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A CASE STORY OF A RETURN MIGRANT BY ALBERT KAMANOU

A CASE STORY OF A RETURN MIGRANT BY ALBERT KAMANOU. 1. BACKGROUND . EDUCATION Master of Science in Electrical Eng. George Washington University, Washington DC. Bachelor of Science in Physics . University of Yaoundé, Cameroon. Reside in the United States of America for 10 Years

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A CASE STORY OF A RETURN MIGRANT BY ALBERT KAMANOU

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  1. A CASE STORY OF A RETURN MIGRANT BY ALBERT KAMANOU 1

  2. BACKGROUND • EDUCATION • Master of Science in Electrical Eng. George Washington University, Washington DC. • Bachelor of Science in Physics. University of Yaoundé, Cameroon. • Reside in the United States of America for 10 Years • Return to Cameroon in 2000. 2

  3. BACKGROUND • WORK EXPERIENCE • INACOM Information Systems – Malvern, Pennsylvania • Senior Systems Engineer, 1993 to 1997 • Provide Network design and systems engineering to Corporate • GLOBETEL, Inc – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Senior Consultant, 1997 to 2000 • Negotiate and setup partnership with local Operators and entrepreneurs in Africa for the implementation of Voice over IP traffic termination and origination via satellite. (Ethiopia, Tanzania, Ivory coast, Gabon, Cameroon). 3

  4. BACKGROUND • ENTREPRENEURSHIP • GLOBALNET – Douala, Cameroon • Founder & CEO, 2000 to 2006 • Creation of a local ISP from scratch and lead the company to a 10 millions dollars value company. 4

  5. GLOBALNET PROFILE • Limited liability company • Founded In May 2000 • Capital: 100.000.000 Fcfa (153.000 Euros) • Turnover 2006: 2.000.000.000 Fcfa (3.048.780 Euros) • Shareholders: 100% Cameroonians • Focus activity : Telecommunications / ISP • Employees : 52 + Consultants & Temp. • Client base: Corporate, SME, SMI, Residential 5

  6. CORPORATE PROFILE • Our keys solutions history VAS & Multimedia solutions provider - 2005 Telecommunications solutions provider - 2004 VPN solutions Provider - 2003 VSAT Integrator - 2002 Wireless ISP Dialup ISP - 2001 Cybercafé - 2000 7

  7. CURRENT STATE OF THE BUSINESS • GLOBALNET was sold to MTN Cameroon in 2006 and the founder spent 2 years with MTN as GM of MTN Network Solutions. • Albert KAMANOU is now developping the challenge of establishing an educational TV channel (educanet tv) in sub saharan Africa. 8

  8. EDUCANET is a project led by a group of Africans. It uses Information technology tools such as Internet & Television as a means to make quality training & education available for all. EDUCANETONLINE.ORG EDUCANET TV Réseau Internet L’utilisateur WHAT IS EDUCANET? 9

  9. OUR OBJECTIVES • To ease access to academic & professional training courses, • Develop, produce and have the contents online via Internet and a dedicated TV channel « educanet-tv ». OUR MISSION • A panafrican Mission into the area of education, cultural diversity, employment & training by the means of Internet, Satellite and television. 11

  10. Students Professionals looking for additional training People looking for jobs Multinational institutions Secondary & higher education institutions Public state institutions OUR TARGET 12

  11. GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE (1) Réseau câbleurs Récepteur télé Diffusion satellitaire Transfert serveur broadcast (DVD) Formation devant l’écran Enregistrement et numérisation des cours Amphi UYII 1PROF = 1500 étudiants 1 PROF= 1 étudiant Cours magistraux Transfert serveur multimédias Educanetonline.org Étudiante UYII Formation en ligne Connexion réseau local ou international 15 Récepteur PC

  12. CHALLENGES & OBSTACLES • No banks loans • No tax break for start-ups • No real institutional support for start-ups • Lack of qualified manpower • Cash flow problem • Lack of real legal & regulatory frame work protection • Lack of experience & cultural understanding 17

  13. SOME SOLUTIONS • Negotiate with supplies for short terms loans. • Invest in your field of expertise first. • Frequent travels to your country of origin prior to final return. • Share your vision & motivate your staff. • BANKS CAN HELP WITH SOME GARANTEES (customers contracts, real estate, some deposit). • Trust is key when dealing with business partners. • TRADITIONAL FUNDS KEEPING (tontines) can help with cash flow problem. 18

  14. RECOMMANDATIONS • Better rules & regulation for Diaspora's investors. • Increase the fight against corruption. • Low import duties & tax free for the first 2 years . • Facilitate funds transfers. • Banks should fund potential projects. • Government should be more involved in the process. 19

  15. CONCLUSION • Cooperation among all stakeholders is essential: Government, public and private sector, academia, non-governmental organizations, the donor community, all are expected to work together in very concrete programs and projects to achieve demonstrate the potential of ICTs to enable Economic Growth, Knowledge Dissemination and Social Inclusion. • Cameroon cannot afford to miss the IT Revolution! 20

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