General Info
Professional Track
- Green Tech
Country
CameroonAreas of Expertise
- Ecology
- Renewable Energy
- Engineering and Science, Environmental
Professional Interests
- Forest production and climate change
- Solar energy and biogas
- Sustainable housing solutions
Age
33The Top Three Things I Would Like to Learn or Experience During my Mentorship
- Learn more about eco-freindly and affordable housing solutions.
- Learn more about circular economy solutions.
- Learn more about affordable and renewable energy solutions.
Additional Technical Skills
How to mount a compost unit; fundamentals of eco-friendly housing; circular economy solutions (recycling); basics of solar energy and biogas; manufacture of compressed earth blocks
What are three adjectives that best describe you in the work place?
- Outgoing
- Assertive
- Curious
What impact will your mentorship have on your career and professional path?
The TechWomen fellowship will help orient me on how to assess the best opportunities in the field of sustainable housing, smart cities, and circular economy solutions. Meeting other 107 like-minded women, learning from their professional experience, and how they overcome their daily challenges and the best practice they use to achieve their goals with minimum resources will build my efficiency. I hope to learn more about smart and clean technologies that can be used in Africa to reduce the decent housing gap, mitigate hazards, combat climate change, and build more sustainable cities.
After participating in the TechWomen program, how will you leverage your mentorship experience to make an impact in your home country?
The TechWomen experience will build my capacities in the area of leadership and science. This knowledge will help me to make the “the city watch platform” a reliable resource for sustainable urban planning in Cameroon and Central Africa. I hope to train more girls and women in circular economy solutions, urban agriculture, and energy efficiency. The more I learn smarter technologies for eco-friendly affordable housing, the more our company D&D Smart Construction is equipped to bridge the housing gap and allow women with low and middle income to own a decent house.
Work History
Years of Full-time Work Experience
6Primary Professional Focus
- Civil, water or environmental specialist
- Individual contributor leading innovation
- Scientist and researcher
Current/Most Recent Job
- Title and Company: CEO and Sustainability Manager, D&D Smart Construction
- Direct Reports: 3
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Dates: October 2, 2017 –
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Responsibilities:
Refine product vision with customers; oversee team-building and management; oversee all work to ensure sustainability criteria are respected; build and maintain a strong brand for the company; research and connect with key players in the industry
Job #2
- Title and Company: Head of Environment and Regional Planning Department, Consortium des experts consultants administratif et technique (CECAT)
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Dates: June 2, 2014 – July 3, 2020
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Responsibilities:
Analyzed tenders and selected those to pursue; Mounted proposals for firms; coordinated meetings with clients; oversaw the work of consultants; recruited both junior and senior consultants
Education History
Highest Level of Education Completed
Master'sInstitution #1
- Institution: University of Yaoundé I
- Degree Awarded: Master's
- Major: Forestry Science
- Minor: Environmental Science
- Location: Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Completion Date: September 1, 2014
Institution #2
- Institution: University of Yaoundé I
- Degree Awarded: Bachelor's
- Major: Plant Biology
- Minor:
- Location: Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Completion Date: September 1, 2009
