CURRICULUM VITAE
IDENTIFICATION
FULL NAME PHILIP WOTANY ETOMA
DATE / PLACE OF BIRTH 7
TH
MAY 1974, at Mapanja - Buea
MARITAL STATUS Married and a Father of Two Children NATIONALITY Cameroonian
CONTACTS Tel: (002**-*********. Email: ***********@*****.*** Whatsapp: (002**-*********
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
June 1996 till
date
Administrative assistant and resource person in Mount Cameroon Prunus africana Common Initiative Group, Buea – Cameroon. Sustainable exploitation of Prunus africana medicinal trees around the Mount Cameroon region. Its active ingredient treats prostate cancer. June 2010
till date,
Forest Manager in Bimbia Bonadikombo Community Forest. Focal Person for the Bimbia Bonadikombo Natural Resource Management Council June 2013. Participated in an FSC workshop to revive the principles used by FSC to control forest products within the Congo Basin
in 2013 Invited to give a lecture in greenweek Cameroon (refer the site: http://www.greenafricadirectory.org/green-week-in-cameroon-raises-awareness-about- forests-water-waste-sustainable-agriculture/).
Nov. 2012, Participated in an international joint workshop on High Conservation Values in Buea University and the challenges facing the sustainable exploitation of tropical rainforest, particularly in the Congo Basin chaired by the vice chancellor in the presence of two visiting professors – Prof. Eike Albrecht and Prof. Michael Schmidt, both visiting professors where from BTU Cottbus.
2014 and till
date.
Work in collaboration with CWCS to prepare the framework in designing the principles for the REDD+ project in Fako division in which our community forest is one of the pilot centers
March 2016 Coordinated a first local and divisional workshop on climate change and global warming. This workshop sent a strong message to the local community particularly in the city of Limbe on the dangers of deforestation and forest degradation through the felling down of giant trees. Farmers and other forest users were invited. May 2006 Participated in the International workshop in Applied Research for Landscape Management: An adaptive approach.
October 2006. Special training on Gender Sensitization Eco – guide Technique at the Limbe Botanic Gardens.
June 2005 Participating in the serminar workshop on quality systems in the tourism sector. Mar. 2007 Succesfully reached the highest peak in west and central Africa – Mt Cameroon 4095m 2003 Till Date Secretary General / Pioneer member – Good Friends Livestock Farmers CIG 2020 till date Carrying out coordinated activities on training and field works with the program for sustainable management of natural resources (PSMNR –SW) for the south west region in Cameroon.
2019 Conducted training seminars for agroforestry techniques and tree domestication within the community funded by PNDP – Cameroon.
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EDUCATIONAL PROFILE
YEAR SCHOOL ATTENDED CERTIFICATE OBTAINED
1997 – 2001 University of Buea. Bachelor of Science (Honors) in Life Sciences. Student matriculation N
o
: UB005925
1994 – 1996 Government High School, Limbe. Advance Level (2 papers). 1988 – 1993 Government High School, Limbe. Ordinary Level (7papers). 1981 - 1988 Catholic Primary School, Limbe. First School Leaving Certificate. ADDITIONAL TRAINING
YEAR INSTITUTION ACTIVITY
2002 Computer World,
Limbe.
5 months training in computer software: Ms windows XP, word 2007, Ms Publishers2003, Ms Excel, Ms PowerPoint and Ms Access. 7 Months Training in Computer Hardware Maintenance and Repairs. 1995 Creative Arts and
Graphics, Limbe.
9 months training in graphic arts and paintings
EXTRACURRICULAR EXPERIENCES
2011 ELECAM Chief Polling Agent, Presidential elections in Bambeta – Bimbia 2013 ELECAM Chief Polling Agent, for the Twin elections in Bambeta – Bimbia 2007 Municipal/Parliamentary Elections, Chief pooling Agent for Bonangombe – Bimbia HOBBIES: Reading Scientific publications, quest for more knowledge, traveling, watching movies and watching football.
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Fluent communication in written and spoken English. A fair communication of spoken French.
DATE 14 / 08 / 2025 SIGNATURE:
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2002 to
2004
Laboratory research assistant, Fako Clinical Laboratory, Limbe- Cameroon Quality Control: Preparation of standard solutions. Ensures uniformity of product quality. Conduction of clinical tests.
Apr. 2003
till date
IT technician at RealTek Electronics, Newtown, Limbe. We do general electronics repairs, maintenances and general electronics supplies. We are specialized in laptops, desktops, printers and we as well make purchases to customers. Jan 2008 -
2011
IT Technician / Documentation services with the Bamusso Council. Also in charge of training junior staffs and new recruits on both hardware and software in the council. 2011 Hired by the Limbe City Council through Rehel Enterprise to repair computers in the Pilot Library of the Limbe municipality.
Limbe City Council contract on electronic equipments