Ghana has the highest percentage of women business owners worldwide, with Uganda in third, according to the Mastercard Index of Women’s Entrepreneurship (MIWE). It examined 57 different economies around the globe, including Botswana, Ethiopia, South Africa and Uganda, with Ghana, Nigeria and Malawi as new additions. Ghana came out on top, with 46.4 per cent of businesses in in the country owned by women. African countries also scored highly in women labour force participation – with Malawi at 100 per cent, Ghana at 96.1 per cent, and Ethiopia at 86.6 per cent. The continent scored highly in terms of women Financial Inclusion with South Africa at 85.3 per cent, Ghana scoring 84.6 per cent, and 77.1 per cent in Ethiopia.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 08, 2018 11:15 UTC