/methodology/approach - The study employed the principal component analysis (PCA) to extract the index of ICT diffusion. First-generation panel … - The results confirmed that ICT diffusion, financial development and trade openness accelerate growth, whereas inflation … development growth but a unidirectional causality from financial development to ICT diffusion in developing countries. Originality …

/methodology/approach - The study employed the principal component analysis (PCA) to extract the index of ICT diffusion. First-generation panel … - The results confirmed that ICT diffusion, financial development and trade openness accelerate growth, whereas inflation … development growth but a unidirectional causality from financial development to ICT diffusion in developing countries. Originality …

Despite the momentous rise in ICT diffusion, and financial development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), their plausible … the direct and indirect effects of ICT diffusion on inclusive growth in 42 SSA countries over the period 1980-2019. We …

Motivated by the momentous rise in ICT diffusion, the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area … effects of industrialisation and ICT diffusion on resource mobilisation in Africa. To this end, we use data on 42 African … dynamic system GMM to show that although unconditionally both industrialisation and ICT diffusion enhance (i) goods and …

This study examines the joint effects of ICT diffusion (composed of access, usage and skills), and foreign direct …) FDI and ICT diffusion and corresponding components (ICT access, usage, skills) induce inclusive growth in SSA; (2 …) compared to its direct effect, FDI is remarkable in fostering shared growth in SSA in the presence of greater ICT diffusion …

Motivated by the momentous rise in ICT diffusion, the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area … effects of industrialisation and ICT diffusion on resource mobilisation in Africa. To this end, we use data on 42 African … dynamic system GMM to show that although unconditionally both industrialisation and ICT diffusion enhance (i) goods and …