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Understanding the greater diffusion of mobile money innovations in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Biekpe, Nicholas; Cassimon, Danny - 2020
mobile money innovations in Africa. To make this assessment, a comparative analysis is engaged between sampled African …, not all factors driving mobile money innovations in Africa are apparent in the findings of Lashitew et al. (2019). An …
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Information and communication technologies (ICTs) as catalyst for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) at the local level in Africa
Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice - 2022
towards SDGs in Africa. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013419123
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Information sharing and conditional financial development in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Anyanwu, John C.; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2016
This study examines conditional financial development from information sharing in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011, using contemporary and non-contemporary quantile regressions (QR) which enable the assessment of the effect of information sharing throughout the conditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417477
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Information asymmetry and financial development dynamics in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Tchamyou, … - 2015
We examine policy thresholds of information sharing for financial development in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011. Public credit registries (PCR) and private credit bureaus (PCB) are used as proxies for reducing information asymmetry whereas financial development includes all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408485
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African stock market performance dynamics : a multidimensional convergence assessment
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
empirical evidence is premised on 11 homogenous panels based on regions (sub-Saharan and North Africa), income-levels (Low …-Saharan Africa reveals conditional convergence in relation to per capita number of listed companies. The speed of convergence for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410266
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Remittances and the future of African economies
Adekunle, Ibrahim A.; Tella, Sheriffdeen A. - 2021
remains mostly underdeveloped. The altruistic motives of sending remittances to Africa are likely to fade with time. In this … financial development in Africa. The result further revealed that the exchange rate negatively influences financial development … in Africa. Based on the findings, it is suggested that, while attracting migrants' transfers which can have significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603078
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The comparative economics of financial access in gender economic inclusion
Asongu, Simplice; Nting, Rexon T. - 2020
The study has investigated the comparative importance of financial access in promoting gender inclusion in African countries. Gender inclusion is proxied by the female labour participation rate while financial channels include: financial system deposits and private domestic credit. The empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012321104
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Inequality, ICT and financial access in Africa
Tchamyou, Vanessa S.; Erreygers, Guido; Cassimon, Danny - 2018
This study investigates the role of information and communication technology (ICT) on income inequality through financial development dynamics of depth (money supply and liquid liabilities), efficiency (at banking and financial system levels), activity (from banking and financial system...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998776
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Information asymmetry and insurance in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2020
In this study, we assess the relevance of decreasing information asymmetry on life and nonlife insurance consumption, by using data from 48 African countries during the period 2004-2014. Reduced information asymmetry is proxied by information sharing offices, namely: public credit registries and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012254503
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Information asymmetry and financial dollarization in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Raheem, Ibrahim D.; Tchamyou, Venessa S. - 2016
Financial dollarization in Sub-Saharan Africa is the most persistent compared to other regions of the world. This study … complements the existing scant literature on dollarization in Africa by assessing the role of information sharing offices (public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011586938