African Journal of Economic and Management Studies

2010 - 2024

Current editor(s): Prof John Kuada

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Volume 13, issue 4, 2022

Investment and inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa pp. 525-550

Opeoluwa Adeniyi Adeosun, Philip Akani Olomola, Mosab I. Tabash and Suhaib Anagreh

Modeling the impact of green supply chain practices on environmental performance: the mediating role of ecocentricity pp. 551-567

Michael Karikari Appiah, Samuel Amponsah Odei, Gifty Kumi-Amoah and Samuel Ankomah Yeboah

Examining the performance outcome of intellectual capital: a parallel mediation analysis pp. 568-581

Enoch Adusei, Henry Kofi Mensah and Emmanuel Demah

Islamic banking and economic growth: fresh insights from Nigeria using autoregressive distributed lags (ARDL) approach pp. 582-597

Mosab I. Tabash, Fatima Muhammad Abdulkarim, Mustapha Ishaq Akinlaso and Raj S. Dhankar

Social media perceptions, readiness and usage in fostering sustainable growth of micro and small enterprises in Uganda pp. 598-613

Kasimu Sendawula, Saadat Nakyejwe Lubowa Kimuli, Peter Turyakira and Grace Kibanja

Relationship lending and financial performance of Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies in Tanzania pp. 614-635

Nathaniel Naiman Towo, Esther Ishengoma and Neema Mori

Pandemics and stock markets reactions: a panel analysis of emerging markets pp. 636-650

Eric B. Yiadom and Abdallah Abdul-Mumuni

Financial soundness and performance: evidence from commercial banks in Kenya pp. 651-667

Peter Njagi Kirimi, Samuel Nduati Kariuki and Kennedy Nyabuto Ocharo

Monetary policy, financial sector and economic growth in Ghana: estimating threshold effect pp. 668-682

Felix Amoaning and Ferdinand Ahiakpor

Electronic payment system and financial sustainability of tertiary institutions in Nigeria pp. 683-696

Frances Nwamaka Madu, Vincent A. Onodugo and Ejikeme Emmanuel Isichei

Volume 13, issue 3, 2022

Barriers of growth within an informal sector business: narratives of women subsistence entrepreneurs in South Africa pp. 328-343

Herring Shava and Willie Chinyamurindi

Constraints to formal small business performance in the service sector in Cameroon pp. 344-365

Martin Mulunda Kabange and Munacinga Simatele

Assessing the efficacy of employee training and internal control system on financial management of small and medium scale enterprises in Nigeria pp. 366-384

Oyekunle Oyelakin and Aliyu Abdullahi

Exploring kin and family support to young firms in Ethiopia pp. 385-401

Brajaballav Kar and Yimer Ayalew Ahmed

Financial inclusion and small enterprise growth in Africa: emerging perspectives and research agenda pp. 402-417

John Kuada

Performance of small businesses in Tangier: the perceptual role of location pp. 418-433

Yassine Sefiani, Barry Davies and Robin Bown

The effects of opportunity motivation and environmental contingencies on market growth strategies of African early-stage entrepreneurs pp. 434-451

Tianjiao Qiu

Innovation as a driver of SMME performance in South Africa: a quantile regression approach pp. 452-467

Weliswa Matekenya and Clement Moyo

The role of information systems for digital transformation in the private sector: a review of Egyptian SMEs pp. 468-479

Noura Metawa, Mohamed Elhoseny and Maha Mutawea

Factors affecting the probability of formalizing informal sector activities in Sub Saharan Africa: evidence from World Bank enterprise surveys pp. 480-507

Busani Moyo

Sustainable entrepreneurship practices in women-owned micro enterprises using evidence from Owino market, Kampala, Uganda pp. 508-523

Saadat Nakyejwe Lubowa Kimuli, Kasimu Sendawula and Shakilah Nagujja

Volume 13, issue 2, 2022

Asymmetric and threshold effects of public debt on economic growth in SADC: a panel smooth transition regression analysis pp. 165-176

Bongumusa Prince Makhoba, Irrshad Kaseeram and Lorraine Greyling

Quality financial inclusion and its determinants in South Africa: evidence from survey data pp. 177-189

Kudakwashe Joshua Chipunza and Ashenafi Fanta

Government domestic debt arrears and private investment in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 190-204

