Essays about: "services and mobile phones"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 109 essays containing the words services and mobile phones.

  1. 1. Exploring the influence of ICT on Financial Inclusion and Mobile Money Services in Sub-Saharan Africa

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Noa Almfors; Klara Stenman; [2023-07-10]
    Keywords : Sub-Saharan Africa; Financial Inclusion; Information and Communication Technology; Internet; Mobile Money;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the influence of two types of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), internet and mobile phones, on Financial Inclusion (FI) and Mobile Money Mobile Money (MM) adoption in 24 Sub-Saharan African countries in the last decade. A unique feature of this research is the incorporation of an index measuring financial inclusion, developed specifically for this study. READ MORE

  3. 2. Participation, Empowerment and Power Dynamics in the Digitalisation of Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa; Ethnographic Research on the Smallholder Farmers’ Use of Mobile Platforms for Agricultural Development in Kenya

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Álvar González Bujedo; [2023-02-09]
    Keywords : ICT; Digital Services; Rural Development; Economic Growth; Poverty Alleviation; Social Practice Theory; Site Analysis; Participant Observation.;

    Abstract : Information and Communication Technologies, such as mobile phones, are hoped to contribute to rural development and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on that mobile platforms bundle diverse digital services, including financing, marketing, and value chain management, they are supposed to be of support to smallholder farmers. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Nature of Digital Extension Services in the Developing World

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Elliot Mackenzie; [2022]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The rapid diffusion of mobile phones and the internet in Kenya is hoped to be an effective solution to meeting the crucial information needs of smallholder farmers to improve their economic and environmental resilience. This thesis conducts a case study based on interviews with actors who provide digital agricultural extension services to farmers in Kenya to assess the Agricultural Innovation System (AIS), and its features and current trajectory. READ MORE

  5. 4. How financial regulation promotes financial inclusion in less developed countries

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Derick Okodi; [2021-06-24]
    Keywords : Bank regulation; Financial inclusion; BankCommercial and Microfinance regulation; Information asymmetry;

    Abstract : Aim: This thesis aims to examine how bank regulation reduces financial exclusion in Uganda. Methodology: A qualitative content analysis method was used to examine the Annual supervisory Reports of the Bank of Uganda and Journals about Microfinance institutions in Uganda to examine how banks regulation reduces financial exclusion. READ MORE

  6. 5. Circular- and Performance Economy in the Telecommunications sector - A study investigating Reuse, Recycling & Leasing of mobile phones

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Emma Ingvarson; Brynzér Evelina; [2021-06-11]
    Keywords : Telecommunication; Circular Economy; Performance Economy; Supply Chain; Reverse logistics; Leasing; Reuse; Recycling; Customer preference; Environmental Sustainability and Environmental Cost;

    Abstract : Telecommunication is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world and a critical infrastructure in today's society as individuals and firms are dependent on it to function. Meanwhile, emissions generated from the telecommunications sector are continuously growing and the sector is also accountable for environmental effects from waste phones and shortage of raw materials. READ MORE