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Chukwu, Founder/CEO, Smart Hive; Halima Dangote, Executive Director, Dangote
Industries Limited; Morenike Hemba, CEO, Novaria Trust and Thelma Chukwu,
Founder/CEO, Roomies Connect at the ongoing Social Media Week, Lagos
As a part of its women empowerment initiative and
sustained drive towards showcasing innovative women-led technology
entrepreneurs, Dangote Group sponsored the “Women in Technology Session” at the
ongoing Social Media Week.
Speaking of the session, Halima Dangote, Executive
Director and daughter of Africa’s richest man, premised Dangote Group’s support
for women leader in technology on the need to “sustainably integrate and
empower women in the wave of digital led globalisation that is redefining
humanity.”
Halima Dangote, who serves as an Executive Director at
Africa’s giant conglomerate, Dangote Industries Limited, ignited insightful
conversations on the convergence of leadership, technology advancement and
gender parity.
She highlighted the multiplier effect any investment made
in women and girls have on economies and called for more deliberate women
participation in key leadership roles specifically in the ICT space which is
reputed to be traditionally dominated by men.
According to the World Economic Forum, “Women make a
smaller share of the overall workforce in technology companies and are even
more under-represented when considering technology related roles.”
To close the gender gap, more women need to be empowered
and encouraged to take up roles in the tech sector.
However, despite the increased focus on the gender gap in
the workplace and the society, significant gains have been recorded by organisations
invested in integrating and empowering women entrepreneurs. Worthy of note is
the “Dangote Foundation multi-billion naira micro-grant initiative” targeted at
rural women across the federation. The women empowerment initiative provided
financial resource to women beneficiaries and also cell phones to help connect
and share information in a progressive way.
In addition, the Dangote Women Network (DWN) active in the
area of championing professional development for women through collaboration,
also raised over N20million for women and children IDPs in Nigeria last year
and 4,000 Euros in Senegal.
Five women entrepreneurs’ at the “Women in tech session”
were able to pitch their tech-driven businesses, showcasing their strategic use
of technology in providing solutions to everyday needs.
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