• Determinants of private sector credit extension in South Africa: a demand and supply side approach 

  Mathebula, Muhluri Tolerance (2023-10-02)

  The study examined factors that influence credit extension to the private sector in South Africa between 1990 and 2021. Over the past two decades, South Africa has experienced changes in macroeconomic conditions and ...
• The effect of value-added tax on economic growth in South Africa 

  Moletsane, Tebello Sylvia (2023-06)

  The study investigated the effect of value-added tax on economic growth in South Africa using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds tests approach for cointegration for the period 1991 to 2020. The results of ...
• Macroeconomic determinants of domestic private investment : a comparative analysis of three Southern African countries 

  Maluleke, Glenda (2022-11)

  The study examined the macroeconomic determinants of domestic private investment in South Africa, Botswana and Malawi for the period from 1980 to 2018, as well as the causal relationship between domestic private investment ...
• Assessing the impact of regional trade agreements on export flows : a study of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) RTAs 

  Kangudia, Yannick Kapambu (2023-10)

  Studies explaining international the impacts of regional trade agreements (RTAs) on trade flows in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are sparse. The available research indicates that inter-regional trade in SSA is limited because ...
• The effects of liquidity and solvency on South African banks’ performance 

  Kumalo, Nokuphiwa Lorraine (2023-03-06)

  This study examined the effects of liquidity and solvency on South African banks’ performance. The panel regression approach was used, applying panel data from 13 commercial banks over the period 2012 to 2022. The pooled ...
• The impact of corporate governance on occupational risks in South Africa's mining industry 

  Chikosi, Luke Charles (2022)

  Despite implementing various corporate governance (CG) frameworks, guidelines, and laws, mine workers continue to suffer from exposure to occupational health and safety risks. This study examines corporate governance's ...
• Rural non-farm activities in South Africa 

  Kgopolo, Coursetine Ogodiseng (2023-03)

  Rural poverty, underemployment and labour migration have continued to increase in recent years, reinforcing the importance of non-farm economic activities for rural households. Rural non-farm activities are an important ...
• De-risking renewable energy investment towards a low carbon development pathway : the case of South Africa 

  Mutanga, Caroline (2023)

  South Africa is a country that depends heavily on coal to produce energy. With the global outcry to address climate change challenges, a shift to renewable energy sources is critical. The change from large carbon ...
• Operational risk management guidelines for Ghanaian banks to advance Basel III compliance 

  Grebe, Gerhard Philip Maree (2023-01-17)

  The 2007-2008 global financial crisis (GFC) exposed the shortcomings and inefficiencies of the global banking system, and these weaknesses were not limited to only one country or economy. In addition, the financial crisis ...
• The impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on employment in Nigeria (1970 -2018) 

  Alabi, Blessing Bamitale (2022-11-15)

  The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows on employment in Nigeria from 1970 to 2018. Globalization has encouraged FDI flows, and this has enhanced economic growth and ...
• A macroeconomic viewpoint using a structural VAR analysis of silver price behaviour 

  Zurika, Robinson (2023-06)

  This article investigates silver price as a fluctuating commodity price since the financial crisis of 2007-2009. In this regard, a structural vector autoregression (VAR) was applied to observe the sensitivity of the silver ...
• A conceptual framework to eliminate internal cost of poor quality in the Zimbabwean gold mining industry 

  Ncube, Nathan (2023-01)

  The cost of quality consists of cost of conformance and cost of non-conformance referred to as cost of poor quality. To simplify, cost of quality equals to cost of conformance plus cost of poor quality and in this study ...
• Profiling momentum in equity markets 

  De Beer, Johannes Scheepers (2023-05)

  This study created a customised model and a custom index to profile momentum in equity markets. The customised model used a momentum term structure grouped into different entry zones to create visual profiles for ...
• The role of financial inclusion in moderating the incidence of entrepreneurship on energy poverty in Ghana 

  Asongu, Simplice A (2023-06)

  This paper assesses the role of financial inclusion in moderating the incidence of entrepreneurship on energy poverty in Ghana. The assessment is made by using pooled data and two stage least squares. The exposition builds ...
• Female unemployment, mobile money innovations and doing business by females 

  Asongu, Simplice A (2023-05)

  The purpose of this study is to complement extant literature by examining how mobile money innovations can moderate the unfavorable incidence of female unemployment on female doing of business in 44 countries from sub-Saharan ...
• The effect of inequality on poverty and severity of poverty in SSA: the role of financial development institutions 

  Asongu, Simplice A (2023-05)

  The present study investigates the incidence of financial institutions' dynamics of depth and access in the effect of income inequality on poverty and the severity of poverty in 42 Sub-Saharan African countries from 1980 ...
• Health performance and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa: new evidence based on quantile regressions 

  Asongu, Simplice A (2023-05)

  The present study investigates the nexus between health performance dynamics and economic growth in 43 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2004-2018. Four health performance dynamics are used, notably: total ...
• Military Expenditure, Policy Syndromes and Tourism in the World 

  Asongu, Simplice A (2023-05)

  This study assesses the importance of military expenditure in moderating the role of insecurity dynamics on tourist arrivals or international tourism in 163 countries. It is framed to assess how the future of international ...
• Public private partnerships and water and sanitation infrastructure development in Zimbabwe: what determines financing? 

  Mundonde, Justice; Makoni, Patricia L. (2023-04-28)

  Abstract Background Zimbabwe envisions being an upper-middle-income economy by the year 2030. The vision 2030 has infrastructure development as a stand-out pillar upon which ...
• Economic sectors and globalization channels to gender economic inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa 

  Asongu, Simplice A (2023-04)

  This study complements the extant literature by assessing economic sector and globalization channels for gender economic inclusion. The study is focused on 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 1995-2019 and ...

View more