Mobile phones, institutional quality and entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa

This study addresses the question of financial development and institutional quality influence on the environmental sustainability of some 13 countries from the sub-Saharan Africa. Relying upon pooled mean group (PMG) for panel data, we provide evidence which suggest that both financial development and institutional quality are statistically significant determinants of per capita carbon dioxide emissions in the region. More specifically, we found that without healthy institutions and sound financial system sub-Saharan African countries might not avoid environmental degradation experienced by advanced nations during their early stage of economic progress. Our results also support the EKC hypothesis in the region. In addition, the paper also shows that more openness to FDI inflows is good for the environment across the SSA. These findings suggest the need for institutional and financial service reform that supports robust environmental conservation.

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The Emerging Market of Sub-Saharan Africa and Technology Adoption

International Journal of ICT Research and Development in Africa ◽

10.4018/jictrda.2012010102 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 14-26 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Alice S. Etim

Keyword(s):

Mobile Phones ◽

Personal Development ◽

Emerging Market ◽

The United States ◽

Emerging Economy ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Mobile Technologies ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

Study Participants

In the United States, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries and several emerging economies in Asia, mobile technologies have become ubiquitous and core to everyday lives. The same cannot be said for many countries in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). The availability, affordability and use of information and communication technology (ICT) continue to pose a major challenge to the progress of this important emerging economy and their participation in a networked and “flat world.” Writers (Bishop et al., 1999; ADB, 2003; Fisher et al., 2004; Elijah & Ogunlade, 2006; Etim, 2009; Ssewanyana, 2007) argue for the use of ICT to enable the SSA population in the area of economic and personal development. This paper examines the emerging economy of SSA adoption of mobile technologies in comparison to the U.S.A and reports a study on the features that SSA students desire in mobile phones. The key finding was that study participants desired Internet access via mobile phones.

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Mobile Telephony in Sub-Saharan Africa

Encyclopedia of Mobile Computing and Commerce ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-002-8.ch100 ◽

2007 ◽

pp. 605-610

Author(s):

P. Ifinedo

Keyword(s):

Radio Wave ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Wave Transmission ◽

Mobile Telephone ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Mobile Telephony ◽

Cellular Phones ◽

Mobile Telephones ◽

The World ◽

Sub Saharan

A mobile telephone is a telecommunications device that connects its user to a network using a wireless radio wave transmission technology. In some parts of the world, mobile phones are known as cellular phones. Mobile telephones were first introduced in the mid-1980s (Marcussen, 2002; Sadeh & Sadeh, 2002; Sarker & Wells, 2003). Mobile telephony is diffusing globally due to a variety of reasons, including cost advantages in setting up the system compared to landlines, its small-sized nature, portability, and its ability to foster and enhance social relationships, among others (Plant, n.d.; Marcussen, 2002; Sadeh & Sadeh, 2002; Sarker & Wells, 2003; ITU, 2004; Anonymous, 2006). According to reports by ITU (2004), the percentage of total telephone subscribers that are mobile telephone subscribers has been increasing over the last five years. In 2005, mobile telephone subscribers were approximately 62% of total telephone subscribers for the five regions of the world.

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