In today’s increasingly connected world, women are being left behind. A significant gender gap in mobile phone ownership and usage in low-and middle-income countries is hindering growth for the mobile industry and means women are missing out. Women Agricultural Extension Services (WAGES) MOBILE is an ICT based mobile platform – which brings all agric offerings for small farmers under one roof. It connects small farmers to their various needs – Seeds, fertilizers, equipment, crop advisory & market linkage of agric produce. Our mission is to support our women farmers to increase food security and increase financial inclusion.
Our objectives are:
• Bring together proven e-agriculture solutions that will benefit women;
• Share knowledge on successful e-agriculture solutions and identifying ways of scaling up implementations at national level and Strengthen Community e-agriculture solutions with women farmers. So far reaching over 20,000 smallholder farmers across in Nigeria over the last 3 years with relevant information has improved the entrepreneurial success.

https://www.beauhavenfarms.com.ng

• AKWA IBOM STATE, Nigeria

• Youth
• Women
• The unemployed
• The poor
• Remote and rural communities

By providing funding and deep technical expertise to service providers, we support scalable commercial digital solutions that impact women, smallholder farmers and the agricultural industry at large.

Wages mobile works with mobile operators and their partners to address the barriers to women accessing extension services. Together we can unlock this substantial market opportunity for the mobile industry, deliver significant socioeconomic benefits and transform women’s lives. When women thrive, societies, businesses and economies thrive.

WAGES Mobile promotes WSIS values in terms of providing a forum for information exchange, knowledge creation and sharing of best practices, while identifying emerging trends and fostering partnerships, taking into account the evolving Information and Knowledge Societies to make communication information a global space. Contribution to the implementations of WSIS Action Lines and the Sustainable Development Goals Please describe how does the project contribute to the implementation of the selected WSIS Action Lines and Sustainable Development Goals. In line with SDG goals this project is to reduce the gender gap in digital agriculture and unlock significant commercial and socio-economic opportunities for women farmers to reduce inequality in the society. Through an innovative approach to financing, training, collateral, and the identification, delivery, and installation of vital assets, WAGES mobile provides women farmers with key tools to spur growth.