How has Mobile Phone Penetration Stimulated Financial Development in Africa?

By Simplice A. Asongu. 2013

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Information Systems, Management Information Systems

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Mobile Telephony, Financial Inclusion and Inclusive Growth (2018, background): “These recent studies look at consumers’ preparedness to use mobile payment systems (Humbani & Wiese, 2017), use of mobile phone by entrepreneurs (Afutu-Kotey, Gough, & Owusu, 2017), the role of networks in the financial inclusion – financial literacy nexus (Okello Candiya Bongomin, Ntayi, Munene, & ”
Does the Use of Mobile Phones by Smallholder Maize Farmers Affect Productivity in Ghana? (2018, unknown): “Other benefits of mobile phones include boosting health services delivery (Kliner, Knight, Mamvura, Wright, & Walley, 2013; West, 2013), minimizing gender gap (Maurer, 2008; Ojo, Janowski, & Awotwi, 2012), enhancing financial inclusion (Asongu, 2013; Gosavi, 2017; Kirui, Okello, Nyikal, & Njiraini, ”
Environmental Degradation, ICT and Inclusive Development in Sub-Saharan Africa (2017, background): “…with the perspective that the greatest room for ICT penetration is in SSA, compared to other high-end economies in North America, Asia and Europe where the penetration of ICT has reached levels of saturation (see Penard et al., 2012; Asongu, 2013; Murphy and Carmody, 2015; Tchamyou, 2016).”
The Mobile Phone in the Diffusion of Knowledge for Institutional Quality in Sub-Saharan Africa (2016, unknown): “economic growth have recently been employed by Asongu and Nwachukwu (2015a) in predicting the Arab Spring based on negative governance signals.”
Reinventing Foreign Aid for Inclusive and Sustainable Development: Kuznets, Piketty and the Great Policy Reversal (2016, unknown): “While foreign aid has been found to worsen inequality (Herzer & Nunnenkamp, 2012) and governance (Arvin et al., 2002; Arvin & Barillas, 2002; Asongu, 2012, 2013a; Asongu & Jellal, 2013), nations with the best governance standards do not necessarily display lower levels of inequality (Piketty, 2014).”
The role of information and communication technology in encountering environmental degradation: Proposing an SDG framework for the BRICS countries (2021, background): “As an illustration, ICT has been connected with sustainable development (Byrne, 2011); economic prosperity (Asongu, 2017; Levendis and Lee, 2013), CO2 emissions (Tsaurai and Chimbo, 2019; Batool et al., 2019; Sinha, 2018), economic development (Tchamyou, 2017; Murphy and Carmody, 2015; Penard et al.”
The Role of Governance in Mobile Phones for Inclusive Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa (2016, unknown): “Consistent with Asongu (2013b), there is at least a threefold reason for adopting the GMM approach.”
Can Mobile Money Help Firms Mitigate the Problem of Access to Finance in Eastern sub-Saharan Africa? (2018, background): “This has resulted in a growing role of informal finance in developing countries (Asongu, 2013).”
Knowledge Economy Gaps, Policy Syndromes, and Catch-Up Strategies: Fresh South Korean Lessons to Africa (2015, unknown): “…institutional regime and economic incentives (Cogburn 2003; Letiche 2006; Saxegaard 2006; Nguena and Tsafack 2014; Andrés et al. 2014; Andrés and Asongu 2013a), intellectual capital and economic development (Wagiciengo and Belal 2012; Preece 2013), indigenous knowledge systems (Raseroka 2008;…”