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Hobbies

Ziplining in Mauritius

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln

Hobbies:
Health & nutrition
Fitness enthusiast
Marshal Arts, Latin Zumba
Golf
Scuba Diving in Exotic Coral Reefs
Flying Airplanes
Travel
Music
Combat
Yoga

 

Reading about

Philosophy
History
Politics
Society

Personal Investment:

On-line Trading

Special Interests:

SF Opera/ Symphony
Arts
Theater
Language development on the Internet
Sharing Life’s encounters through Social media, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
…in search of the Black Swan

Scuba Diving in Porto Ricco
Flying in San Juan, Mexico
San Francisco Opening of Opera

Special Experiences
(Around-the-World-Trips):

Sophia has extensive travel around the world. She has taken six (6) “Around-the-World trips” between 1998 to 2009 crossing over four to five Continents at a time. She says it is a life altering experience and one she will do again given time.
“I traveled on my own in every country, exploring mosaic of cultures and dozens of languages, people and lifestyles.
There are thousands of pictures I took and DVDs I have made on my journey, some of my stories I have shared on my past personal blog below, now turned Instagram!. I partnered with Star-Alliance Airline Network and Starwood Hotels to have this amazing and blessed experience!.”

(Modeling)
While at University and early in her career, she took on Professional Modeling as a hobby. “Modeling thought me not to take myself too seriously as well as not to take NO for an answer. This, in contrast from the very serious responsibilities of being an IT Auditor in my professional career. The two experiences jointly thought me balance and perspective on people, issues and lifestyles which has allowed me to be open minded in the way I approach life, yet I am grounded and persistent towards my causes.”

WhatIDoWhereIDo

My travel curiosities in what I call both personal and workcations have taken me to over 150 Countries and I love to share my experiences through pics and blogs. What used to be a WhatIDoWhereIDo blog has now tuned into photo documentaries using Instagram platform at my a.k.a name AddisHilton, which a journalist named me after paralleling my travel lifestyle, adventures, and controversies to that of Paris Hilton.

I am a big advocate of work-life-balance.  I have discovered the key to a 4-hour work week, a model I blissfully adapted from reading the book by Timothy Farris of San Francisco. –

Sophia Bekele traveling (Hong Kong)
A modeling shoot at maiden Iane in San Francisco

Keynote: Sophia Bekele delivered Keynote Remarks at January 3rd, Sheraton Addis Hotel Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 5, 2015

Keynote: “P.U.S.H. to CHANGE AFRICA” Sophia Bekele rallied the 2014 CUNY Young African Leadership Symposium (YALS) CUNY, New York, United States. (Download Speech [PDF])

Moderator: US-Africa Leadership Summit New York Forum for Africa August 2014, Libreville, Gabon.

Keynote: Remarks by Ms. Sophia Bekele for the ITU’s Girl’s ICT day 24th April 2014, Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Panel Speaker: “Re-imagining Africa: a closer look at Autonomy, Identity and Perspective.” Yale University, United States

Panel Speaker: African Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance, Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Panel Speaker: ‘How to Successfully Build a Community around your TLD’: New Domains Munich, Germany

Speaker: ”Freedom of Information as a Human Right:” The Role of Government at World Affairs Council, Contra Costa

Lead Speaker: “ICT Enable Economy”, AITEC East Africa ICT Summit ICT Summit, Nairobi.

Lead Speaker: “Re-Branding Africa”, Africa 2.0 Africa Leadership Retreat World Cup Event in South Africa (Download presentation [PDF])

Featured Speaker: “Internet Governance & policy Divide” Golden Gate University, San Francisco (View presentation [PDF])

Keynote Speaker: First International E-governance conference Tripoli, Libya (Download Interview [JPG])

Lead Speaker: “The New Internet Currency” – AITEC ICT Africa Lagos, Nigeria

Opening Speaker: “E-government, Public Private Partnerships and the New Economic Reality, for Better Public Service Delivery and MDGs Implementation” UNPAN/WISIS/ITU, Geneva (a) UNPAN/WISIS/ITU Geneva (b) Download presentation [PDF] (c) Read feature article [PDF] CBS International and its activities. in technology transfer in Africa.

Keynote Speaker: Impact and Opportunities on Emerging Economies and Africa” African Leadership Forum Sacramento, California (Download Speech [PDF])

Panel Speaker: “Addressing the digital divide in the context of globalization and development, and promote coherence and synergies between regional and international information and communication technologies initiatives” Convened by United Nations General Assembly high-level meeting

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