As of 2020, the majority of the top managers in Africa were males. In South Africa, nearly 39 percent of the businesses had a female top manager, the highest share registered in the continent. Rwanda and Kenya followed with around 22 percent and 18 percent of the firms managed by women. However, other African countries recorded considerably higher levels of gender disparity. Only around five percent of the business enterprises in Morocco had a female top manager as of the same period.
Share of businesses with female top manager in selected African countries between 2018 and 2020
Data as of 2020: Egypt, South Africa, and Tunisia.
Data as of 2019: Morocco, Rwanda, and Zambia.
Data as of 2018: Chad, The Gambia, Kenya, and Mozambique.
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