Here we are!
After months of hard work & relentless efforts, sweat & blood, screams & laughters, D-Day has finally arrived and it was Wednesday February 13th, the official launch of Coworkers.Africa activities in DOUALA, Cameroon.
And what a day it was! A unique opportunity to connect with Douala business community and introduce Douala first premium coworking space, its furnished offices and digital tools under the patronage of of Ms Mbajon Marthe Chantal, General Secretary of the Ministry of Small & Medium Enterprise, Social Economy and Handicrafts.
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| Madame Mbajon Marthe Chantal | Discours du SG MINPMEESA |
And the General Secretary did not come alone! Ms Mbajon was accompanied by a host of Regional Delegates from Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications, Ministry of Labour and Ministry of Small and Medium Businesses, Social Economy and Handicraft.
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Departmental & Regional Delegate MINPMEESA |
Regional Delegate MINTRAVAIL & MINPOSTEL |
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| All 3 Regional Delegates with SG MINPMEESA | Speech of Regional Delegate MINPOSTEL |
Our host Georges had a keynote speech to welcome everyone and share his vision about Cowork.Africa and his passion for bridging the gap between technology & business especially for the SME sector for which he proned "Professionalisation & Digitization"... And he received the strong assistance of another Georges, Mr. Abessolo Meka providing masterful MC services!
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| Media Presentation by Georges Mpoudi Ngole | Opening Keynote by Georges Mpoudi Ngole |
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| Master of Ceromony: Georges Abessolo Meka | Georges Abessolo Meka, un MC dans ses oeuvres |
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| Guests during opening keynote | Guests & Media coverage |
From there on it was open bar, light snacks and networking!
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| Opening Drink served to Ms Mbajon by Georges Mpoudi Ngole | Open Bar & Networking!!! |
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| Our distinguished guests... | ...getting to discover Cowork.Africa |
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| Manuela Mpono & Flore Betty Effa | Alain More Ekobe & Landry Lamine Onobiono |
And indeed our whole network of friends, family, professional & business networks went to support but also to relax, share a drink and network while grooving on the smooth bakcground music...
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| Julien Nkoa & Jean Michel Ondo | John Michael Midwa & Alain More Ekobe |
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| JS Ngann Yonn, Sylvia Nfonba & Maxime Bouraima | Lydie Yabeko, Marie-Rose Daya & Corinne Wansek |
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| Armand N, Arthur E, Lydie N. & Brunoisie T. | Ghislain Daya, Marcel Eyebe & Clement Sobtejou |
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| Anthony Same & Serge Ntamack | Armand Nganou & Sandrine Etonde |
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| Beatrice Kepseu | Nelly Bowen Nkoundji |
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| Merime Wilson Ngoudjou & Collins Fomba | Ousmanou Koutou, Maxime & Reine-Laure Bouraima |
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| Claudia & Tony Mpoudi Ngolle | M. & Mme Mbiankeu |
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| Diane Tchiengoua | Edmond Junior Jemba |
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| Lionel Ngounou, William Ngole & Eric Sindeu | Gilbert Ngono, Roselyne Mpoudi & Gaspard Kepseu |
We finally called it a day and are looking forward to many more networking events connecting Douala vibrant B2B community! Let us have your email address here (at the bottom of the page) and receive our monthly newsletter including news and highlights from the Cowork.Africa community as well as all future events...
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| Cowork.Africa Core Team | Roselyne & Georges Mpoudi Ngole |
To be continued...
Roselyne Mpoudi Ngole
Wednesday 13th of February was the official launch of COWORK.AFRICA, the first premium coworking space in Douala. I still can't forget the amazement on the face of the first time visitors from business or entrepreunarial background as this place seems something different from the norm around. Thanks to all the guests!!! Hope you enjoyed everything: the place, the speeches, the drinks, the snacks, the music, the networking, ... Cowork Africa is now officially open, feel free to come and work, meet, train for an hour, a day, a week, ... #SpreadTheWordOut, #InnovateShareAchieve, @Cowork.Africa