” recognises the powerful potential that digital entrepreneurship presents for women. Whether it is in new business opportunities, in making gains in the agricultural value chain, in the health sector, or in creating access to credit, markets, clients, and global value chains.
This a reminder that the MPI is a frontline effort at creating an evidence-based, Data Demand and Use strategy for achieving the presidential mandate of lifting 100 million people out of poverty in a decade. The data in the MPI provides that overall, 18% of poor school-aged children experience inequalities in their household, compared to 2% of non-poor school-aged children. While 6 out of 10 girls aged 12–17 are poor, among those in child marriages, approximately 8 out of 10 are poor.
There will be no embracing equity if African women and girls are not included in the digital economy. We can solve poverty, health, and development gaps on our continent by increasing access to ICT solutions and the internet. Ensuring access to the internet and digital solutions is a must if we are to create and enable stronger economies.
Work with the private sector to collect better data on women in tech. There is a need for better, more consistent, and more transparent data on African women in tech to properly measure the current underrepresentation and account for progress moving forward.Providing small and medium business-scale women with basic technological tools and knowledge to enhance their business will create a huge impact on their local economy and subsequently the larger economies.