Evans Kulu, William Brafu-Insaidoo, James Peprah and Eric Bondzie

Return and volatility spillovers between South African and Nigerian equity markets pp. 205-218

Lumengo Bonga-Bonga and Maphelane Palesa Phume

A contextual study of co-worker relationship and turnover intentions: the mediating role of employee cynicism pp. 219-235

James Baba Abugre and Moses Acquaah

What drives bank lending? A closer look at bank lending types in Africa pp. 236-250

Philip Ayagre, Gloria Dzeha, Maryam Kriese and Baah Kusi

The Egyptian stock market's reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 251-267

Hanan AbdelKhalik Abouelfarag and Rasha Qutb

Alternative business finance: insights from selected informal savings groups in Uganda pp. 268-283

Ernest Abaho, Rachel Mindra, Ester Agasha and Aminah Balunywa

Labour force participation and unemployment rate: does discouraged worker effect hypothesis or unemployment invariance hypothesis hold in Africa? pp. 284-305

Isiaka Raifu and Oluwafemi Adeboje

Volume 13, issue 1, 2021

The value chain of traded products of medicinal plants in Tanzania: the emerging role of formulators pp. 1-14

Eziacka Mathew Mpelangwa, Jeremia Ramos Makindara, Olav Jull Sørensen and Kenneth Michael-Kitundu Bengesi

The relationship between financial development and economic growth in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) pp. 15-28

Siphe-okuhle Fakudze, Asrat Tsegaye and Kin Sibanda

Financial literacy, financial distress and socioeconomic characteristics of individuals in Ghana pp. 29-48

Alhassan Karakara, Joshua Sebu and Isaac Dasmani

The mediating role of cost of capital in the relationship between capital structure and loan portfolio quality pp. 49-61

Ester Agasha, Nixon Kamukama and Arthur Sserwanga

Moderating effect of bank size on the relationship between financial soundness and financial performance pp. 62-75

Peter Njagi Kirimi, Samuel Nduati Kariuki and Kennedy Nyabuto Ocharo

Innovation capability and SME performance in times of economic crisis: does government support moderate? pp. 76-88

Innocent Otache and Obal Usang Edet Usang

COVID-19 pandemic and entrepreneurial intention among university students: a contextualisation of the Igbo Traditional Business School pp. 89-104

Agu Godswill Agu, Onwuka Onwuka Okwara, Ebere Rejoice Okocha and Nnamdi O. Madichie

Pro-poor and inclusive growth in West Africa pp. 105-135

Opeoluwa Adeniyi Adeosun and Mosab I. Tabash

The impact of COVID-19 on stock returns of listed firms on the stock market: Ghana's experience pp. 136-146

Kenneth Ofori-Boateng, Williams Ohemeng, Elvis Kwame Agyapong and Ben Justice Bribinti

Overconfidence bias and stock market volatility in Ghana: testing the rationality of investors in the Covid-19 era pp. 147-161

Raphael Kuranchie-Pong and Joseph Ato Forson

Volume 12, issue 4, 2021

Has the low level of economic growth spurred informal sector activities in Uganda? An empirical analysis pp. 501-515

Stephen Esaku

Predicting hybrid entrepreneurship among secondary school teachers in Nigeria pp. 516-530

Adeola Samuel Adebusuyi and Olubusayo Foluso Adebusuyi

Bid-ask spread, corporate board and stock liquidity in emergent markets pp. 531-542

Wissem Daadaa

Volume 12, issue 3, 2021

Impacts of price, weather and policy changes on maize and rice farming in Togo pp. 357-380

Manzamasso Hodjo, Acharya Ram, Don Blayney and Tebila Nakelse

Exploring the nonlinear effect of size on profitability: evidence from an insurance brokerage industry in an emerging market pp. 381-399

Richard Kotey, Richard Akomatey and Baah Aye Kusi

Impact of idiosyncratic and macroeconomic risks on capital structure: evidence from SADC countries pp. 400-422

Lydie Myriam Marcelle Amelot and Ushad Subadar Agathee

Talent management practices: perception of registered nurses in Malawian public hospitals pp. 423-438

