Digital technologies and financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa

Arbeitspapier

The study investigates the digital technology-financial inclusion nexus in 43 Sub-Saharan African countries between 2004 and 2019. The methodologies are the Generalized Method of Moment (GMM) to take care of double causality and country heterogeneity and IV-Tobit to take into account the limited range in the dependent variables. At all levels, digital technology measured by ICT indicators of the subscription rate of fixed and mobile telephone users, fixed broadband, internet users and a composite indicator of digitalization have positive significant effects on financial inclusion. A further robustness check is conducted by computing a composite indicator of financial inclusion to determine how it is affected by digital technology. The findings indicate that the rate of financial inclusion in Sub Saharan Africa rises with increasing digital technologies. There should be more investments in terms of promoting financial and technological infrastructures and also in the human capital sector since financial literacy can play an important part in promoting financial stability and inclusive finance in Africa.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: AGDI Working Paper ; No. WP/22/034

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft
• Thema: Digital Technologies ; Financial inclusion ; Sub Saharan Africa

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Kouladoum, Jean-Claude ; Wirajing, Muhamadu Awal Kindzeka ; Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)
• (wo): Yaoundé
• (wann): 2022

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/269038
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