Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta prioritizes investing in women in tech

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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta says he is determined to double down on efforts to back women entrepreneurs in Africa. Speaking at the online Africa Business Forum, hosted by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), he insisted that “our girls are equal in every single manner to our boys” and was committed to “work together not only in Kenya but across the continent, to ensure that women are able to take their rightful place in society.” ECA Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, appealed for increased efforts to lower the gender gap, where she explained that only “15.2 percent of innovation and businesses in the ICT sector is being done by women,” and as a result, “they need a lot of funding.”