This study investigates the role of information and communication technology (ICT) development towards ending youth unemployment in the 48 sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1991 to 2018. Using a dynamic panel modelling technique, the study employed the instrumental variable (IV) regression, within the framework of the system generalized method of moment (GMM‐SYS) estimator. The results show that the low level of mobile phone subscriptions, broadband internet subscriptions, Wi‐Fi internet subscriptions and internet bandwidth exert a significant negative effect on youth unemployment. This means that ICT development reduces youth unemployment in SSA. Also, it was found that the number of households with access to computers has a negative but insignificant effect on youth unemployment; this shows the ineffective role of household computers in reducing youth unemployment in SSA. Based on these findings, we recommend among other things that, for government to optimize the expanding youth population, there is the need for further telecommunication reforms to reduce the cost of mobile phone technologies and improved ultra‐modern internet facilities in the region.

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结束撒哈拉以南非洲地区的青年失业：信息通信技术的发展是否发挥作用？

这项研究调查了1991年至2018年信息和通信技术（ICT）的发展对终结48个撒哈拉以南非洲（SSA）国家青年失业的作用。使用动态面板建模技术，该研究采用了工具变量（IV）在系统广义矩（GMM-SYS）估计器的框架内进行回归。结果表明，低水平的手机订户，宽带互联网订户，Wi-Fi互联网订户和互联网带宽对青年失业产生了显着的负面影响。这意味着信息通信技术的发展减少了撒哈拉以南非洲地区的青年失业。另外，发现可以使用计算机的家庭数量对青年失业有负面但微不足道的影响；这表明家用计算机在减少撒哈拉以南非洲地区青年失业方面的作用不大。基于这些发现，我们建议，除其他外，为了使政府优化不断扩大的青年人口，有必要进行进一步的电信改革，以降低该地区手机技术的成本并改善超现代互联网设施。