The nexus between economic growth, carbon-dioxide emissions, and energy use in Sub-Saharan African countries have newly started to be discussed at the regional level. This paper investigates this issue by adding urbanization to the model using a panel data of 23 Sub-Saharan African countries over the period 1993–2014 (see appendix), by using the Fixed/Random effect model. The study found both carbon-dioxide emissions and urbanization to have a positive and statistically significant impact on economic growth, while energy use is found to have a negative, but statistically significant impact on economic growth.
Economic growth, Carbon-dioxide emissions, energy use, urbanization, fixed/Random effect model, Sub-Saharan Africa
