Impact of Mobile Money Transfer on the Education Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa

2022 ◽  
pp. 487-505
Author(s):  
Albert Juma
Keyword(s):  
Student Interaction ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Education Services ◽  
Mobile Money ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Money Transfer ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sub Saharan

Digitalization of payments related to education has played a significant role in driving the fourth agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) aimed at providing free, equitable, and quality primary and secondary education to children by 2030. Since the launch of mobile money transfer (MMT) technologies by Safaricom in Kenya in 2007, many providers have developed a range of services to ensure efficient, transparent, and sustainable means of paying for school and college fees. This has led to enhanced teacher-student interaction times, reduced absenteeism, improved security in handling money, and made it easier for families to save, plan, and educate their children. This chapter reviews key success cases of countries and institutions that have digitalized payments and other education services to empower disadvantaged communities.

Impact of Mobile Money Transfer on the Education Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Juma
Keyword(s):  
Student Interaction ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Education Services ◽  
Mobile Money ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Money Transfer ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sub Saharan

Digitalization of payments related to education has played a significant role in driving the fourth agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) aimed at providing free, equitable, and quality primary and secondary education to children by 2030. Since the launch of mobile money transfer (MMT) technologies by Safaricom in Kenya in 2007, many providers have developed a range of services to ensure efficient, transparent, and sustainable means of paying for school and college fees. This has led to enhanced teacher-student interaction times, reduced absenteeism, improved security in handling money, and made it easier for families to save, plan, and educate their children. This chapter reviews key success cases of countries and institutions that have digitalized payments and other education services to empower disadvantaged communities.

Mobile Money Transfer

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Martin Kang'ethe Gachukia
Keyword(s):  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Mobile Money ◽  
International Remittances ◽  
Money Transfer ◽  
Sub Saharan

The chapter reviews the growth of mobile money transactions (MMTs) and their effect on international remittances and financial inclusion. The novelty of MMTs is its widening adaptation beyond Sub-Saharan Africa with increased confidence in use of MMTs by international humanitarian agencies and governments in reaching out to citizenry through government-to-people (G2P) as well as people-to-government (P2G) payment platforms. The chapter is conceptualized on the emergent themes emanating from the World Bank data under the G20 financial inclusion indicators in 60 countries with remarkable MMTs per 100,000 adults. Emergent findings from the data indicates of MMT benefits to small countries such as the Pacific Island countries, benign economic policies under West African countries, increased uptake of cash and voucher transfers through humanitarian support, and the pursuit of cashless economy through mobile wallets. In essence, the growth of MMTs is currently viewed as leap-frog strategy to the low- and middle-income countries embracing MMTs in promoting the sustainable development goals.

Reducing corruption and bribery in Africa as a target of the sustainable development goals: applying indicators for assessing performance

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kempe Ronald Hope, Sr.
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Ethical Behaviour ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Illegal Activities

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess African performance for substantially reducing all forms of corruption and bribery on the continent by 2030, through the indicators for achieving Target 16.5 of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Design/methodology/approach Drawing on the available and accessible relevant data from credible sources, this work quantifies, outlines and analyses the relationship between corruption/bribery and sustainable development as it applies primarily to sub-Saharan Africa; assesses the trends in the region through the official indicators for achieving Target 16.5 of the SDGs; and recommends other indicators for assessing ethical behaviour in African political, administrative and business leadership and institutions for achieving sustainable development and improved ethical performance towards significant reductions in all manifestations of bribery and corruption on the continent by 2030. Findings Corruption and bribery are found to affect all SDG-related sectors, undermining development outcomes and severely compromising efforts to achieve the SDGs in Africa. Consequently, prioritising corruption reduction including from money laundering, bribery and other illegal activities is a necessary requirement for achieving sustainable development, good governance, building effective and inclusive institutions as required by SDG 16, and funding the achievement of the SDGs. Originality/value The main value of the paper is the insights it provides through the very comprehensive compilation of statistical information that quantifies, and with analysis, the corruption/bribery avenues and the resultant deleterious effects on sustainable development in Africa.

