The Ghanaian chief executive of electricity company Daystar Power, Olaedo Osoka, said on Monday that Africa was leading the way in gender diversity and served as a model for other continents.
Osoka was speaking in Accra ahead of the eighth Africa CEO Forum taking place on March 9 and 10 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The forum starts straight after International Women's Day on March 8.
"There is a clear economic imperative for diversity. Beyond intuition, empirical data shows that greater gender diversity gives businesses a competitive edge. Africa surpassed other continents in the representation of women in company boards and was a model for other regions, she said, adding that one in four board seats on the continent was occupied by a woman, compared to the global and European averages of 17% and 23%, respectively."Improving the representation of women isn’t only fair but also critical for sustainable economic growth.
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