E-readiness is an essential element in the advancement of ICT in higher education.It helps us to understand the ability of higher education institutions to tap into the benefits of the digital age. Studies on ereadiness accession have been focused solely on technology. The people, process and technology nexus is integral in harnessing the opportunities of existing and emerging technology solutions. This study reviews the traditional approaches to e-readiness assessment in higher education and proposes a novel e-readiness assessment model for higher education institutions. The people, process and technology nexus and service quality nutshell are used as the basis for the assessment e-readiness accession. A survey of 5 universities has been carried out. Data has been analyzed using descriptive statistics and bivariate correlation. The e-readiness accession on people, process and technology (ERA PPT) nexus is very significantly and positively correlated with the e-readiness accession on service quality (ERA SQ) nutshell with r=0.811 (p< 0.001). The ERA PPT has a very significant positive correlation with the observed overall e-readiness accession index for the institutions surveyed with r=0.971 (p< 0.001). ERA SQ on the other hand is also very significantly positively correlated with the observed overall e-readiness accession index for the institutions surveyed with r=0.933 (p< 0.001).