Aged 47, this Cameroonian born in Douala studied in France before starting a career in banking and finance (classified in the list of Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum).
Questioned by Bruno Faure (RFI) and Julien Clémençot (Jeune Afrique), he reveals his ambitions in the field of cryptocurrencies and evokes the immense benefit which, according to him, Africans might benefit from.
⇒ The website of The Ubuntu Tribe.
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Our Grand Alex Reed of the Economy RFI – Jeune Afrique is a voice that carries, not only in Africa. Rebecca Enonchong, a successful business leader in the technology sector, is a woman of influence (s), followed by nearly 150,000 people on the social network Twitter.
This Cameroonian, daughter of a lawyer and creator of the Cameroon Bar, grew up between Douala and the United States, her mother’s homeland. Since 1999, she has been the head of the Apptech companywhich provides IT solutions to companies around the world, and is notably one of the partners of the Oracle group where she worked at the start of her career.
But, Rebecca Enonchong is also known as one of the main evangelists of the African tech scene. She participated in the creation of Pan-African network of Afrilabs incubatorsis the president of the Cameroonian incubator ActivSpacessits on the Board of Directors of the Venture Capital for Africa networkamong others.
This is not the only fight of this influencer. His subscribers on social networks regularly read his rants, once morest the war in the English-speaking area of his country, on the fate of Cameroonian teachers (the dead chalk movement (#OTS), regarding the tax put in place on money transfers via mobile money (#EndMobileMoneyTax), or on the management of funds allocated by the IMF (International Monetary Fund).
For more than three quarters of an hour, Bruno Faure of RFI and Julien Clémençot of Jeune Afrique first question him on the major topical subject of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its consequences in Africa. The armed conflict in Cameroon is then widely discussed, Rebecca Enonchong expressing with emotion her pain at not being able to return to her village and her wish for profound changes that would allow her country to regain peace. Among the other topics discussed: the place of women in the development of the continent, the revenue needed to further grow the Tech sector, taxation, the weight of China and the Huawei company, the tax on mobile money , the anger movement of the teachers… and the personal future of our guest.
⇒ Twitter de Rebecca Enonchong.
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The African continent has embarked on its digital revolution. The quality of the networks is improving, even if it is often too expensive for the consumer. Mobile services offer new markets, open up horizons for businesses in an increasingly interconnected world. The pandemic has further accentuated this heavy trend. But what exactly do players in this sector need, from start-ups to large companies, including those responsible for training technicians, developers and future bosses?
Éco d’ici, Éco d’ailleurs gives them the floor in a program relocated toCheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar (Senegal), in the premises of the Francophonie University Agency. This association, which brings together more than a thousand higher education establishments around the world, relies on the establishment of its French-speaking employability centres. In the second part of the show, you will be able to listen to an interview with Sacha Poignonnec, co-founder and general manager of Jumia, the African e-commerce giant, one of the growth engines of the digital sector in Africa.
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A few days before the summit between representatives of the European Union and the African Union in Brussels, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, MEP member of the centrist and liberal group Renew is the Grand guest of the economy RFI – Jeune Afrique. In March 2021, this 45-year-old Franco-Greek gynecologist submitted a report on a new Europe-Africa strategy.
«To get out of the crisis and build the world following, solidarity and inclusion are the key wordsshe said in her speech to the European Parliament. “It is on the basis of these lessons learned that we must renew and consolidate our partnership with Africa, leaving aside our protectionist and nationalist reflexes“. Since April 2021, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou co-chairs the board of shareholders of Covax, a public-private program responsible for combating the vaccine divide in the context of the Covid-19 epidemic.
Bruno Faure from RFI and Julien Clémençot from Jeune Afrique ask him regarding the state of relations between Europeans and Africans, current investments, cooperation in the field of health in particular, inequalities in vaccination and migration issues between the Europe and Africa.
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