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Sophia Bekele Eshete (Amharic: ሶፍያ በቀለ; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) is a woman of Ethiopian ancestry. She is a business and corporate executive, an International entrepreneur, corporate governance and risk management specialist, international policy advisor on ICT, internet and development issues, a governance and ICT activist and philanthropist. Bekele is well known in the Global ICT and Internet Society for her efforts to bridge the global digital divide through technology transfer and education. She is reputed to have stood in the gap for women and youth in Africa, and her well known efforts for due process have earned her a reputation as one to reposition Africa's social, economic and political landscape and restore Africa's glory. She has been frequently quoted in the media for her views, as well as spoken regularly on international forums and made public affairs commentary through published articles. As a serial entrepreneur, Bekele has founded and run various companies and initiatives. She is the Founder and Executive Director of DotConnectAfrica (DCA) Trust based in Mauritius, and CEO of DCA Registry Systems Kenya (Ltd), organizations she has used to initiate the .africa Internet Top Level Domain Name from ICANN, and a project she used as a platform to launch initiatives for women and youth in Africa. Bekele is the Founder of the highly acclaimed and successful "Yes2dotAfrica" global awareness campaign, for re-branding Africa using the .africa internet domain name, the co-founder of Internet Society ISOC San Francisco chapter and the Pan African Internet Business council for Africa (IBCA), based in Nairobi. She is the Founder and CEO of tech start-ups, CBS International in California and SbCommunications Network (SbCnet) plc, based in Addis Ababa. In 2002, SbCNet was known for being successfully awarded a highly contentious bid for a government contract to build an integrated information network infrastructure for the Ethiopian Parliament. Prior to her focus on international technology issues, Bekele had maintained a successful career track record spanning over a decade of constant professional activity working for multinational Fortune 500 Companies. Bekele has served on high-level policy advisory boards and leadership positions of various national and international, public and private organizations and has influenced the implementation of key policies, including Africa's digital divide, Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) and the new Domain name (.africa). Bekele was elected and served on numerous United Nations-sponsored initiatives, where she represented the private sector in discussions about ICT and the economic development of Africa. She was an elected member of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Council of the gNSO (Generic Names Supporting Organization), which advises on global internet policy. She was also elected for two terms to serve on the Golden Gate University’s alumni Board. == Early life and family == Born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the third of six Children, Bekele is the daughter of Ato Bekele Eshete Wolde Michael, a prominent and successful entrepreneur engaged in various business sectors in the country, and a founder and Board Director of United Bank, S.C and United Insurance, S.C, one of the first and largest Private Banks and Insurance companies in Ethiopia and Sister Mulualem Beyene Engida, a medical nurse. She attended a private Catholic high school, and then traveled to the United States of America to acquire her higher education.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sophia Bekele」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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