Women get more access to cellphones

A woman surfs the web on her tablet. Facebook is looking to tap its more than five million users in Kenya. [Courtesy, Standard]

About 80 per cent of women in low and middle-income countries are now mobile owners, even as closing the mobile gender gap in these markets presents a significant commercial opportunity for the industry over the next five years.

According to a new GSMA report released late February, 250 million more women became mobile owners in low and middle-income countries since 2014.