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Enhancing ICT for quality education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

This research assesses the relevance of information and communication technology (ICT) in primary education quality in a panel of 49 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012. The empirical evidence is based on Two Stage Least Squares (2SLS) and Instrumental Quantile regressions...

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Doing business and inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018

Purpose - This study examines how doing business affects inclusive human development in 48 sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2012. Design/methodology/approach - The measurement of inclusive human development encompasses both absolute pro-poor and relative pro-poor concepts of inclusive...

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Challenges of doing business in Africa: A systematic review

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018

This paper provides a systematic review of challenges to doing business in Africa. It complements the extant literature by answering two critical questions: what are the linkages between the ease of doing business and economic development; and what are the challeng es to doing business in...

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Tourism and social media in the world: An empirical investigation

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018

The study examines the relationship between tourism and social media from a cross section of 138 countries with data for the year 2012.The empirical evidence is based on Ordinary Least Squares, Negative Binomial and Quantile regressions. Two main findings are established. First, there is a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112181

Remittances, the diffusion of information and industrialisation in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

This study examines the role of information and communication technology (ICT) on remittances for industrialisation in a panel of 49 African countries for the period 1980-2014. The empirical evidence is based on three simultaneity-robust estimation techniques, namely: (i) Instrumental Fixed...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112192

Building knowledge-based economies in Africa: A systematic review of policies and strategies

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

Compared to other regions of the world, Africa is lagging in its drive toward knowledgebased economies. This study … their current drive towards building knowledge-based economies. These are discussed in terms of three pillars of the World …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389130

Social media and inclusive human development in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2020

This study investigates the relationship between social media and inclusive human development in 49 African countries for the year 2012. Social media is measured with Facebook penetration whereas inclusive human development is proxied by the inequalityadjusted human development index. The...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389172

The role of governance in quality education in sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2020

This paper examines the governance-"education quality" nexus in a panel of 49 sub-Saharan African countries over the period 2000-2012. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Quantile regression (QR) are employed as estimation strategies. The following findings are established. First, from the OLS,...

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The of role economic growth in modulating mobile connectivity dynamics for financial inclusion in developing countries

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022

positively related to mobile money innovations in the perspectives of mobile money accounts, the mobile phone used to send money …-side mobile money drivers and mobile money innovations to be positive: (i) 6.109% (6.193%) of GDP growth for mobile connectivity …

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The role of mobile characteristics on mobile money innovations

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022

This study focuses on linkages between bank accounts and supply-side mobile money drivers for mobile money innovations ….e., mobile connectivity coverage and mobile connectivity performance) for mobile money innovations. The empirical evidence is … mobile connectivity coverage in modulating bank accounts for mobile money innovations. Second, mobile connectivity …

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