A new study from GSM Association has revealed 440 million women in Nigeria and other low-and-middle income countries do not own mobile phones.
The global body for telecommunication firms in its ‘The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2023’, disclosed that the underlying barriers to mobile phone ownership have remained affordability, literacy, digital skills, and lack of perceived relevance.
“Women across these countries are seven per cent less likely than men to own a mobile phone. 440 million women still do not own one and are proving difficult to reach. The top reported barriers to mobile phone ownership are affordability, literacy and digital skills and lack of perceived relevance. Women who do not own a phone were more likely than men to report that being able to use someone else’s phone made them feel they did not need one of their own.
It noted that seven per cent of women were less likely than men to own a mobile phone, which translated into 130 million fewer women than men owning one.
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