Empowering Women in Tech as Mentors to Bridge the Digital Divide: Key Takeaways from the Digi-Equal Africa Launch
Nov 10, 2025
On the Coalition for Digital Equality blog, we share key insights from the panel discussion at the Digi-Equal Africa launch and explore how a gender-aware approach to mentorship can help bridge digital gaps in the tech sector.
Digi-Equal Africa is a platform dedicated to empowering African women in technology to share their expertise and become visible role models for young women and girls. Created under the Coalition for Digital Equality (CODE), a global network working collaboratively to bridge the digital gender divide in Africa, the initiative was officially launched on 22 October 2025.
The online launch event brought together women from academia, the tech industry, and the social innovation sector and featured insights from Dr. Winfred Onyas (University of Leicester School of Business), Eunice Baguma Ball (Ishango.ai and ATBN), Larisa Akrofie (Mastercard Foundation), July Andraous (Jambaar Capital), and Faith Oyepeju (Elenasy), with Nancy Masila (Jasiri Network) as the moderator. Together, through their presentations and panel discussion, they explored pathways to advance digital equality and offered a gender-aware perspective on mentorship as a tool for empowerment and inclusion, adressing the following questions:
Why is mentorship so important for bridging the digital divide?
What barriers hold women back from becoming mentors?
How can mentorship be made more accessible and inclusive?
Read our key takeaways from the discussion on the Coalition for Digital Equality blog.
