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Janet Fofang

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Janet Fofang was born on 27th December, 1975 in Mankon, Bamenda in the Northwest region of Cameroon. She is an award-winning electrical engineering educator. She was recognized as a pioneer in developing Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics training programs in electronics, robotics and programming.

Biography[edit]

Janet Fofang was born from a modest family. She is the sixth out of eight children. She has six brothers[1] and a half-sister. Her father is a policeman[1] and her mother is a business woman.

She attended Our Lady of Lourdes College Mankon where she obtained her General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level in 1993. In 1995, she obtained her Advanced Level certificate from Cameroon College of Arts, Science and Technology Bambili.

Career[edit]

Janet Fofang has been a key player in developing the digital skills of thousands of young people especially females in Sub-Saharan Africa. Majority of her academic and professional experience has been in Cameroon but she has also facilitated training programs in Israel, USA and Europe[1].

She was a consultant at the African Institute for Mathematical Science from January 2016 to June 2017[2]. During that time, she suggested and designed cutting edge digital training programs for in service Math teacher professional development. She also developed and suggested teaching curricula and methods to improve the quality of teaching and learning Mathematics in Cameroon.

From September 2017 to August 2018, she served as lead at the Teacher Resource Centre under the Ministry of Higher Education in Cameroon. She was responsible for leading teams in developing STEM focused curriculum for schools in Cameroon. She also built a strong foundations to help the state strategic plan to build a STEM policy landscape and STEM literacy. Fofang was also responsible for creating public private partnerships between the government, private institutions and NGOs willing to support digital skills development initiatives in Cameroon[3].

Janet has served as Managing director for Girls in Tech Cameroon, a nonprofit that supports women in entrepreneurship and economic empowerment through digital training and capacity building as a way to harness the potential of digital technologies to boost businesses.

Awards[edit]

Year Award Result Ref
2015 Africa's leading women in tech by IT News Africa Nominated [4]
2016 Innov8tiv's top 100 women visionary leaders to watch Nominated [5]
A. Richard Newton Educator ABIE Won [6]
2019 Sub-Saharan Africa's female scientist by the Bridge International Academies Won [7]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Roots of STEM". The University of Maryland Today. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  2. "Teachers' Training | AIMS Cameroon - NextEinstein Initiative". Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  3. "Home | AfricaCodeWeek". www.africacodeweek.org. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  4. "Africa's leading women in tech 2015 |IT News Africa – Up to date technology news, IT news, Digital news, Telecom news, Mobile news, Gadgets news, Analysis and Reports | Africa's Technology News Leader". www.itnewsafrica.com. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  5. "Innov8tiv's Top 100 Women Visionary Leaders To Watch In 2016". Innov8tiv. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  6. "Bih Janet Shufor Fofang". AnitaB.org. 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  7. "Celebrating Sub-Saharan Africa's female scientists". Bridge International Academies. 2019-02-04. Retrieved 2019-09-20.


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