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Africa’s Digital Gender Divide

A study shows that African women use the Internet much less than men.

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Tue Sep 08 2015

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Despite exponential growth in Internet and mobile usage across Africa, African women are much less likely to get online than men, according to the 2015 E-Learning Africa Report by ICWE, an international events and media company. This gap, reported to be as great as 45 percent in sub-Saharan Africa, could be hindering the continent's economic growth—especially in the agricultural sector, where women make up the bulk of the workforce.

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