- An IFC-World Bank research has found that women in small businesses are less likely than men to adopt digital technology
- Data used for the report was extracted from a survey of over 3,000 microenterprises from seven African countries
- The research also showed that only about 7% of microenterprises use smartphones and computers for business
Women working in small businesses are less likely to use digital technologies in Africa. Digital technologies include smartphones, computers, the Internet, online banking, etc.
This is according to research by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in collaboration with the World Bank titled, “Digital Technologies Are a Useful Yet Underutilized Tool for African Microenterprises.”
