AppsTech CEO Featured in Forbes
AppsTech CEO named to Forbes list of women tech founders
Bethesda, MD – March 27, 2014
US Magazine Forbes has just named AppsTech CEO Rebecca Enonchong to its list of 10 Female Tech Founders to Watch in Africa.
Here is an excerpt from the article:
In Africa’s burgeoning, male-dominated tech scene, women remain largely underrepresented. Yet there is a tiny handful of incredible women who are launching and building successful, innovative tech companies that are upending industries, setting new standards and earning their place at the cool table. These women create and innovate, exploiting ideas, products and services to produce dynamic businesses.
I spoke to a few African tech entrepreneurs and together, we hand-picked 10 of the brightest female tech founders in Africa.
Rebecca Enonchong, Cameroonian
Founder, AppsTech
Enonchong, a Cameroonian national, is the founder and CEO of AppsTech, a Bethesda, Maryland-based global provider of enterprise application solutions. AppsTech, which was founded in 1999 now has clients in more than 40 countries on 3 continents. The company, an Oracle Platinum partner, offers a diverse range of enterprise software products and services including implementation, training and application management services for large and medium-sized companies. Enonchong also serves as an advisor/mentor to several African tech startups and is also the founder the Africa Technology Forum, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting technology in Africa.
Rebecca Enonchong
Others African women tech entrepreneurs also named in the Forbes article are:
Jamila Abass, Linda Kwamboka and Susan Oguya- Kenyan – Co-founders, MFarm
Judith Owigar – Kenyan – Co-founder, JuaKali
Anne Amuzu – Ghanaian – Co-founder, Nandimobile
Barbara Mallison, South African Co-founder, Obami
Clarisse Iribagize, Rwandan Founder, HeHe Ltd
Annette Muller, South African Founder, DotNxt
Nkemdilim Uwaje Begho, Nigerian Founder, Future Software Resources
For access to the full article on the Forbes web site, click here
