Browsing: African youth digital skills

• An estimated 90 percent of African women do not use the internet, UNICEF reveals.
• UNICEF report says millions of girls are less prepared for the digital revolution in Africa.
• Governments in Africa urged to increase women’s safety online

While the digital revolution is believed to be reducing gender inequality globally, in Africa, the internet is largely a preserve of men. According to UNICEF, up to 90 percent of African women do not use the internet yet their male peers are twice as likely to be online.

Titled “Bridging the Digital Divide: Challenges and an Urgent Call for Action for Equitable Digital Skills Development” the survey warns that girls in Africa “are being left behind in the digital world and are the least likely to have the opportunities to develop the skills needed for 21st-century learning and employment.”

Girls less likely than boys to access internet

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• Mpesa has a 7 % penetration of the GSM base in Egypt and 40% in Ghana while having a dominant 90% in Kenya.
• Kenya’s 91 startups got the third-largest capital inflow in Africa.
• A report released by Disrupt Africa indicated that Kenya’s average investment size was $6.3 million.

Africa’s tech Industry received a significant reveal as Kenyan tech startups accumulated $574.8 million(Ksh 71.7 billion) in funding last year. This figure astonishes many within the industry since it truly puts into perspective the current direction of Africa’s digital economy. Nowadays, funding tech startups is one of the few ways governments and organizations plan to stay ahead of the 4th Industrial Revolution. 

It is crucial to understand that Kenya, along with Nigeria and South Africa are at the top of Africa’s tech industry. In Kenya, 308 promising tech startups have inspired various organizations and governments to invest in them Nairobi, is the …