Former Afrilabs Board Chair and C.E.O/Founder of AppsTech, a leading global provider of enterprise application solutions, Rebecca Enenchong has made the Forbes 50 over 50 women leading the way in EMEA. Also a Co-founder and CEO of I/O Spaces, an inclusive coworking space in the Washington DC metro area, she is also Board Chairof ActivSpaces, an incubator in Cameroon; Co-founder and President of Cameroon Angels Network and Co-founder and Vice-President of African Business Angels Network. This list features business and political leaders, scientists and vanguards leading the way throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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Names such as Özlem Türeci, Cofounder-Chief Medical Officer, BioNTech | Germany. Svetlana Alexievich, Journalist-Historian | Belarus. Mo Abudu, Founder-CEO, EbonyLife Media | Nigeria. Maria Grazia Chiuri, Artistic Director, Christian Dior | Italy. Delphine Ernotte, President, France Televisions / European Broadcasting Union | France. Nadia Al Saeed, CEO, Bank al Etihad | Jordan. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund | Bulgaria. Chief justice, Esther Hayut, Supreme Court of Israel | Israel. Angelique Kidjo Singer-Activist | Benin. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director For Africa, World Health Organization | Botswana. Fatma Samoura, Secretary General, FIFA | Senegal. Samia Suluhu Hassan, President, Tanzania | Tanzania. Among others. See full list
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Rebecca Enonchong also has numerous awards and recognitions to her name and with the latest being this – named as one of Forbes’ 50/50 women in Europe, Middle-East and Africa. Taking to popular social media site, Twitter, Rebecca, expressed her delight on the recognition.
Oh my goodness! Thank you @Forbes for including me in your list of 50 over 50 EMEA 2022! Incredibly honored to be in such esteemed company 🙏🏽. #50over50 💃🏽 https://t.co/OG4VqpNpKJ
— Rebecca Enonchong (@africatechie) January 19, 2022
Being one of Africa’s most prominent tech entrepreneur’s and investor, she continues to inspire people from all over, she sits on the boards of a host of corporations such as, ActivSpaces, Digital Africa, WHO Foundation, Eneza Education, Suguba, Djibouti Telecom, US Exim SAAC, and the UNECA Center for Digital Excellence.
Rebecca Enonchong was named a Global Leader for Tomorrow (GLT) by the World Economic Forum of Davos, Switzerland.