The objective of this paper is to determine the impact of FinTech on the financial inclusion of populations in sub-Saharan Africa where financial education is still low. To do so, data were collected on a sample of 35 countries over a period from 2011 to 2020. Estimates were made using two-stage least squares models and the Lewbel 2LS model. It is clear from the results that fintech contributes significantly to the financial inclusion of people in sub-Saharan Africa. Mobile phone ownership facilitates the use of financial services. It is noted that a 1% increase in the number of people using a phone would contribute to a 0.67% increase in the financial inclusion rate. The Driscoll-Kraay technique consolidated these results by showing that with 1% of people having access to fintech tools, there is an improvement in the financial inclusion rate of about 0.70%.
L’objectif de cet article est de faire le bilan de la microfinance en analysant son impact sur les conditions de vie socioéconomiques des populations villageoises en Afrique centrale où les microprojets manquent toujours de micro-financements. Pour atteindre cet objectif, une régression multiple a été appliquée sur les données collectées dans Global Findex. Les analyses montrent que les effets de la microfinance dans les zones rurales en Afrique centrale sont négligeables. On constate que l’ouverture d’un compte bancaire améliore les conditions de vie des villageois tandis que le microcrédit détériore significativement l’Indice de Développement Humain de ces populations. Les bénéficiaires des services de la microfinance éprouvent toujours des difficultés à financer d’eux même leurs soins de santé, à régler leurs factures des besoins de subsistance et à constituer une épargne. Cette étude a la particularité d’avoir analysé l’impact de la microfinance sur les conditions de vie des populations villageoises en Afrique centrale.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.