International Correspondent
Martin Madiba Ebongue
Douala, Cameroon
Martin Madiba Ebongue, MscPM, PMP® is a dedicated and passionate Senior Project, Programme and Portfolio Management Professional with a demonstrated track record across Africa for 20+ valuable years of experience in the fields of Aviation, Government and Non-Government, Banking, Agribusiness, Hightech, Energy and Construction.
He is holder of a Master’s degree in Project Management (Pan African Institute of Development-Central Africa); a Post Graduate Certificate in Project Management (University of Wales-United Kingdom); a Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification (Project Management Institute-USA); Quality Systems Specialist ISO9001V2015 and Lead Auditor 19011 trained by Bureau Veritas.
In the Agribusiness and development field, he holds University Diploma in Science and a Graduate Certificate in Agriculture-Economics (National School of Agronomy and agricultural science Dschang-Cameroon).
In Aviation, he is also a Senior Airline Safety Officer trained by the Institut Français de Securité Aérienne-Paris, a Certified Professional in Aviation Safety/Security from National Advanced School of Civil Aviation-Paris, and holds a Diploma in Airline Strategy Management (IATA) Institute of Training and Development–Switzerland.
He's had a multifold carreer pattern as Guest Lecturer for master’s degree classes in Project Management and Strategy for Business Schools, Corporate Trainer for Small, medium size firms and multinationals, Senior Business & Project Management Consultant, and several Senior Advisory roles particularly in West Africa. He served as Program Coordinator and Project Manager, Director for Strategy and Projects for several organisations in different sectors.
Since 2019 Madiba has been hired by the National Airline Project: Cameroon Airlines Corporation, as Company Secretary to the Board, cumulatively as Chief Commercial Officer. In this current role, he is involved in corporate gouvernance, program and portfolio management, high level negotiation with government and strategic stakeholders including bilaterals, building alliances, product development, airline Network modeling, distribution and sales strategy. He is currently successfully implementing an end-to-end commercial Project Management Office (PMO) with outstanding results.
In 2010, Madiba was among the pioneer volunteers in the creation of PMI Cameroon Chapter. Over the years, he has coached 200+ candidates gathered in study groups across Africa preparing for the PMI-PMP Certification. He has authored several articles from his project engineering experience and research that have been published in national and international journals with worldwide read reviews notably “PM Today” edited by the Project Management Institute –USA. Also, he has been a prominent speaker in regional events in Douala-2012; Lagos-2013; Lome-2015; Abidjan-2016: Douala-2019 and PMI Africa Conferences in Johannesburg; Mauritius-2021.
Since March 2024, Madiba has served as an International Correspondent for the PM World Journal and Library, covering Cameroon and other countries of the Central African sub-region.
He can be contacted at martinebongue07@gmail.com
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240327 - Martin Madiba Ebongue appointed PMWJ Correspondent in Cameroon
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