"I’m hoping that the new generation of entrepreneurs can show their face and be the face of their business, which is a luxury that unfortunately I didn’t have at the time. Rebecca speaking during an interview"

"There is no textbook that can explain to you how to do business in your own country. So I discovered the hard way, how difficult and how different it is to do business in emerging markets in Africa."

""There was nobody in my industry that looked like me. It was rather discouraging at the beginning, because nobody expected me to be the Founder and CEO of a company." Rebecca speaking during an interview with cherie Blair foundation for women."

"To be an entrepreneur in Africa you must be raving mad."

"You don’t envy the best, You learn from the best and you apply those to your business."

"I am asked, what is it like to be black woman African entrepreneur. And I say those are my characteristics but they don’t define me. My experience is what molded me … and the tools I got from those experiences."

"“Just knowing that other people are in your situation and are making it through is great support. I think that this is how you build out the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Africa, one person at a time supporting others.”"

"It’s hard for Black women everywhere, not just in Africa. I think that we Africans will be the ones to help change perception for the rest of the Black women elsewhere. Look at AfriLabs, mostly led by women. It’s not just symbolic. Representation matters. The more young girls and boys see tech organizations and startups are run by women, the more this will become normalized."

"African entrepreneurs are given the extra burden of having to demonstrate the “social” benefit of their solution, in many cases. This is changing but has been a real barrier to getting funded. Startups around gaming and entertainment are often overlooked because they seem frivolous."

"I could stay angry, or i could find a way around it."

"My experiences and life prepared me for the challenges."

"African tech companies must be held to the same standards as companies anywhere else in the world. But we must also be given the same respect. As long as we are treated as valuable partners, we can succeed."

"An entrepreneur's energy, that’s that energy that gets you to overcome mountains, to cross bridges that don’t exist, to do the impossible.."

"“If a black African woman could succeed in America in 1999, then all the entrepreneurs across the world can succeed!”. Rebecca speakimg during an interview with cherie Blair foundation for women."

"It’s so important that women don’t feel alone. You aren’t alone, there are so many of us out there and if we can build this community around mentors, mentees and the Foundation, supporting each other and showing each other the way. Sometimes even peer-to-peer mentorship can be helpful,like having someone else next to you, saying "I’ve been through it, we’re going through it together." It’s really what I think we need to progress. Rebecca speaking with the cherie Blair foundation for women."

"Rather than being disappointed and angry, entrepreneurs take the energy that could have been a negative one, and transform it into something positive – something that I call ‘entrepreneurial energy’. I learn from those disappointments and challenges and always ask myself “What can I do so that other entrepreneurs can learn from my mistakes”.Rebecca speaking on the entrepreneurial energy"

"The mind of a black African woman wasn’t worth as much as that of a white male, so I usually had to hide behind the business as it was difficult for people to accept it was my company."

"I think for us to be able to attract more and more women into the tech industry, we need to see more faces like mine.Rebecca speaking during an interview"

"It is a confusion that has impoverished our country, obstructed its development and impeded Cameroonians from enjoying the liberties, resources and riches of this wonderful country of ours."

"It is how well you learn from your failure and how quickly you recover from it that will build your success."

"“Good is never enough … Excellence should always be your objective”"

""Never stop learning…”"

"Don't aim at being the best in Cameroon or the best in Africa, aim at being the Best, period"

"Africa is not poor, it is however still for a very large percentage, poorly run."

"We must put a stop to big international business and politicians, corrupt African politicians, winning at the expense of everyday Africans."

""As a Minister of the Republic, you are to maintain professionalism, etiquette and respectability at all times…"."

""I am someone who believes in United Cameroon but for peace to return, discussion must be with those asking for secession. If you say secession is not on agenda, who then are you going to dialogue with"."

"So as Africans, we must renegotiate our relationships with the rest of the world. We must know our history, we must take responsibility for our own future, we must dare to invent that future and we must mobilize the people and the strategies that are needed to build and win that future."

"Despite the violence and the brutality which was been rained upon me, I still had power. And that is why I raised my hands in a sign of victory, because I wanted to let my colleagues know and I wanted to let all the people who will be watching know, that no matter what type of violence or brutality we face, we still have power."