Sophia Bekele
Ethiopian-American businesswoman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sophia Bekele Eshete (Amharic: ሶፍያ በቀለ; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) is an entrepreneur, corporate executive, governance and risk management specialist, policy advisor on ICT, commentator and philanthropist.[1][2]
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Born | Sophia Bekele Eshete |
Alma mater | San Francisco State University (BSc.) Golden Gate University (M.B.A.) |
Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, Businesswoman, Corporate Executive, Consultant Founder, CEO of CBS International (CBSegroup) |
Years active | 1990–present |
Notable work | Ethiopian Parliament Bid, IDNs, .africa, Miss.Africa Digital |
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Website | sophiabekele |
As an entrepreneur, Bekele has founded and run various companies and initiatives. She is presently the founder and Executive Director of DotConnectAfrica (DCA) Group based in Mauritius and Kenya. She is the founder of a 6 year "Yes2dotAfrica" global awareness campaign, for re-branding Africa using the .africa top-level internet domain name[3][4][5] and founder and CEO of tech start-ups, CBSegroup in California and SbCommunications Network (SbCnet) plc, based in Addis Ababa.[6][7][8][9] Aside from her entrepreneurship ventures, Bekele worked for multinational Fortune 500 Companies in the US.[10][11]
She has frequently been quoted in the media for her views, as well as spoken regularly on international forums[12][13][14][5] and made public affairs commentary through published articles[15][16]