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| Born | Sophia Bekele Eshete Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| 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 |
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]
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]
- ^ "Uniting Africa through IT". Nation.co.ke.
- ^ "Sophia Bekele-Eshete: Restructuring Africa's Social, Political and Economic Landscape". Konnect Africa.
- ^ "Juliana Rotich, Jason Njoku, Alex Okosi, Sophia Bekele & Barrack [sic] Obama Named Top "50 African Trailblazers" By UK's NewAfrican Magazine". TechMoran. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ "Announcing the birth of the dot.africa generation". The East African. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ a b "Towards a Digital Africa -Page 42/43". Diplomat East Africa Magazine. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ "Africa domain attracts interest". CIO East Africa. Archived from the original on 2012-11-28. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ "Sophia Bekele in conversation with Robert Wolf and Dante Paradiso". NYF Gabon. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ "Next Up: NewDomains.Org Conference in Munich Next Week". The Domains. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ "African domain gets a nod". The ItWeb. 12 August 2010. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ "Internet Governance and the Policy Divide". Golden Gate University. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ "Sophia Bekele-Eshete: Restructuring Africa's Social, Political and Economic Landscape". KonnectAfrica. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ "UNESCO 3rd International Conference on Learning Cities, Cork, 18 – 20 September". UNESCO Learning Cities. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ "New York Forum Africa Libreville, Gabon". NYF. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ "21st session of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD)". UNCTAD. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ "ICANN is already under foreign government influence: the proof is in the pudding". The Hill. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ "Sophia Bekele". CircleID. Retrieved 2018-12-05.