Team Leaders

Jean Paul BITOUMOU holds Professional degree in Public Economic Policy from Oxford University and Project Finance from the New York Institute of Finance. He holds Professional Certificate in Public Finance Management from the International Monetary Fund and Security Certificate from Georgetown University of Washington DC. He also holds Conflict Crisis and Humanitarian Response Certificate from Harvardx Humanitarian Academy and successfully completed the Integrity Awareness Initiative program of the Secretary-General of the United Nations. With more than 20 years’ experience in the mining industry, he led several mining companies across Africa including the Irish mining company Botswana Diamonds PLC based in Cameroon, and two other South Korean and French mining companies based in Central African Republic to name a few. He also trained international NGOs such as Plan International or War Child and Banks on the conduct of operations in Central African Republic through Silverwings Security, a South African Company. Having been in the past a leader in an FSC certification project of the “ROUGIER” Company in Congo Brazzaville and Cameroon, capacity building has become his main source of motivation and concentration to get out peoples from poverty to prosperity

Jean Thierry SONGOMALI holds an unparalleled mining business background from small scale mining cooperative Chairman, to stones and precious metals buying Company CEO's, or also international minerals trading Consultant for several investment initiative worldwide. He's a Senior Expert in mining business implementation development and pricing expertise of diamond and gold. He held several rural community awarness mobilization and free empowering mining education theme class in Africa.

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Maurice Magloire ONANA holds a doctorate in law, in te area of human rights and humanitarian law obtained at the Catholic University of Central Africa, and was President of the association for the defense of human rights and humanitarian action (ADDHAH). He is the author of a book entitled Fundamental Rights of the elderly : between recognition and ignorance.

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Junior researcher, Michaela Marcia NDJA holds a Bachelor's degree in Communication and a degree in International Labor Migration, Economics, Politics and Ethics from Oxford University. She has worked in mapping mining sites employing children and immigrants and writing policy papers to end the abuse of these vulnerable groups.

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