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    Fostering Integrated Governance Quality through Technology Penetration: Thresholds of Democracy in Sub- Saharan Africa
    (Africa. J Knowl Econ 15, 9142–9173 (Springer Nature), 2024-02) Ejemeyovwi Jeremiah O.; Adegboye Alex; Umukoro O. E.; Asongu Simplice A.
    In the quest for the attainment of democracy with its fully unleased potential, the role of information and communication technology (ICT) is integral within this current knowledge economy disposition. The study explores the effect of mobile technology penetration on governance quality from the unconditional and marginal effects of mobile phones and diverse democracy indicators. The analysis is carried out by applying the instrumental variables (IV) Tobit regression to the data to examine the relationship among the variables of interest with a view to handling possible endogeneity issues in the empirical model. The study finds that weak democracy is detrimental to the effect of mobile phone penetration on integrated governance quality and that the higher the mobile phone penetration, the lower the weak democracy quality in SSA. The study concludes by recommending efforts and policies to be enacted and implemented such as the enhancement of mobile technology for concise quality governance.
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    The mobile phone technology, gender inclusive education and public accountability in Sub-Saharan Africa
    (Telecommunications Policy Volume 45, Issue 4,, 2021-05) Asongu A.; Adegboye Alex; Ejemeyovwi Jeremiah O.; Umukoro O. E.
    This study assesses the relevance of mobile phone technology in complementing gender inclusive education (i.e. primary, secondary and tertiary) to promote public accountability (i.e. involving horizontal, vertical and diagonal accountability dynamics). The study utilizes the generalized method of moments (GMM) technique to establish the empirical evidence based on 48 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2005– 2018. The following findings are documented from the linkages between mobile phone technology, inclusive education and public accountability. First, the interactions between mobile phone technology and inclusive education promote public accountability. Second, with regard to net effects, while unexpected negative signs are established, the corresponding positive interactive effects indicate that enhancing the penetration of mobile phone technology beyond some critical thresholds ensures positive net effects. Hence, policy makers should ensure that mobile phone technology penetration exceeds the established thresholds in order for gender inclusive education to positively affect public accountability.