Abstract:In order to explore the origin of the development of cross-border e-commerce between China and Africa, clarify the influencing factors in this field, and construct its successful development path, this paper provides some references for enterprises to successfully promote the development of cross-border e-commerce between China and Africa, and for the subsequent theoretical and practical research of cross-border e-commerce between China and Africa. Based on the interviews with 14 enterprises that have successfully carried out cross-border e-commerce trade in Africa, this paper obtains first-hand information and analyzes it by using theScoding method ofSGrounded Theory methodologyS. The results show that there are seven main factors affecting the cross-border e-commerce trade between China and Africa, namely market factor, user factor, enterprise factor, platform factor, payment factor, logistics factor and policy factor. Among them, market factor is the driving factor, user factor and enterprise factor are the leading factor, platform factor, payment factor and logistics factor are the supporting factor, and policy factor is the guarantee factor. According to the integration and complementarity of various influencing factors, this paper constructs the development path for enterprises to successfully carry out cross-border e-commerce trade between China and Africa, that is,Sfocusing on user needs through market research; improving enterprise competitiveness by combining with their own resources; selecting and settling in the corresponding target platform according to the enterprise current situation, and; improving supporting capabilities by optimizing logistics and payment.