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Addressing Digital and Innovation Gender Divide: Perspectives from Zimbabwe

In: Entrepreneurship, Technology Commercialisation, and Innovation Policy in Africa

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  • Aretha Mare

    (Techwomen Zimbabwe)

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Technologies have found their way into our everyday existence. While technologies hold the promise of unprecedented opportunities for disenfranchised communities, conversations around women’s access to digital technologies in Africa remain topical. Access to digital technologies in most of Sub Saharan Africa is limited to the passive use of mobile phones—one reason is the lack or inadequate levels of digital skills. Based on a practitioner’s experience and provision of digital skills training for over six years within multi-annual projects in Zimbabwe, the proposition is that interaction with digital technologies, supported by reliable infrastructure, and the right policy environment are all critical factors for the building of computational thinking and entrepreneurial skills among women and girls in STEM and ICTs.

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  • Aretha Mare, 2021. "Addressing Digital and Innovation Gender Divide: Perspectives from Zimbabwe," Springer Books, in: Chux Daniels & Mafini Dosso & Joe Amadi-Echendu (ed.), Entrepreneurship, Technology Commercialisation, and Innovation Policy in Africa, pages 33-54, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-58240-1_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-58240-1_3
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