she was named as "leading ladies in Africa's ICT sector" by Bloomberg TV, in the same year she was listed among the "50 Trailblazers – A future made in Africa" by the UK's NewAfrican Magazine, an IC Publications group, which published a "Collector's Edition" that coincided with the continent's 50th anniversary celebrations of the African Union". In 2005, Bekele was presented with a Paul Harris Fellow award for her contributions in the various works of International Rotary Clubs Public service In public service to various organizations, Bekele was appointed in 2018 as a founding advisory member to the EurAfrican Forum Board. Elected to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Council of the gNSO (Generic Names Supporting Organization), a body that advised on global internet policy on domain names in 2005 Co-Founded and served as a director on the Internet Society ISOC San Francisco chapter based in San Francisco in 2008. Bekele represented the private sector in discussions about ICT and the economic development of Africa while on the UN-ICT Taskforce and UNECA-sponsored African Information Society Initiative (AISI) in 2002. and appointed in 2003 on the UNECA sponsored East African Representative to the African Regional Network (ARN). Bekele has advised to the Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (UNGAID) and the joint initiative of United Nations Public Administration Network and International Telecommunication Union (UNPAN/ITU) in 2009, representing the private sector in discussions about Public Private Partnerships (PPP), e-government and MDG implementation. She was elected for two terms to serve on the Golden Gate University's alumni Board. Career Bekele was recruited out of college by Bank of America and later held managerial positions with UnionBanCal Corporation and PriceWaterhouseCoopers working in Information Security. Entrepreneurship In 2006, Bekele founded DotConnectAfrica, a private Trust organization, which she formed to champion Internet access in Africa and serve as a platform to realize charitable projects aimed at giving back to the community such as the miss.africa and the generation.africa program to empower girls and young people in Africa in the field of technology. She soon set up DCA Registry to apply for the .africa Internet Top Level Domain Name at ICANN in 2012. She set up and run CBS International, currently, CBSegoup, a California based company, focused on technology transfer to emerging economies to provide international technology procurement, project-based capacity building, technological project management, internet/intranet systems integration and Internet related solutions.