Rebecca Enonchong

Rebecca Enonchong was born on 11 July 1965 in Cameroon and moved to the United States for her higher education before pursuing a career in enterprise technology systems, becoming the world's pioneer Oracle Financial Certified Professional with nearly 100 Oracle certifications.

In 1999, with no office, no stable housing and limited resources, Enonchong founded AppsTech in Bethesda, Maryland, an enterprise application solutions provider focused on Oracle deployments and managed services, determined to prove that African-led technology businesses could deliver at a global standard.

Enonchong grew AppsTech into a global services company operating across more than 50 countries spanning Africa, Europe and North America, becoming one of the first African women to found and lead a global enterprise technology firm.

Beyond her own company, Enonchong has become one of the most consistent and influential advocates for Africa's wider technology ecosystem, co-founding the African Technology Forum, chairing AfriLabs and ActivSpaces, co-founding the ABAN Angels investment network, and mentoring countless African tech founders.

Enonchong has openly discussed the discrimination she faced as a Black African woman entrepreneur, noting she often had to 'hide behind the business' because people struggled to accept she was the founder; she was named a Global Leader for Tomorrow at the World Economic Forum in Davos and continues to be recognised among Africa's most influential tech voices.