When women are empowered to fully participate in the economy, household income increases, businesses grow, and stronger economy emerges and endure,” Sean Cairncross, CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest female entrepreneurship rate globally, with approximately twenty-six percent of female adults engaged in entrepreneurial activity.

A report by GSMA states that “Women in low and middle-income countries often begin using mobile phones later than male members of the family and are less likely overall to own a mobile phone,” contributing to the high digital gender divide in the world. The digital gender divide is summarized by limited access and use of technology by women