Nigeria, Angola and Ghana lead globally in Women’s Entrepreneurial Activity Rate in 2021

 

Nigeria also ranked second globally for the number of ‘women professional and technical workers’ (59.1%)

The Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs has for the third consecutive year ranked Botswana (38.5%), Uganda (38.4%) and Ghana (37.2%) as the countries with the most women business owners globally.

The index also ranked Nigeria, Angola, Ghana in joint first place in women’s entrepreneurial activity rate. According to the Index report in both Nigeria and Angola, women’s entrepreneurial activity rate exceeded men’s even though women tend to be marginalized in terms of opportunities.

Nigeria also ranked second globally for the number of ‘women professional and technical workers’ (59.1%) while Angola ranked second globally in hiring intentions with 16.4% of adults planning to employ six or more people in the next five years.