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The mobile phone in governance for environmental sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nting, Rexon T. - 2021
In this study, we assess how the mobile phone can be leveraged upon to improve the role of governance in environmental sustainability in 44 Sub-Saharan African countries. The Generalised Method of Moments is used to establish policy thresholds. A threshold is a critical mass or level of mobile...
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Mobile phone innovation and environmental sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2017
Index are employed: educational quality, information and communication technology (ICT) and scientific output. Six CO2 …
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The mobile phone as an argument for good governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; … - 2018
Purpose- This study presents theoretical and empirical arguments for the role of mobile telephony in promoting good governance in 47 sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012. Design/methodology/approach- The empirical inquiry uses an endogeneity-robust GMM approach with forward...
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Is information diffusion a threat to market power for financial access? : insights from the African banking industry
Asongu, Simplice; Batuo, Enowbi; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; … - 2016
This study assesses how information diffusion dampens the adverse effect of market power on the price and quantity of loans provided by a panel of 162 banks from 39 African countries for the period 2001-2011. The empirical evidence is based on three endogenity-robust estimation techniques,...
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Reducing information asymmetry with ICT : a critical review of loan price and quantity effects in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara - 2016
This study investigates loan price and quantity effects of information sharing offices with ICT, in a panel of 162 … Moments and Instrumental Quantile Regressions. Our findings broadly show that ICT with public credit registries decrease the … price of loans and increase the quantity of loans. While the net effects from the interaction of ICT with private credit …
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The critical role of education and ICT in promoting environmental sustainability in Eastern and Southern Africa : a panel VAR approach
Shobande, Olatunji Abdul; Asongu, Simplice - 2022
and communication technology (ICT) matter to promote environmental sustainability in the Eastern and Southern Africa. The …
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ICT and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa : effects and transmission channels
Domguia, Edmond Noubissi; Asongu, Simplice - 2022
empirical results show that ICT use measured by Internet, mobile and fixed-line telephone penetration boosts the agricultural …
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Enhancing ICT for female economic participation in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022
This study investigates how enhancing information and communication technology (ICT) affects female economic … participation, female unemployment and female employment rates. The engaged ICT variables are: fixed broadband subscriptions, mobile …
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Antecedents of customer loyalty (CL) in the mobile telecommunication companies in Cameroon
Tarkang, Marymagdaline E.; Yunji, Ruth N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
The mobile telecommunication (telecom) sector has become the basic source of information now-a-days especially in Cameroon. It is used to transfer and deliver information through voice, video, data, graphics, and more at perpetually increasing speeds. The quality of mobile services does not only...
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Addressing the severity and intensity of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa : how relevant is the ICT and financial development pathway?
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Armah, Mark Kojo; Taale, Francis; … - 2021
The study examines the effectiveness of financial development, financial access, and ICT diffusion in reducing the …, ICT usage, and ICT access, ICT skills is remarkable in reducing both the severity and intensity of poverty. The results … further unveil that, though ICT skills reduce the intensity and severity of poverty in SSA, the effect is more pronounced in …
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