“…The positive contribution of social media usage to economic growth is in line with the literature (e.g., Khajeheian, 2013 ). Social media has been associated with stimulating entrepreneurship ( Ukpere et al, 2014 ) including among SMEs ( Jones et al, 2015 ), firm performance ( Tajvidi and Karami, 2017 ), consumer marketing ( Tsitsi Chikandiwa et al, 2013 ) and coordination among businesses ( Diba et al, 2019 ; Juntunen et al, 2019 ). The lack of significance of internet usage on growth could be due to low internet penetration, a lack of ICT skills necessary to use the internet ( Haftu, 2019 ), or a lack of local digital content ( Holden and van.Klyton, 2016 ).…”