Emmanuel Franck Olivier Biya
| Emmanuel Franck Olivier Biya | |
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| File:Emmanuel Franck Biya.jpgEmmanuel Franck Biya.jpg | |
| Born | August 21, 1971 Yaoundé, Cameroon |
| 🏫 Education | University of Southern California (USC) |
| 💼 Occupation | Businessman, entrepreneur |
| 📆 Years active | 1997-present |
| 👴 👵 Parent(s) | |
Emmanuel Franck Biya (born 21 August 1971 in Yaoundé, Cameroon), is a Cameroonian businessman and entrepreneur. He is the eldest son of the President of Cameroon, Paul Biya..[1]
Biography[edit]
Emmanuel Franck Biya received most of his education prior to high school in Yaoundé, Cameroon. He later pursued his studies at the University of Southern California (USC) where he completed a dual degree in economics and political science in 1994. After graduation, he worked as an intern at the Bank of Central African States (BEAC).[1]
In 1997, he became a partner of the forestry company I.N.G.F. In 2003, the company was under scrutiny for felling trees in areas outside the forest concession limits, an issue caused by poorly legislated tree-felling perimeters.[2] He left the company in 2004 and founded a private fund called Venture Capital plc which invests in companies in Africa and worldwide.[1] In 2005, when the government led the refinancing of the Cameroonian telecom company Camtel, Emmanuel Franck Biya bought Camtel debt securities and then sold them back at a profit in 2006 to the government.[3] Some NGOs accused him of speculating with public funds[4], but no court of law followed through with those accusations[5]
During the 2011 presidential elections in Cameroon, he often appeared in the political meetings of his father.[3] He was rumored to run for the 2018 presidential elections but did not.[6][7] He is once again rumored to be running for the 2025 elections, encouraged by a movement called “The citizen’s movement of Franckists for peace and unity in Cameroon”.[8]
Personal life[edit]
Emmanuel Franck Biya is the eldest son of Paul Biya and Jeanne Irène Biya, the late wife of the Cameroonian President. He is married and has four children.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Emmanuel Franck Biya". Executives.Technology. 2019-05-20. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
- ↑ "Économie • Forêts vertes et zones grises en Afrique centrale". Afrique Centrale (in français). 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dougueli, Georges (2016-11-15). "Cameroun : le fils du président Paul Biya aux affaires". JeuneAfrique.com (in français). Retrieved 2021-04-02. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Des associations veulent poursuivre Franck Biya devant les tribunaux français". Jeune Afrique (in français). 2012-12-23. Retrieved 2021-04-02. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "L'inéluctable privatisation de Camtel". Afrique Infos (in français). 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- ↑ Dougueli, Georges (7 January 2014). "Cameroun : Franck Emmanuel Biya, fils d'influence". Jeune Afrique (in français). Retrieved 2021-03-24. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Bayo, Ibrahima (11 February 2017). "Frank Emmanuel Biya : l'homme qui ne veut pas être président à la place de son père ?". La Tribune Afrique (in français). Retrieved 2021-03-24. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Asen, Elisabeth. "Cameroun : Franck, successeur de son père Paul Biya ? | DW | 22.03.2021". DW.COM (in français). Retrieved 2021-04-02. Unknown parameter
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