The inaugural Africa summit on women and girls in technology is currently ongoing in Accra Ghana. The summit is organised by the Webfoundation and the Alliance for affordable Internet (A4ai) in conjunction with their partners to focus on the link between technology policy and women empowerment .
The Summit is organised around the need to bridge the gender gap and digital divide through policy solutions thought of by women across Africa for women. A4ai has a report which shows 5 critical areas where work needs to be done. The areas are-Internet access and women's empowerment, affordability, digital skills and education, relevant content and services and online safety
The Summit boasts of high powered speakers and panelists such as Chair of A4ai and former Nigerian minister of communications technology Dr. Omobola Johnson, Head of the Liberian regulatory agency, Angelique Weeks, Anne Githuku Shongwe, the UN Women head of Southern African countries, Dorothy Gordon of the Kofi Annan Centre for Excellence and Foster Ofusu of AFDB the self proclaimed woman is the on the panel. Lol!
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