Sophia at Rotary Club Addis Ababa
Ms. Bekele spoke on the Global Economic Crisis as it related to emerging economies, including Ethiopia, the upside to the crisis and what is likely to happen in the future, illustrating her company's work as an example. "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies", Sophia quoted the third President of the US, Thomas Jefferson, as she opened her first slide. Humorously apologising to any bankers in the audience, also stating she spent most of her career life in the financial industry, she stated the global financial crisis is a topic that is on everyone's mind today.
She spoke of the initiatives she has been working on in Africa for the past years: "Some of the initiatives that our organisations are involved in that could assist Africa's speedy entry into the global economic landscape are through continental projects" . One of these projects is the "dotafrica", http://www.dotconnectafrica.org, which allows for registering continental/
Therefore, let us hope for that "paradigm shift" said Sophia that would make a difference in all our lives globally be it technologically or otherwise, and keep the words of hope in this trying time, as the new US president has repeatedly said : "Yes, we can!".
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Capital Ethiopia, July 2009 issue
