Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Its Effects on Social and Political Inclusion in Africa

Abisola Akinola () and Olaniyi Evans
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Abisola Akinola: Pan-Atlantic University, Accounting Department, School of Management and Social Sciences

Chapter Chapter 3 in Economic Inclusion in Post-Independence Africa, 2023, pp 45-58 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Available statistics show that the overall social and political inclusion remains at startlingly low levels in many societies. However, it is believed that information communication technologies (ICT) can provide veritable tools for the promotion of social and political inclusion. This study, therefore, investigates the effects of ICT on social and political inclusion, using a system generalized method of moments for the case of Africa for the period 1995–2018. The empirical results show that ICT has a positive statistically significant effect on social and political inclusion, indicating that the higher the levels of ICT, the higher the levels of social and political inclusion. Whereas most of the studies in the literature have suggested a relationship between ICT and social inclusion, on one hand, and IC and political inclusion, on the other, this study has pushed the envelope and expanded the literature by confirming empirically the significant positive effect of ICT on social and political inclusion. Along these lines, the study shows that ICT plays an important role in social and political inclusion. ICT, therefore, holds much potential to foster social and political inclusion. It is recommended that the government of individual countries in Africa should increase efforts in fostering robust economies and sound institutions needed for the absolute implementation of ICT, to take advantage of all the benefits required for social and political inclusion.

Keywords: ICT; Political inclusion; Social inclusion; System generalized method of moments estimator (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-31431-5_3

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