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Over 800 Million Women Need to Adopt Mobile Internet to Close Digital Gender Gap by 2030

A new report from the GSMA reveals that over 800 million women will need to adopt mobile internet in order to close the digital gender gap by 2030 across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The report, titled “The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2023,” found that women in LMICs are 19% less likely than men to […]

Caroline Mutuku Appointed As Glovo Kenya General Manager

Glovo has announced the appointment of Caroline Mutuku as the new General Manager for Glovo Kenya. Prior to her appointment, Mutuku was the General Manager of a tech startup that focused on revolutionizing mass transport in Kenya and will be replacing Priscilla Muhiu who was appointed to the position in 2020. Caroline Mutuku has six […]

Ensuring No Gender Is Left Behind The Digital Revolution

In 2015, Safaricom undertook one of the biggest and most complex projects to date, migrating its servers to Kenya from Germany. The project was one of a kind in Kenya, and probably in Africa. Announcing the successful completion of the project, then Safaricom chief executive officer, the late Bob Collymore, said thus in a tweet, […]

GSMA improves Women’s Digital Safety with Mobile Tokenisation

The start of the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the shift in how people get access to information, services and conduct business. As governments in most countries implemented hard lockdowns to curb the spread of the pandemic, mobile phones allowed people to stay connected and access critical services and information. This contributed to the growth of mobile […]

StanChart Women in Tech Incubators awarded USD 10,000 funding

The Standard Chartered Bank in partnership with @iBizAfrica-Strathmore University has today awarded 5 participating businesses KES 1,000,000 each in the culmination of the 4th cohort of the Standard Chartered Bank Women in Tech incubation program. The winning firms include: Ecila Films which produces films of authentic African stories Ufasiri Halisi SLI Innovations Limited which focuses […]

Bolt introduces #DrivingWITech campaign to empower Women in Tech

Bolt has unveiled a new campaign under the hashtag #DrivingWITech to empower women in technology across Africa. The campaign by the ride-hailing company will run throughout this month and is targeted at jumpstarting careers for women in the tech space regardless of their field. Help us get more kenyan women into tech roles. Nominate her […]