In Tanzania, tourism is one of the most important sectors in terms of its contribution to the nation's GDP, employment and investment. Women entrepreneurs play a substantial role in the tourism sector. This res
Where is the banking industry in its digitization journey? Banking is in its second era of digitization, according to McKinsey senior partnerBrian Ledbetter. Traditionally, banks were anchored on a customer service arrangement that relied on branches and call centers. He says, “If you needed somet...
This acceleration is a sign of hard-earned progress and promise. While Africa’s increased economic momentum is widely recognized, its sources and likely staying power are less understood. Soaring prices for oil, minerals, and other commodities have helped lift GDP since 2000. Research from the ...
What country has the most lakes? What countries make up North America? What country has the most natural lakes? NAFTA is a trade agreement between which countries? What countries signed the treaty NAFTA? What are the imports of Ireland? What are the major imports and exports of Tanzania? Wha...
Chitundu (2022) conducted a study specific to the derivatives markets in Tanzania and identified several factors that appeared to influence their development, including the political climate, derivatives expertise, participant attitudes, financial infrastructure, and offshore competition. The study also ...
Africa is one of the continents that has committed to new and ambitious goals to achieve net-zero by 2050 or earlier. Infrastructure development and industrialization, which account for around 40 % of the world's energy consumption and nearly 35 % of its GHG emissions, are essential to the ...
What is traded in Oceania?Oceania:In the social sciences and geography, Oceania refers to an area that spans the Western and Eastern Hemispheres, encompassing much of the Pacific. As a result, Oceania is largely made up of islands, spread out over a sizable area....
The purpose of this study is to investigate how an increase in information-sharing bureaus affects financial access. We employed contemporary and non-contemporary interactive quantile regressions in 53 African countries for the period 2004–2011. Informa
The national culture dimension of power distance is positively associated with the stringency of publicly imposed social distancing policies. Uncertainty avoidance is the degree to which uncertainty and ambiguity are tolerated. A society with higher uncertainty avoidance feels uncomfortable in uncertain, unst...
This study explores the drivers of secondary market yields of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) sovereign Eurobonds from 2008 to mid-2017. Our results indicate that, beyond global ‘push’ factors, country-specific ‘pull’ factors such as inflation and GDP growth matter too for SSA Eurobond performance...