Mauritius is the second top most e-government ready country in Africa behind Tunisia. Despite being ranked second in Africa for e-readiness and having the necessary infrastructure, Mauritians are reluctant to adopt e-government services. This presents a serious challenge for the government as the success of any e-government initiative depends on the willingness of the citizens to adopt such a service. A lack of e-government adoption hampers the realisation of benefits and is a waste of tax payers money. Moreover, empirical research on e-government in Sub-Saharan Africa is scant. Against this backdrop, this study aims to examine the factors that influence e-government adoption in Mauritius through a technology adoption lens. We employ an extended model using the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology and the government adoption model to investigate factors that would lead to a greater uptake of e-government services in Mauritius. Using a convenience sampling strategy, a cross-sectional survey of 229 Mauritian citizens was carried out. The findings of our study demonstrate that citizens perceive that using e-government will be beneficial to them with improvements such as time savings and faster feedback. Our respondents feel that there are adequate facilities provided by the government to gain access to e-government services. However, our research also shows that there is a lack of awareness amongst the public on e-government offerings. Citizens are unaware of the different online services available to them and thus do not perceive the trade off between the benefits of using e-government services and the monetary cost of using traditional government offices. Although, citizens have the necessary computer skills to use e-government services, they would rather choose not to do so. Unfriendly and overly complicated website to use, wrong design principles, and out-dated information may be the cause. Trust in the internet has been found to be an important motivator to adopt e-government services. On the other end, our findings suggest that there is a lack of trust in the government by the citizens which hampers adoption of e-government services. Finally, resistance to change inhibits citizens from choosing e-government services over traditional government offices. We offer further recommendations to policy makers in areas where interventions should be made.