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Microfinance institutions and female entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa : avoidable female unemployment thresholds

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2023

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Microfinance institutions and female entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa : avoidable female unemployment thresholds

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2023

The present study contributes to the extant literature by assessing how microfinance institutions (MFIs) affect female entrepreneurship, contingent on female unemployment levels. The study focuses on 44 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the period 2004 to 2018. The empirical evidence is...

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ICT, financial access and gender inclusion in the formal economic sector : evidence from Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: African finance journal 20 (2018) 2, pp. 45-65

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ICT, financial access and gender inclusion in the formal economic sector : evidence from Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018

The study investigates the relevance of information and communication technology (ICT) in modulating the effect of financial access on female economic participation. Female economic participation is proxied by female labor force participation, financial access is measured with deposit and credit...

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Inequality and gender inclusion : minimum ICT policy thresholds for promoting female employment in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

fixed broadband subscriptions. Three gender economic inclusion indicators are also used for the analysis, namely: female … in order to enhance gender economic participation. First, for female labour force participation, a minimum threshold of … favourable effects on gender economic inclusion dynamics. …

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Inequality and gender inclusion : minimum ICT policy thresholds for promoting female employment in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Telecommunications policy : the international journal … 44 (2020) 4, pp. 1-14

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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 in sub-Saharan African nations. Three female economic participation indicators are used, namely female labor force participation, female unemployment and female employment...

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Enhancing ICT for female economic participation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022

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Female unemployment, mobile money innovations and doing business by females

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2023

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Female unemployment, mobile money innovations and doing business by females

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Journal of innovation and entrepreneurship : JIE 12 (2023), pp. 1-26

The purpose of this study is to complement extant literature by examining how mobile money innovations can moderate the unfavorable incidence of female unemployment on female doing of business in 44 countries from sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2004 to 2018. The empirical evidence is based on...

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