scholarly journals Access to Bank Credit in Sub-Saharan Africa: Key Issues and Reform Strategies

2005 ◽  
Vol 05 (166) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilio Sacerdoti ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Bank Credit ◽  
Reform Strategies ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Sub Saharan

Towards an Interactive E-Government System in Sub-Saharan Africa

2015 ◽  
pp. 213-228
Author(s):  
Charles Conteh ◽  
Greg Smith
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Electronic Service ◽  
Enterprise Content Management ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Sub Saharan

Governments worldwide, including those in Africa, are embracing the promises and prospects of electronic service delivery (or e-government). In particular, countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are moving towards adopting system-wide Integrated Communication Technology (ICT) and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems to support Electronic Government (EG) services. There are reasons to believe that Africa stands at the threshold of a new experience in this century, but there are also considerable challenges ahead. This chapter examines some of the prospects and challenges of the continent's adoption of Electronic Government. The discussion focuses on the rationale and characteristics of e-government in Africa, as well as its strengths and weaknesses, with particular reference to two countries in the region – Ghana and Kenya. The chapter concludes with a synopsis of some of the key issues as well as salient lessons to highlight the broader future challenges and prospects of e-government in Africa.

Nationalism and Islamic Legal Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa

2018 ◽  
pp. 161-188
Author(s):  
Todd M. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Legal Reform ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Northern Nigeria ◽  
Reform Strategies ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
Indirect Rule ◽  
Colonial Office

This chapter follows Norman Anderson’s attempts to foster legal reform in Northern Nigeria in the late 1950s by criticizing indirect rule and appealing to reforms associated with the Arab world. Despite his criticism of imperialism, Anderson developed contacts in Britain’s Colonial Office and utilized British imperial networks to attempt to spread reform strategies popularized by scholars in Egypt to countries emerging out of formal British imperial rule. Anderson was particularly concerned about restricting traditional approaches to criminal law in Northern Nigeria and justifying this restriction on grounds popularized by Arab thinkers that seemed to find wide support amongst Muslims.

scholarly journals The making of the central markets of Dakar and Kinshasa: from colonial origins to the post-colonial period

Urban History ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 412-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUCE BEECKMANS ◽  
LIORA BIGON
Keyword(s):  
Colonial Period ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Planning History ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Spatial Production ◽  
History Of ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Sub Saharan

ABSTRACTThis article traces the planning history of two central marketplaces in sub-Saharan Africa, in Dakar and Kinshasa, from their French and Belgian colonial origins until the post-colonial period. In the (post-)colonial city, the marketplace has always been at the centre of contemporary debates on urban identity and spatial production. Using a rich variety of sources, this article makes a contribution to a neglected area of scholarship, as comparative studies on planning histories in sub-Saharan African cities are still rare. It also touches upon some key issues such as the multiple and often intricate processes of urban agency between local and foreign actors, sanitation and segregation, the different (post-)colonial planning cultures and their limits and the role of indigenous/intermediary groups in spatial contestation and reappropriation.

Growth Effect of Export Promotion on Non-oil Output in Sub-Saharan Africa (1970–2014)

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-155
Author(s):  
Apanisile Olumuyiwa Tolulope ◽  
Okunlola Charles Olalekan
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
Export Promotion ◽  
Output Growth ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Bank Credit ◽  
Real Effective Exchange Rate ◽  
Growth Effect ◽  
Sub Saharan

The study examines the growth effect of export promotion strategies on non-oil output in the sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries between 1970 and 2014. The study employed panel data and three estimation techniques (pooled ordinary least square [OLS], fixed effect, and dynamic generalized moment method [GMM]) to analyze the data. In addition, export promotion policies (EPPs) such as commercial bank credit to private sector, foreign direct investment (FDI) to non-oil sector, real effective exchange rate, and government expenditure were used. Results show that all export promotion policy instruments used have a significant effect on non-oil output in SSA. Also, while bank credit to private sector have positive and significant effect, FDI, government expenditure, and exchange rate will crowd out growth effect of export promotion. The study concluded that favorable EPPs will stimulate non-oil output growth.

scholarly journals The Rise of the Service Sector in the Global Economy

2021 ◽  
pp. 270-297
Author(s):  
Solomon Owusu ◽  
Adam Szirmai ◽  
Neil Foster-McGregor
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Manufacturing Performance ◽  
Aggregate Growth ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Service Sectors ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Robust Evidence

This chapter examines the implications of the rapid rise of the service sector in the global economy and sub-Saharan Africa. The chapter discusses the growing importance of the service sector and key issues such as service sector productivity, the contribution of the service sector to aggregate growth and productivity, and the potentially positive contributions of services to other sectors. The review touches upon key issues such as the Baumol hypothesis of a stagnant service sector. The second half of the chapter focuses on tertiarization trends in sub-Saharan Africa. The chapter finds robust evidence of relationships between development in services and manufacturing performance and evidence of strong inter-industry linkages between the service sector and manufacturing. Countries differ in terms of which specific service sectors matter for manufacturing performance. It is important for policymakers to take these trends into consideration in industrial policy design to achieve the optimal outcome from any such policy.

Towards an Interactive E-Government System in Sub-Saharan Africa

2015 ◽  
pp. 1323-1338
Author(s):  
Charles Conteh ◽  
Greg Smith
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Electronic Service ◽  
Enterprise Content Management ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Sub Saharan

Governments worldwide, including those in Africa, are embracing the promises and prospects of electronic service delivery (or e-government). In particular, countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are moving towards adopting system-wide Integrated Communication Technology (ICT) and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems to support Electronic Government (EG) services. There are reasons to believe that Africa stands at the threshold of a new experience in this century, but there are also considerable challenges ahead. This chapter examines some of the prospects and challenges of the continent's adoption of Electronic Government. The discussion focuses on the rationale and characteristics of e-government in Africa, as well as its strengths and weaknesses, with particular reference to two countries in the region – Ghana and Kenya. The chapter concludes with a synopsis of some of the key issues as well as salient lessons to highlight the broader future challenges and prospects of e-government in Africa.

Towards an Interactive E-Government System in Sub-Saharan Africa

2016 ◽  
pp. 2171-2186
Author(s):  
Charles Conteh ◽  
Greg Smith
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Electronic Service ◽  
Enterprise Content Management ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Sub Saharan

Governments worldwide, including those in Africa, are embracing the promises and prospects of electronic service delivery (or e-government). In particular, countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are moving towards adopting system-wide Integrated Communication Technology (ICT) and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems to support Electronic Government (EG) services. There are reasons to believe that Africa stands at the threshold of a new experience in this century, but there are also considerable challenges ahead. This chapter examines some of the prospects and challenges of the continent's adoption of Electronic Government. The discussion focuses on the rationale and characteristics of e-government in Africa, as well as its strengths and weaknesses, with particular reference to two countries in the region – Ghana and Kenya. The chapter concludes with a synopsis of some of the key issues as well as salient lessons to highlight the broader future challenges and prospects of e-government in Africa.

Distance Learning and Virtual Education for Higher Education in Africa: Evaluation of Options and Strategies

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley Moyo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Virtual Education ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
The Status ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Education In Africa

AbstractThis paper briefly reviews the status of distance education and virtual education in the higher-education sector in Africa. The key issues affecting distance education in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are identified and discussed. An analysis of the major issues facing distance education in SSA is made. It is noted that the full range of opportunities offered by information and communication technology (ICT) for higher education in Africa is largely underexploited. Factors responsible for this situation are identified and a range of strategies is recommended for resolving this situation. Finally, a model of distance education that can potentially enhance the use of ICT in higher education in SSA is proposed.

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