Sophia B.

About Sophia B.

Two decades. Two missions. Hardening AI governance for Fortune 500 & global institutions (CISA/CGEIT), Building digital infrastructure for nations that had none. Working at the intersection of AI, governance, trade & sovereignty.Twenty years ago, Africa had no digital identity on the internet. I built one. I architected.africa — uniting 54 nations through a trilingual Yes2DotAfrica campaign, now adopted by govts & enterprises. Won a landmark ICANN IRP victory that rewrote internet governance precedent. One of the most significant sovereignty battles in internet history.Phase 1 → Digital identity infrastructure.Phase 2 → Trade infrastructure.One throughline: sovereignty — the right to exist, trade, & govern on your own terms.1. Next-Generation Trade & Digital Infrastructure→ Deploying AI/SaaS platforms to harden cross-border trade at scale→ Global IDN Architect → Ethiopian Parliament & African Union Network Infrastructure \"Successfully commissioned linking 6 AU buildings with fiber-optic backbone…\" Amb. Sam Ibok2. Sovereignty-as-a-Service (SaaSx)™Grounded in AEGIS Architecture™ — counter-strategy for boards, govts & Fortune 500 reclaiming autonomy over digital infrastructure & data governance. Not IT audits.→ Advised UN/AU/ICANN/US Congress on aligning global digital policies with sovereignty needs→ Fortune 500- pressure-tested strategy + Silicon Valley execution: Bank of America / Intel / PwC / Federal Reserve3. DotBrand & gTLD Sovereignty™ICANN\'s 2026 round is open. I am the only practitioner who has lived the full lifecycle — campaign, IRP victory, procedural block, decade-long aftermath.4. Sovereignty by Investment & Capacity Building→ STEM Seed-Fund: 20k+ female innovators across 15 nations→ Miss.Africa Digital: closing the tech gender gap→ DCA Digital Academy: next-gen tech talent bootcamps RECOGNITION Bloomberg —Top ICT Woman | CNN Africa | Forbes | CEO Today Board — Harvard Business Review | Fortune AIQ Board | ISOCKeyNotes/Speeches — UN | AU | Universities | GRC | ISACA | AfriTech | European Parliament | EurAfricanPUBLISHED / INSIGHTS — CircleID | SSRN | UN Reports | The Hill BOOK Black Swan Moments — forthcoming. CONNECT IF YOU ARE → Building autonomous digital systems at any scale→ A board or govt navigating AI risk & digital dependency→ Transforming AI governance from theory to practiceHere to collaborate–with systems architects\' discipline, forged across 150 countries of global travel with business & cultural intelligence. The #AddisHilton Principle- Sovereignty starts with self-mastery.

Experience

1. Founder Group CEO

   Dotconnectafrica Group

   Nov 2023 — Present · San Francisco, KE

   Run a start-up is responsible for creating a viable business with a public/private partnership model and a sustainable future with its project initiatives. Currently built groundbreaking PanAfrican eCommerce B2cB Marketplace leveraging AI and SaaS platforms to deliver services. Current responsibilities include:• Identify opportunities and risks for delivering the company\'s services as a digital-based business, including identifying competitive services and opportunities for innovation and assessing marketplace obstacles and technical hurdles to the business\'s success• Identify technology trends and evolving social behavior that may support or impede the business\'s success.• Evaluate and identify appropriate technology platforms (including digital application frameworks and the deployment stack) for delivering the company\'s services.• Lead and oversee the various new initiatives run under the DCA Group umbrella, including the CSR programs.

Education

• San Francisco State University

  B.S

• Golden Gate University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Skills

• Government
• Nonprofits
• Project Planning
• Product Development
• Analysis
• Crm
• Business Development
• Process Improvement
• Strategic Partnerships
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Due Diligence
• Fundraising
• Security
• Social Media
• Online Marketing
• Governance
• Policy
• Consulting
• SEO
• International Business
• Organizational Development
• Management
• Social Impact
• Program Management
• Human Resources
• Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Proposal Writing
• Start-Ups
• Corporate Communications
• Management Consulting
• Project Management
• Social Networking
• Team Leadership
• Networking
• International Relations
• Executive Management
• Business Planning
• Negotiation