officials from the trade promotion; export association, donor and financial communities were interviewed to generate insights to help understand the phenomenon under investigation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>Some banks find it difficult financing e\u2010business in NTE firms because it is considered a new area with relatively higher risks and uncertainties. Banks would rather grant small loans to a few select small and medium enterprise exporters in an attempt to limit their default risk. The trade promotion organization is helping (albeit in a moderate manner) with up\u2010skilling for the improvement in e\u2010competencies in Ghana's NTE sector. The export product association in collaboration with the donor interviewed is in the throes of designing e\u2010business interventions in Ghana's NTE sector after recently completing an e\u2010readiness survey in the same sector.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>This paper presents a modest contribution to the export firm\u2010electronic business literature from a resource\u2010centered perspective, in a DE context. 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