Africa Loses $95 Billion A Year To Patriarchy
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Sub-Saharan Africa loses $95 billion every single year because women are systematically excluded from owning land, accessing financing, and being compensated for their labor.
In this episode, I will walk you through the three specific mechanisms that make this happen, take you inside Nigeria's inheritance laws , where the Supreme Court ruled women have the right to inherit and it still doesn't happen, and then show you what Rwanda did when it actually changed its laws and what that did to their economy.
It's 2026. Africa cannot afford to keep leaving $95 billion on the table every single year. The continent's most powerful economic asset has always been its women, and it's time we start treating it that way.
If you're wondering how patriarchy took root in Africa in the first place, meaning where it came from, how it was installed, and why it stuck, check out the previous episode: Patriarchy Is The Most Successful Import In African History. The two episodes together tell the full story.
