Urbanized and savvy: Which African firms are making the most of mobile money?
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Keywords
Mobile Money; Africa; Firm; Urbanization;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
- G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
- L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
- O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
- O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2024-10-14 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2024-10-14 (Development)
- NEP-FDG-2024-10-14 (Financial Development and Growth)
- NEP-IPR-2024-10-14 (Intellectual Property Rights)
- NEP-MAC-2024-10-14 (Macroeconomics)
- NEP-MON-2024-10-14 (Monetary Economics)
- NEP-PAY-2024-10-14 (Payment Systems and Financial Technology)
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