Roberts, Simon2017-01-162017-01-162016-12-15Roberts, S. (2016). Thematic overview: Economic regulation and the development of telecoms, mobile money and banking. The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC), 17. https://doi.org/10.23962/10539/216312077-7205 (print version)2077-7213 (online version)http://hdl.handle.net/10539/21631https://doi.org/10.23962/10539/21631This thematic overview for AJIC Issue 17 discusses the lessons emerging from studies of electronic communications access, innovation and regulation in a selection of African countries including Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe, with particular emphasis on digital financial services.eneconomic regulation, telecoms, mobile financial services, complexity in policy and regulation, Southern Africa, East Africa, Nigeria, United States, ChinaArticle