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Digital economy by women

The digital economy and space is being driven by different groups of people. How are women contributing?

Africa’s digital transformation would be nothing without the tens of thousands of people who have invested, and continue to invest finances, time and energy into propelling it forward.

They are the leading lights driving change in infrastructure, mobile connectivity, online activism, e-commerce and financial services.

Some are opening up digital cultural spaces or working to bring in investment for tech start-ups. Women in particular are doing amazing things in tech right here in Africa.

The digital gap is being closed by women participation pioneering new way of doing business in the digital space. Unleashing the potential of women in the modern digital economy is key for the attainment of economic prosperity.

According to the World Bank, a 10% increase in digital penetration could result in over 1% increase in GDP, while closing the gender digital divide could add up to 140 million USD per year to the mobile industry for the next 5 years.

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Patrick Mumbi

Patrick Mumbi is currently the Content Administrator at Hive Digital Media. Trained as a Journalist, he carries wealth of experience having worked across the media spectrum in print, electronic and currently in the digital media space. Patrick's current responsibilities include writing commercial content and most importantly ensuring quality control is achieved on internal and external content which gets published on various platforms. More »
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