Purpose: This paper examines the effect of trade openness on youth employment in Sub-Saharan Africa, incorporating the roles of institutional quality and gender. Design/methodology/approach: The study employs the random effects estimator using a panel data of 35 Sub-Saharan African countries...

Environmental sustainability is a pivotal facet of sustainable development, captivating the attention of development researchers. Within this context, energy consumption emerges as a pivotal determinant influencing environmental sustainability variations among countries. This study delves into...

This study seeks to find out whether climate finance (CF) geared toward 35 Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) countries is assisting to achieve food security in the continent. To achieve this objective, we adopted FAO's classification of food security of 4 main dimensions: food availability, access,...

Exports in sub-Saharan Africa have struggled to generate the kind of growth witnessed in Southeast Asia on the background of rising government debt. This article considers the extent to which government debt, which has tripled since 2008, may have constrained export-led growth in the region....

Electricity is an important ingredient for development; however, inadequate electricity supply and its frequent fluctuations adversely affect the productivity and profits of small and medium enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In turn, the adverse effects pose challenges to economic growth...

This study investigated how trade openness influenced the connection between industrialization and emissions of carbon in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We utilized purposive sampling technique to select 28 SSA countries from 2003 to 2021. The study used Generalised Methods of Moments as the main...

Despite the gravitation toward Internet banking research in the information systems and information technology literature, scholars and practitioners, particularly in emerging and developing countries, have not fully explored the barriers affecting customers' intention to engage in e-banking...

There are concerns that while stringent capital policy may enhance banks' resilience, it may also have other unintended economic repercussions. This study contributes to this debate by investigating whether regulatory bank capital induces a trade-off between bank stability and economic growth...

This study analyzes how fintech credit affects bank lending in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and how this relationship is influenced by financial inclusion measured by bank branch networks. We utilized the system GMM to examine data spanning 19 SSA economies from 2013 to 2019. This study finds that...