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Despite the initiatives undertaken by the Tanzanian executive, a large digital gender gap remains in the country. Actions are underway to remove the barriers that prevent women and girls from accessing new technologies.
The Tanzanian government and the World Bank have reaffirmed their commitment to supporting women to access and use digital technologies.
Speaking on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at a conference on women and technology held in Dar es Salaam as a prelude to International Women’s Day, Nape Nnauye, the Minister of Information, Communication and Information Technology, said that the government and its partners are working to build a more inclusive and equitable future for women in technology in Tanzania.
The Tanzanian government has established a vast program in the ICT sector in which women will be able to participate in digital technology. According to Nape Nnauye, the ministry in charge of it has planned, from fiscal year 2023/2024, to provide short- and long-term training up to the master’s level to 450 ICT professionals employed in the government, mainly women.
In addition, the government is preparing to unveil the national strategy on the digital economy, which is at the final stage of its development. It will define strategies for a 10-year period whose goal is to guarantee a digital society while striving to eliminate ICT-related gender inequalities.
According to the Tanzanian ICT Commission, of the 1,011 male ICT professionals registered in the country, only 170 are women. So much remains to be done according to Nathan Belete, the World Bank’s National Director for Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The World Bank, by financing Tanzania’s Digital project, hopes to increase the number of Tanzanian women involved in the digital ecosystem.
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