Financing the Sustainable Development Goals in Sub-Saharan African Countries

2022 ◽  
pp. 32-51
Author(s):  
Alex Nester Jiya ◽  
Ernest Roderick Falinya
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
High Population Growth ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sub Saharan

The chapter seeks to provide insights on the alternatives for financing sustainable development in the Sub- Saharan Africa (SSA). It has been highlighted in the chapter that the region faces the danger of not attaining the SDGs due to poor political systems, climate change, high population growth and restricted economic growth and development. This comes in the midst of declining and unpredictable Official Development Assistance (ODA) plus other domestic and foreign financing instruments. Despite the constraints, the chapter has explored the potential for the region to attain and maintain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) way beyond 2030. Sub-Saharan Africa has a lot of natural resources and a favorable demographic structure. Furthermore, the region has shown some signs of industrial development of late and increasing regional integration which are key to economic transformation. Finally, the chapter has highlighted some policy recommendations in order for the region to realise its potential and attain the SDGs.

scholarly journals Land Use, Environmental, and Food Consumption Patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–2015: A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8200
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Chiwuikem Chiaka ◽  
Lin Zhen
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Sparse Vegetation ◽  
Local Methods ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sub Saharan

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) land use changes are primarily influenced by agriculture and its population. The region faces various challenges ranging from rainfall variabilities to poverty and insecurities, which further hampered food supply and production. The spatial analysis identified six land uses—agriculture, forest, grassland, wetland, urban, and others (i.e., bare land, water, and sparse vegetation), showing relative percentage changes. Additionally, information collected and analyzed shows that the Millennium Development Goals period witnessed increased agricultural land use changes in the environment to improve food supply, and farmers adopted local methods and native experiences to mitigate environmental particularities facing the region. Farmers’ landholdings are fragmented, and food supply per capita is low albeit rich in calories, and nutrition is still unbalanced, while bushmeat consumption is popular and serves as an alternative to animal-sourced protein. Concerted efforts should be made to improve food security and edge closer to the sustainable development goal during this decade.

scholarly journals Small-scale Automated Drip Circulation System

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-196
Author(s):  
Yaw Obeng Okofo Dartey ◽  
Eno Boamah Osei Antwi ◽  
Maryam Munagah Bassit ◽  
Elizabeth Ayaw Oduro-Koranteng
Keyword(s):  
Farming Systems ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Circulation System ◽  
Automation System ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Increase Food Production ◽  
Current Production ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sub Saharan

Hunger and Poverty are one of the major problems faced in Sub-Saharan Africa. To get rid of this problem in line with the aim of the sustainable development goals, there is the need to increase current production levels of food. This can be achieved by mechanizing farming systems and introducing technology to farming systems. This paper seeks to introduce an automation system that uses automated drip irrigation with a circulation system to efficiently use energy and avoid the amount of water wasted during farming activities to attempt to increase food production levels..

scholarly journals Tax Revenue Mobilization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Does political Legitimacy Matters?

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. p47
Author(s):  
Issa Dianda ◽  
Aminata Ouedraogo ◽  
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Keyword(s):  
Political Legitimacy ◽  
Physical Capital ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Tax Revenue ◽  
Fiscal Capacity ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Tax Revenues ◽  
Political Determinants ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sub Saharan

The mobilization of substantial domestic resources is required to finance human and physical capital in order to achieve the sustainable development goals. In developing countries like those of Sub-Saharan Africa, the mobilization of tax revenues remains a great challenge. In this context, identifying the determinants of fiscal capacity remains crucial to guide the adoption of appropriate fiscal reforms. Therefore, as part of the wave of literature on the institutional and political determinants of fiscal capacity, this article explores the effect of political legitimacy on tax revenues in a sample of 41 SSA countries over the period 1996-2017. The system GMM in two steps estimator is used for empirical investigation. The result shows that tax revenue increases with political legitimacy. This result suggests that political legitimization in SSA remains crucial to mobilize more resources in order to adequately finance the development.

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