Connected Women | Mobile for Development

To date Tigo Rwanda has empowered over 70 women as Tigo cash agents and the impact on the women’s lives and businesses is beginning to show –Watch the video

Latest report from Connected Women on Mapping the mobile money gender gap: Insights from Côte d’Ivoire and Mali - Read more

Bridging the gender gap - Our report looks at mobile access & usage in low and middle-income countries

To date Tigo Rwanda has empowered over 70 women as Tigo cash agents and the impact on the women’s lives and businesses is beginning to show –Watch the video

Latest report from Connected Women on Mapping the mobile money gender gap: Insights from Côte d’Ivoire and Mali - Read more

Bridging the gender gap - Our report looks at mobile access & usage in low and middle-income countries – Read the Report

.@Easypaisa launched a mobile operator-led #solar #payg model. Here’s the findings from the #M4DUtilities grant… https://t.co/O6a1R6RMNQ https://twitter.com/GSMAm4d/status/878240040681431040
Thanks @kheimerl of @UW for a great talk on the #CommunityCellular project w @Facebook & @GlobeTelecom in the Phili… https://t.co/kJaafXDfUT https://twitter.com/GSMAm4d/status/878168381005877250
RT @GSMAEvents: #M360Africa will gather leaders across Sub-Saharan #Africa to evaluate #digital access & inclusion. Know more https://t.co/ …https://twitter.com/GSMAm4d/status/877897140873306112
Health hotlines have great potential in Africa. Chipatala Cha Pa Foni (CCPF) is one example in Malawi… https://t.co/PcWy4OkC81 https://twitter.com/GSMAm4d/status/877482544253554688
.@ESEYEM2M’s collaboration with #M4DUtilities grantee @_eWATER has improved water access for 12,000 people… https://t.co/AnVkOQUsnA https://twitter.com/GSMAm4d/status/877436079124688896

Connected Women Programme

Accelerating digital and financial inclusion for women

Our mission is to reduce the gender gap in mobile internet and mobile money services in low- and middle-income countries and unlock significant commercial and socio-economic opportunities.

In today’s increasingly connected world, women are being left behind. A significant gender gap in mobile phone ownership and usage in low-and middle-income countries is hindering growth for the mobile industry and means women are missing out. Successfully targeting women not only advances women’s digital and financial inclusion, but unlocks significant growth potential for the mobile industry. In fact, closing the gender gap in mobile phone ownership and usage could unlock an estimated $170 billion market opportunity for the mobile industry in the period from 2015 to 2020.

GSMA’s Connected Women works with mobile operators and their partners to address the barriers to women accessing and using mobile internet and mobile money services. Together we can unlock this substantial market opportunity for the mobile industry, deliver significant socio-economic benefits and transform women’s lives. When women thrive, societies, businesses and economies thrive.

This initiative is currently funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), and supported by the GSMA and its members.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation also supports the GSMA Connected Women programme, funding research to better understand where along the mobile money customer journey women tend to drop off more than men and identify opportunities for addressing key gender gaps in specific markets in Africa.