Our Team

ABOUT US / Our Team

Director



Christopher F. TAMASANG (Prof. Dr.)

  • Vice Dean In Charge of Programming and Academic Affairs (VD-PAAC), Faculty of Laws and Political Sciences (FSJP), University of Yaoundé II, Soa
  • Legal Consultant on Environmental and Sustainable Development Questions
  • CEO, Center for Consultancy on Environment and Development in Africa (CECEDA) ceceda.org
  • Vice Chair, Association of Environmental Law Lecturers in African Universities (ASSELLAU) in charge of the Central African Region.
  • Visiting Professor: University of Douala, University of Ebolowa, University of Bertoua, Pan African University (Institute of Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Yaounde II-Soa), Catholic University and other Higher Institutes of Learning.
  • Member: IUCN Academy of Environmental Law
  • Member: World Commission on Environmental Law
  • Member: Board of Directors of the Cameroonian branch office of Local Capacity Development Facility (LCDF),
  • Member : Comité de Suivi de L'exécution de la Convention entre le Gouvernement du Cameroun et Société Sud Cameroun Hevea.
  • Country Representative: Network for Environmental Education and Sustainable Development Innovations in West and Central Africa (NESDI-WECA) with its head office in IFE-Nigeria
  • Former Head of the Regulation Unite, Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development

Senior Researchers/consultants



ANDRE Felix MARTIAL TCHOFFO (Ph.D. Dr.)

  • He is also Senior Lecturer in the University of Yaounde II
  • Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Laws and Political Sciences (FSJP), University of Yaoundé II, Soa
  • Office Head for Translation, Faculty of Laws and Political Science of the University of Yaoundé II-Soa
  • Senior Researcher / Consultant (Environmental Law and Policy, Human Right, Trade law, Sustainable Development, Regional Integration Law, International Law, Etc.), Center for Consultancy on Environment and Development in Africa (CECEDA) ceceda.org
  • Academic Supervisor, Master’s Level, University of Yaoundé I
  • Former Lead Author NESDA, National Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services Assessment under the auspices of the Inter-governmental Science-Policy Panel for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the World Conservation and Monitoring Society
  • Former Lecturer: SIANTOU University Institute, Institut MATAMFEN, Institut Supérieur de Management et des Technologies Appliquées (ISMTA), Université De Yaoundé Sud – (Université Joseph Ndi Samba
  • Former Consultant, NESDA for the preparation of documents for the second meeting of the National Platform on Science Policy Interface for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (NP – SPBES).
  • Workshop Participant: Maputo Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia), WWF Cameroon on the legal considerations and stakes for transition into a national entity.

Gideon Fosoh Ngwome (Ph.D. Dr.)

  • Senior Lecturer in the University of Yaoundé II, Soa
  • Visiting Lecturer in the University Institute of Wood Technology – Mbalmayo, Cameroon.
  • Senior Researcher/Consultant on policy and legal questions on Environmental and Natural Resources Management, (Forestry, Wildlife and Mining), Climate Change, Biodiversity, Pollution, Land and Soils, Local Communities’ Rights and Livelihoods, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development, etc.) CECEDA
  • Academic Supervisor, Master’s Level, University of Yaoundé II
  • Former Paralegal, Center for Human Rights and Peace Advocacy (CHRAPA), Bamenda, Cameroon (2007-2014)

NYONGKA Kingsley KASPA (Ph.D. Dr.)

  • Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Laws and Political Sciences (FSJP), University of Yaoundé II, Soa
  • Senior Researcher, Center for Consultancy on Environment and Development in Africa (CECEDA) ceceda.org
  • Lecturer: Catholic University of Central Africa, (UCAC), Catholic University Institute – Nkolbisson, Yaoundé
  • Former Lecturer: The Higher Institute of Management and Industrial Technologies-Yaoundé, (ISMTI)
  • Former Lecturer: Higher Institute of Computer Technology and Management, (CITEC)

NJIMON Sylvain ATANGA (Ph.D. Dr.)

  • Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Laws and Political Sciences (FSJP), University of Yaoundé II, Soa
  • Senior Researcher, Center for Consultancy on Environment and Development in Africa (CECEDA) ceceda.org
  • Lecturer: Catholic University of Central Africa, (UCAC), Catholic University Institute – Nkolbisson, Yaoundé
  • Former Lecturer: The Higher Institute of Management and Industrial Technologies-Yaoundé, (ISMTI)
  • Former Lecturer: Higher Institute of Computer Technology and Management, (CITEC)

ARREY Enow EDMOND (Assistant Lecturer)

  • Assistant Lecturer, University of Bertoua
  • Senior Researcher / Consultant (human rights and humanitarian law, pollution control and waste management, forest resource and biodiversity management, Climate Change Etc.), Center for Consultancy on Environment and Development in Africa (CECEDA) ceceda.org
  • Former Legal Adviser, International Team Consulting Agency (2016 - 2018)

NKUMBE Ebong MEKEDE (Ph.D. Dr.)

  • Assistant Lecturer, University of Douala
  • Senior Researcher (Legal consultant on Mining, Oil and Gas, Maritime Law, Stock Exchange Law, Environmental Law and Digital Law) Center for Consultancy on Environment and Development in Africa (CECEDA) ceceda.org
  • Senior marker for Higher National Diploma (HND), Ministry of Higher Education
  • Coordinator, Climate Policy and Energy Security Programme on Books, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Yaounde, Cameroon (2018)
  • Participant, Business Plans Organized Employment Service Sponsored by British High Commission for Cameroon (2018)


Research Assistants



NJI Mimidred BIH FRU (Ph.D. student, M.A.)

  • Research Assistant, Center for Consultancy on Environment and Development in Africa (CECEDA) ceceda.org
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Ebolowa, Cameroon (2022 - Present)
  • Member: KOICA Alumni Association Cameroon (KAAC)(2021 - Present)
  • Former Scholar: Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)(2019 - 2021)
  • Former Intern; Institute for Climate Change Action ( ICCA)- Seoul, South Korea (2020)
  • Speaker: Korean Carbon Forum (2019)
  • Speaker: 2nd International Symposium on Agricultural Development and Cooperation, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, south Korea, 2019, on Climate Smart Agriculture and Food Security in Africa

Mr. Kemptah Ignatius (Ph.D. Student.)

  • Pupil Judicial Magistrate, ENAM
  • Research Assistant, Center for Consultancy on Environment and Development in Africa (CECEDA) ceceda.org
  • Assistant Lecturer, Siantou Institute Mvog-Mbi, Yaounde, Cameroon (2019 - 2020)
  • Assistant Liberian, University of Yaounde II (2019 - 2020)
  • Research Assistant, Duga & Co Law Firm, Fouda, Yaounde (2018 - 2019)
  • Legal Aspirant, Galabe & Co Law Chambers, Bamenda, Cameroon (2013 - 2016)