Effect of Gratification, Utilitarian, and Trust Elements on the Use of Retail Mobile Banking App in Africa: A Comparative Study

Sunday Adewale Olaleye, Richard Osei Agjei, Emmanuel Awuni Kolog, Joseph Budu

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Abstract

Information and communication technology has ushered in an era where business organisations are striving to create value for their customers to ensure retention. Thus, mobile banking flexibility is one of the reasons for developing mobile apps for customers. Ubiquitous nature of mobile devices provides an opportunity to run retail banking apps where many people can use at anytime and anywhere to engage in banking transactions. Using these apps, we investigate comparatively, the effect of gratification, utilitarian, and trust elements towards the use of retail mobile banking apps in Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa. The study conveniently collected data from mobile banking app users in three African countries. By analysing the data with SmartPLS, the results show a minor, major and no variations in the effect of Gratification, Utilitarian, and Trust elements towards the use of retail mobile banking app in the selected countries. These findings suggest that technology innovation inclusive should be encouraged in the development of retail mobile banking app in order to improve customer experience.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE AFRICON 2019
Subtitle of host publicationPowering Africa's Sustainable Energy for All Agenda: The Role of ICT and Engineering, AFRICON 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728132891
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sep 2019
Event2019 IEEE AFRICON, AFRICON 2019 - Accra
Duration: 25 Sep 201927 Sep 2019

Publication series

NameIEEE AFRICON Conference
Volume2019-September
ISSN (Print)2153-0025
ISSN (Electronic)2153-0033

Conference

Conference2019 IEEE AFRICON, AFRICON 2019
Country/TerritoryGhana
CityAccra
Period25/09/1927/09/19

Keywords

  • Mobile app
  • Mobile banking
  • gratification
  • trust
  • utilitarian

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