George Lewis Dzimbiri and Alex Molefi Molefakgotla

The autonomous side of EO and firm performance: the role of professional experience and entrepreneurial engagement pp. 439-452

Tesfaye Leta Tufa, Aselefech Hailgiorgis Belete and Ashwinkumar A. Patel

The impact of debt service costs and public debt on private capital formation in South Africa pp. 453-469

Sheunesu Zhou

Asymmetric effects of exchange rate on money demand in Nigeria: evidence from the new broad money aggregate (M3) pp. 470-485

Udoma Johnson Afangideh, Tuwe Soro Garbobiya, Farida Bello Umar, Nuruddeen Usman, Victor Unekwu Ocheni and Sanusi Muhammad Yakubu

Investigating asymmetric effects of public debt on economic growth in South Africa: a smooth transition regression (STAR) approach pp. 486-498

Bongumusa Prince Makhoba, Irrshad Kaseeram and Lorraine Greyling

Volume 12, issue 2, 2021

The comparative economics of financial access in gender economic inclusion pp. 193-207

Simplice Asongu and Rexon Nting

Sustainability responses to climate-smart adaptation in Africa: implication for food security among farm households in the Central Region of Ghana pp. 208-227

Samuel Dadzie, Emmanuel W. Inkoom, Selorm Akaba, Festus Annor-Frempong and James Afful

Effect of financial technology on cash holding in Nigeria pp. 228-249

Emmanuel Onyebuchi Onah, Angela Ifeanyi Ujunwa, Augustine Ujunwa and Oloruntoba Samuel Ogundele

Government spending and economic growth: a trivariate causality testing pp. 250-268

Olumide Olaoye and Olatunji Afolabi

Environmental risk, FDI and tax reforms: why we must worry pp. 269-284

Eric Boachie Yiadom and Lord Mensah

Economic growth and income inequality: a non-linear econometrics analysis of the SADC region, 1990–2015 pp. 285-301

Lindokuhle Talent Zungu, Lorraine Greyling and Nkanyiso Mbatha

Policy asymmetries and fiscal sustainability: evidence from Nigeria pp. 302-320

Opeoluwa Adeniyi Adeosun, Olumide Steven Ayodele and Olajide Clement Jongbo

Customer loyalty and value anticipation: does perceived competition matter? pp. 321-335

Ishmael Ofoli Christian, Thomas Anning-Dorson and Nii Nookwei Tackie

Does Eurobond issuance influence FDI location? Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa pp. 336-355

Lord Mensah, Eric B. Yiadom and Raymond Dziwornu

Volume 12, issue 1, 2021

Microfinance board and default risk in sub-Saharan Africa pp. 1-17

Haileslasie Tadele

Time series modelling, NARX neural network and hybrid KPCA–SVR approach to forecast the foreign exchange market in Mauritius pp. 18-54

Lydie Myriam Marcelle Amelot, Ushad Subadar Agathee and Yuvraj Sunecher

The asymmetry effect of oil price changes on inflation, and the welfare implication for Ghana pp. 55-70

Richard K. Ayisi

Financial development and economic growth in SADC countries: a panel study pp. 71-89

Clement Moyo and Pierre Le Roux

Regulatory changes and audit fees: the moderating effect of overlapping directorship and financial reporting quality pp. 90-104

Salau Olarinoye Abdulmalik and Ayoib Che-Ahmad

Women empowerment and adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices in Nigeria pp. 105-119

Funminiyi Peter Oyawole, Adebayo Shittu, Mojisola Kehinde, Gbemisola Ogunnaike and Lois Toluwani Akinjobi

Trade and jobs in South Africa: a case of skilled vs unskilled workers pp. 120-136

Brian Tavonga Mazorodze

Measuring pro-poor growth: a comparative study and a fuzzy logic-based method pp. 137-150

Rami Haj Kacem and Saoussen Bel Hadj Kacem

Testing for the Marshall–Lerner condition in Egypt: an empirical analysis pp. 151-170

John Adams and Ali Metwally

The power of diversification: Do African fixed-income investors have a chance in Malaysian Sukuk market? pp. 171-184

Fatima Muhammad Abdulkarim and Mosab I. Tabash

How can Africa cope with the COVID-19 crisis? A note on IMF lending conditionality and alternative policy ideas pp. 185-189

M.K. Jayamohan