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The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2020: 300 Million Fewer Women than Men Use Mobile Internet

Eunniah MbabazibyEunniah Mbabazi
April 6, 2020
in Kenyan News, Global News, Technology
Reading Time: 3 min
The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2020: 300 Million Fewer Women than Men Use Mobile Internet

The mobile gender gap refers to how much less likely a woman is to use mobile internet than a man, at least once in the last three months. Every year, GSMA Intelligence conducts surveys to determine whether the mobile gemder gap is increasing, or narrowing, or remaining constant.

A survey done by GSMA Intelligence across 15 low- and middle-income countries, sampling 16,000 individuals in 2019 reveals the following:

  • 54% of women now use the internet
  • Women are 8% less likely to own a mobile phone, translating to 165 million fewer women than men owning a mobile phone
  • Women are 20% less likely to use the internet on a mobile
  • 300 million fewer women than men use mobile internet

Furthermore, the gender gap is largest in South Asia at 51%, with Sub-Saharan Africa coming second at 37%.

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Male and female mobile ownership and mobile internet use by country. Image courtesy; GSMA Intelligence

However, even as the mobile internet gender gap has narrowed over the years to bring an additional 236 million women online, women on average still use a smaller range of services in all 15 countries surveyed. The following factors contribute to this:

  • Handset affordability, resulting into most of them having only basic phones, with no internet access
  • Lack of literacy and digital skills
  • Safety concerns, particularly in Latin America

Barriers to mobile ownership and internet use. Image courtesy; GSMA Intelligence

According to the report, 2.9 billion people now access the internet on their mobile phones in low- and middle-income countries. However, it notes that narrowing and eventually closing the gender gap could deliver an additional $700 billion in GDP growth and another $140 billion in additional revenue to the mobile industry.

In summary, 1.2 billion women now own a smartphone in low and middle-income countries, which shows an 11% increase, from 44% to 55%.

See Also:

African VC Eyes $60m for Women-Led Startups

Report; Uganda has the Most Entrepreneurial Women in the World



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