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Information sharing and banking efficiency in Africa : a disaggregated panel data analysis
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022
The study assesses the how information sharing by means of mobile phones affects banking system efficiency in Africa with particular emphasis on income levels (Middle income versus Low income countries) and legal origins (English Common law versus French Civil law countries). The focus is on 53...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817804
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Testing the quiet life hypothesis in the African banking industry
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018
The Quiet Life Hypothesis (QLH) is the pursuit of less efficiency by firms. In this study, we assess if powerful banks in the African banking industry are increasing financial access. The QLH is therefore consistent with the pursuit of financial intermediation inefficiency by large banks. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872769
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Information for banking efficiency in Africa : evidence from income levels and legal origins
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022
The study assesses how information sharing through mobile phones affects banking system efficiency in Africa with particular emphasis on income levels (middle-income versus lowincome countries) and legal origins (English Common law versus French Civil law countries). The focus is on 53 African...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013461752
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112150
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112161
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112177
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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
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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
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Bank accounts, bank concentration and mobile money innovations
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2023
The present study investigates how increasing bank accounts and bank concentration affect mobile money innovations in …. From the findings, it is apparent that boosting bank accounts is positively related to the three mobile money innovations … positive outcomes in terms of money mobile innovations.Conversely,financial inclusion in terms of the three mobile money …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549269
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Information technology, inequality and adult literacy in developing countries
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M.; Rahman, Mushfiqur - 2023
The study assesses linkages between information technology, inequality and adult literacy in 57 developing countries for the period 2012-2016. Income inequality is measured with the Gini coefficient while six dynamics of information technology are taken on board, namely: use of virtual social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549368