This report is intended to do – provide aggregate information on women serving on the boards of companies listed in the stock exchanges of 12 large economies in the region as ranked by the World Bank. Beyond the numbers, the precise names of companies with and without women directors are indicated, as well as the names of women currently serving on these corporate boards. The difficulties encountered by researchers in securing the data already point to a need for greater transparency and access to current corporate information equivalent to those available in other regions of the world. The low percentage of women directors in the African countries covered will not surprise anyone, but it should be noted that numbers globally are indeed low, except in those countries, which have decided to do something about improving those numbers as noted above. The African percentage of women directors actually surpasses the percentages in other regions of the world. What is evident, however, is that board composition is tied to corporate governance, and the principles of what constitutes good governance is still at its early stages in many African countries.

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