In this chapter, the authors discuss the potential link between mobile money adoption and health outcomes, which has not received much attention in the existing literature. They empirically examine the effects of mobile money adoption on healthcare utilisation and spending of rural households in...

In sub-Saharan Africa, financial inclusion remains low, with households being more vulnerable to idiosyncratic shocks. Mobile money has been identified as having the potential to boost financial inclusion while closing the related gender- and rural-gaps in the process. Nonetheless, little is...

Purpose This study examines the comparative link between mobile money and entrepreneurship in East Africa. Apart from analysing our data to examine locational, gender and age heterogeneities in the mobile money-entrepreneurship nexus, we explore the potential roles of digital savings and access...

In this chapter, the authors discuss the potential link between mobile money adoption and health outcomes, which has not received much attention in the existing literature. They empirically examine the effects of mobile money adoption on healthcare utilization and spending of rural households in...