African Giant of the Week: Rebecca Enonchong.

Africa’s technology story is not only being written by the startups making headlines. It is also being shaped by people who have spent years building the businesses, networks and opportunities that allow those startups to thrive.

One of them is Rebecca Enonchong, a Cameroonian technology entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of AppsTech, a global provider of enterprise application solutions.

Enonchong founded AppsTech in 1999 in the United States, at a time when technology entrepreneurship was still a largely unfamiliar path for many Africans, particularly African women. The company went on to serve clients across more than 40 countries, establishing Enonchong as a notable figure in the global technology space.

But her impact extends far beyond the company she built.

For years, Enonchong has worked to strengthen Africa’s technology and entrepreneurship ecosystem. She has chaired AfriLabs, a pan-African network connecting innovation hubs across the continent, and has supported entrepreneurs through initiatives such as ActivSpaces in

Cameroon. She is also a co-founder of the Cameroon Angels Network and the African Business Angels Network, helping create pathways for African startups to access investment and grow.

Her journey into entrepreneurship began long before she became a prominent name in African tech. As a teenager in the United States, Enonchong sold newspaper subscriptions door-to-door and became a manager in the same company at just 17. She later studied economics before working with organisations including the Inter-American Development Bank and Oracle, experiences that eventually led her toward building her own company.

What makes Enonchong's story particularly significant is not simply that she succeeded in technology. It is that she has continued to make space for others to succeed too.

Through mentorship, investment, advocacy and ecosystem building, she has consistently championed African entrepreneurs and called for greater representation of African women in technology and leadership. Her work has earned international recognition, including being named a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum and being recognised by Forbes among female tech founders to watch in Africa.

Rebecca Enonchong represents a side of Africa’s technology story that deserves more attention: the story of people who do not only build companies, but help build the environment in which other Africans can build theirs.

For her contribution to African technology, entrepreneurship and innovation, Rebecca Enonchong is deserving of the place of our African Giant, this Week!