At times, Cameroonians will make you wonder whether they are biased or just misinformed. To some degree, I wouldn’t call it misinformation. I would term it “biased” and selective.
A few days ago, Forbes Africa Woman released it’s list of the 50 Most Influential Women in Africa. One of the main headlines that would and should be for most Cameroonian’s is the fact that their own fellow Cameroonian in tech – Rebecca Enonchong was not only listed among these 50 influential women, she was featured on the Forbes Afrique Magazine cover and as made it on this list twice. If this is not a big moment for Cameroonian’s then I don’t know what is!
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It’s not just because she was featured on the magazine cover, but because she deserves to be spoken about and deserves to be trending. Rebecca holds the light as one of the most ‘digitalized’ women Cameroon has had over the years.
Responsible for uncountable tech startups through her mother company AppsTech, hubs and incubators, her influence is vast and far beyond just Cameroon and stretches globally.
She is a massive contributor to the technological amendments in Africa and keeps making Cameroon proud. Why do her fellow Cameroonians not talk about her?
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The most shocking thing about it all is that I was discussing with a friend who happens to own a tech shop, and he for the most part knew nothing about this woman.
How is this possible? You are in the tech industry, you are Cameroonian and do not know who Rebecca Enonchong is? It was as if it was a slap in the face.
