The coloniality of power in postcolonial Africa: experiences from Nigeria

Information Sharing and Banking Efficiency in Africa: A Disaggregated Panel Data Analysis

“…Drawing in the insights provided in Section 2, from the established overall positive nexus, it can be inferred that the mobile phone is being used as an information sharing mechanism to reduce differences in information deficiency between lenders and borrowers in the banking industry. It follows that contemporary concerns about surplus liquidity (Fouda, 2009;Asongu, 2014a) and investment challenges to African business (Fasakin, 2021;Ikeanyibe, 2021) can be partly addressed by the use of mobile phones as an information sharing instrument, since doing so improves opportunities for credit allocation needed for investment purposes.…”

“…Second, the literature on African business is consistent with the imperative to improve domestic financial development (Tchamyou, 2019;Taiwo, 2021) especially after failed attempts by privatisation policies to attract foreign capital (Fasakin, 2021). The need for domestic sources of investment aligns with the post-2015 inclusive and sustainable development agenda in the sense that external sources of finance like loans and foreign direct investment (Asongu & Tchamyou, 2015) are associated with exclusive human development and inequality respectively, in Africa.…”

Information for Banking Efficiency in Africa: Evidence from Income Levels and Legal Origins

“…Second, the literature on African business is consistent with the imperative to improve domestic financial development (Tchamyou, 2019;Taiwo, 2021), especially after failed attempts by privatisation policies to attract foreign capital (Fasakin, 2021). The need for domestic sources of investment aligns with the post-2015 inclusive and sustainable development agenda in the sense that external sources of finance like loans and foreign direct investment (Asongu and Tchamyou, 2015) are associated with exclusive human development and inequality respectively, in Africa.…”

Women's career in Vietnamese academia: An analysis from multiple lenses

“…The impacts of post-colonialism are not homogenous in different societies because of the interaction between the colonialising powers and the colonised structures and institutions (Fasakin, 2021;Catherine Hall, 2002). Analysis from a postcolonial feminist lens reveals three main themes including Vietnamese filial daughters, wives and mothers, the liberal women and the virtuous women with multi-layers of Confucian, Western and contemporary global influences.…”