Modeling ICT adoption and electricity consumption in emerging digital economies: Insights from the West African Region

IF 10.1 1区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL ISSUES

Technology in Society Pub Date : 2024-11-08 DOI:10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102759

Isaac Ankrah , Michael Appiah Kubi , Sampson Twumasi-Ankrah , Frank Gyimah Sackey , Richard Asravor , Brenya Boahemaa , Derrick Donkor , Lilian Arthur , Christopher Lamptey , Eric Ekobor-Ackah Mochiah

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Abstract

This study investigates the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on electricity consumption in West Africa, employing a dynamic panel data model. The results show a significant long-term positive effect of ICT adoption on electricity consumption. Notably, internet connections increase the demand for electricity, with estimates ranging from 13.4 % to 19.3 %. While mobile phone subscriptions demonstrate modest positive effect of 6.85 %, personal computer ownership appears to have a negligible impact.

The study contributes to the existing literature by offering a detailed examination of the distinct effects of different ICT components on electricity consumption, incorporating a novel estimation approach and sensitivity analyses that account for the COVID-19 pandemic and the Anglo-French linguistic divide. What's more, the analysis constitutes an initial effort in the examining both short-term and long-term dynamics of the ICT-electricity relationship in West African region.

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新兴数字经济体的信息和通信技术应用与电力消费建模：西非地区的启示

本研究采用动态面板数据模型，调查了信息和通信技术（ICT）对西非用电量的影响。研究结果表明，采用信息和通信技术对用电量有重大的长期积极影响。值得注意的是，互联网连接增加了对电力的需求，估计值从 13.4% 到 19.3% 不等。这项研究对现有文献做出了贡献，详细分析了不同信息和通信技术组件对用电量的不同影响，采用了新颖的估算方法，并对 COVID-19 大流行和英法语言差异进行了敏感性分析。此外，该分析还为研究西非地区信息和通信技术与电力关系的短期和长期动态做出了初步努力。

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17.90

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14.10%

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316

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60 days

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