What's the Story? Mobile gender gap hovers around 20%

Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert joins the podcast to discuss the status of the mobile gender gap in low- and middle-income countries, where the gap is widest, and what the barriers to access and ownership are for women.

Kelsey Ziser, Senior Editor

June 12, 2023

Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert joins the podcast to discuss the GSMA's Mobile Gender Gap Report. She shares the status of the mobile gender gap in low- and middle-income countries, where the gap is widest, and what the barriers to access and ownership are for women.

For a lightly edited transcript, please click the caption button in the video toolbar.

Here are a few topics we cover:

  • Updates about the mobile gender gap (00:44)

  • Differences between men and women in use of mobile Internet (01:45)

  • Geographically where the gap is greatest (04:02)

  • How spending on mobile services differs between men and women (05:59)

  • Challenges women face in cost of ownership of mobile phones (07:56)

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— Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Senior Editor, Light Reading

About the Author(s)

Kelsey Ziser

Senior Editor, Light Reading

Kelsey is a senior editor at Light Reading, co-host of the Light Reading podcast, and host of the "What's the story?" podcast.

Her interest in the telecom world started with a PR position at Connect2 Communications, which led to a communications role at the FREEDM Systems Center, a smart grid research lab at N.C. State University. There, she orchestrated their webinar program across college campuses and covered research projects such as the center's smart solid-state transformer.

Kelsey enjoys reading four (or 12) books at once, watching movies about space travel, crafting and (hoarding) houseplants.

Kelsey is based in Raleigh, N.C.

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