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n increasing number of African women are taking the lead in the technology space, bringing with them a whole host of meaningful innovations and thought-leading ideologies that promise to impact the development of the continent; bridging the gender gap in a field that has long been dominated by men. The mobile technology revolution offers not only a wealth of social and economic opportunities, but new fortuity to empower female entrepreneurs in Africa’s developing and emerging markets who can benefit from the ever-expanding mobile value chain. Women entrepreneurs offer significant advantages to the field – such as blue-sky thinking and the
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