Logo Lanfrica
  • Home
  • Atlas
  • Insights
  • Docs
  • Sign in

© 2026 Lanfrica. All rights reserved. All copyrights of the resources shown on the Lanfrica website belong to the original copyright holders, unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Digital divides among microenterprises: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa

Domain:

digital infrastructuresocioeconomic

Record type:

paperdataset
Creator:
Gir
Editor:
Bor
Publisher:
CCSDWil
Host:avatar
International audience AbstractThis paper investigates digital inequalities in usage within African informal sectors. In particular, we examine whether the uneven digital diffusion is embedded in pre‐existing socio‐economic inequalities. After identifying three segments of informal firms, we rely on multivariate and decomposition analyses to identify predictors of usage of digital technologies for business purposes and explain usage gaps between segments. Our findings suggest that digital inequalities are rooted in the vertical heterogeneity of informal sectors, with some firm characteristics significantly predicting professional use of digital technologies. In addition, we find that there are both common and segment‐specific levers for addressing digital inequalities between informal firms.

Visit

hal.science

Tags

ICTDigital divideAfricaInformal sectorDigital technologyJEL: D - Microeconomics/D.D2 - Production and Organizations/D.D2.D22 - Firm Behavior: Empirical AnalysisJEL: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O1 - Economic Development/O.O1.O17 - Formal and Informal Sectors • Shadow Economy • Institutional ArrangementsJEL: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O3 - Innovation • Research and Development • Technological Change • Intellectual Property Rights/O.O3.O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences • Diffusion ProcessesJEL: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O5 - Economywide Country Studies/O.O5.O55 - Africa[SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance

Licenses

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess

Similar

From Digital Divides to Digital DividendsThe interconnectedness of digital finance, financialization, and financial inclusion: Evidence from Sub-Saharan AfricaGlobalisation and Conflict: Evidence from Sub-Saharan AfricaEvidence of Digital Health Literacy among Health Professionals in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping review protocolRemittances and Financial Development: Evidence from Sub‐Saharan AfricaDeterminants of Scaling among Women-owned SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Ghana

From Digital Divides to Digital Dividends

This chapter approached the national digital policy as a target for bridging the digital divide to g

The interconnectedness of digital finance, financialization, and financial inclusion: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

The purpose of this study is to examine the interplay among digital finance, financialization, and f

Globalisation and Conflict: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Stephen Pinker (2011) advances that various forms of violence, such as homicide, rape, torture and c

Evidence of Digital Health Literacy among Health Professionals in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping review protocol

Digital health literacy (DHL) has increasingly become an essential skill for healthcare professional

Remittances and Financial Development: Evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa

Abstract This paper uses 5‐year non‐overlapping panel data for the period 1970–2013 to study the

Determinants of Scaling among Women-owned SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Ghana

Despite the proliferation of women-owned small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across Sub-Saharan Afri