African women hit hardest as mobile internet gender gap persists
According to the GSMA's 2025 research, nearly a billion women in low- and middle-income countries do not own smartphones, and Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the world's widest mobile gender gaps.
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Sub-Saharan Africa 2nd worst region in mobile gender gap
In our increasingly connected world, women are still being left behind, according to the GSMA.
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OPINION: Why connecting women is key
Research shows that in an increasingly connected world, women are unfortunately being left behind.