Achieving gender parity in African business leadership
Friday, March 07, 2025 | 140 Views |
Seeing progress: Sheela Raja Ram
Currently, women hold only 34% of senior leadership positions worldwide, reflecting a marginal increase of just 0.5% from 2024.
In Africa, the proportion of women in senior roles declined significantly, dropping from 41.3% in 2024 to 36.6%. The year 2025 marks the lowest women in leadership representation over the past 5 years (2020: 38.1%), signalling a worrying trend.
Whilst the project received mixed reactions from members of the public, the project is indeed a welcome development, which needs to be implemented as soon as possible. Many shared their opinion, with those against the project decrying that if implemented, it will kill the already struggling public transport industry.Many countries around the world have state-run public transport, and those who have travelled to such countries will give testimony...