Close mobile gender gap in Africa to lift growth

When women thrive, societies, businesses and economies thrive. However, despite Africa's increasing connectedness, women are being left behind. A 2015 report on the gender gap in mobile access and usage by the GSMA, an industry body that represents mobile operators, highlighted that in Africa, 27million fewer women than men own cellphones and, that in some countries, such as Niger, women are 45% less likely to own a phone than men.