Mobile Internet Adoption Accelerates Among Women in LMICs, but Further Action is Needed to Close the Gender Gap: GSMA
May 17, 2024
London [UK], May 17: More women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are using mobile internet than ever before, 1.5 billion (66 per cent ) in total. In 2023, an additional 120 million women connected to the internet via mobile. Mobile remains the primary - and often only - way people in LMICs access the internet, accounting for 84 per cent of broadband connections in 2023. However, an alarming 785 million women remain unconnected, with approximately 60 per cent residing in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. This is according to the annual 'Mobile Gender Gap Report 2024' by the GSMA today.