Leadership

Ms. Bekele has been invited to serve on various Boards and Committees of public and private institutions, throughout her career and had Honorable mentions from her Country and others on her work.

 

“What are the needs of the world? What can I do that won’t be done if I don’t do it?” ~ Bill Clinton, the 42nd U.S. President

Ms. Bekele has been invited to serve on various Boards and Committees of public and private institutions, throughout her career and had Honorable mentions from her Country and others on her work.

 

Sophia Bekele on Diaspora
First Instance court ruled in favour of Sophia,
for the transfer of inherited shares Read Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Sophia Bekele receiving the Rotary Paul Harris Award,
Alamo California June 2009

2021: Bekele received Honorary Illustrative Awards for her contributions in her Industry and community in Multiple Continents, US and Africa from the Silicon Valley Business Journal and the CEO Today Africa Awards.

2018: Bekele received a Champion of Development Award by the AfricaLink Solidarity Awards in Switzerland

2017: UN ITU and UN Women recognized Miss.Africa Digital founded by Bekele as finalist in its  Equals in Tech Awards

2017: CIO East Africa recognized Bekele as an “Industry Trailblazer” and “Internet Governance Pioneer May Edition 2017 (Page 34 of 44)

2016: Bekele is noted among Eight most influential Women in the Tech Scene

2016: Bekele was recognized among the Notable alumni of Nazareth School

2014: Sophia Bekele Named In Europe’s Top 20 Inspirational African Diaspora Women Professionals, “ADIPWE 2014

2014: Bekele was nominated for Forbes Africa “Most Inspirational Young African Leader

2013: Bekele was enumerated as “African Women to Watch” by Bloomberg TV, a prime TV program that “celebrates the most fearless, competitive and visionary African women of our time”, and explores “the women working hard to close the gender gap and shaping the continent’s social, political and economic landscape”

2013: Sophia Bekele was named among Top 50 Trailblazers-Our Made in Africa along side US President Barrack Obama and others by special “Collector’s Edition” of UK’s “NewAfrican Magazine”an IC Publications group.

2013: Bekele was nominated for the TransformAfrica 2013 Continental Excellence Awards in ICT which was hosted by H.E Paul KAGAME, President of the Republic of Rwanda in Kigali and Dr. Hamadoun Toure, the Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

2005: Bekele was presented with the Paul Harris Fellow award for her contributions in the various works of International Rotary Clubs

2005: Bekele was recognizedalong side women in the Ethiopian Federal Parliament, government women ministers and women investors and company executives, in recognition of her entrepreneurship and corporate leadership. – Ethiopian Herald

Bekele making as case for .Africa New gTLD Internet Domain name at ICANN 39 International Meeting in Cartegena, Colombia December 2010