by IPS World Desk (maputo ) Friday, September 14, 2018 Inter Press Service MAPUTO, Sep 14 (IPS) - Systemic inequalities based on gender, race, income and geography are mirrored in the digital realm and leave many women, especially the poor and the rural, trailing behind Africa's tech transformation.
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