FELA’S ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP FORUM

6th Edition, Douala, 29-31 July 2020

THEME: “The Role of Cameroonian Youths in

Peace, Ethical Leadership and Social Cohesion.”

FOTABE ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

B.P 107, Buea

South West Region, Republic of Cameroon
Tel: 243719631. Email: info@funic.org
www.funic.org
 ABOUT THE FORUM

FELA’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Forum is an annual 3-day event which brings together
100 active high school student leaders and entrepreneurs from all over the national territory.
Participants are trained on various subjects and encouraged to become ethical entrepreneurial leaders
in the African continent.

Objective: The objective of the forum is to provide a platform to enhance their leadership and
Entrepreneurial skills, and to challenge them to embrace entrepreneurship and leadership activities in
their communities in a bid to contribute to social justice, and economic development of Africa in an
ethical manner.
Curriculum: The curriculum has been specially designed train youths in Cameroon to develop

Entrepreneurial skills, acquire concrete Leadership skills and develop positive professional abilities

needed to land their dream jobs, become entrepreneurs and impact their communities positively.

This is accomplished through her unique School-to Work (S2W) model.

Certification: All Participants are awarded an attestation of participation forum signed by the Ministry
of Employment and Vocational Training, and FELA.

Other benefits for participants :

• The Youths are trained to acquire skills and altitudes to prepare them to become major actors
for Peace, Social Justice and Prosperity in the Africa Continent.
• The Youths are put at the center of discussions aimed at molding them to become responsible
Citizens
• The 3 best students are awarded a 50% scholarship to study bon a School-to-work program at
FELA.

• Participants have the possibility of networking with other participants from other regions,
with government officials, and with facilitators/speakers.

FOTABE ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

B.P 107, Buea

South West Region, Republic of Cameroon
Tel: 243719631. Email: info@funic.org
www.funic.org
 Activities: FELA’s entrepreneurial Leadership forum seeks to inculcate in Cameroonian
youths a
desire to start and grow small businesses, create and implement lasting and innovative solutions to
problems plaguing their communities. Various tools are used by FELA through the Entrepreneurial
leadership forum to achieve this objective. These tools include, but are not limited to: training
sessions, youth camps, networking activities, visits, presentations and round table discussions
Coaching Sessions, and workshop

ABOUT THE SIXTH EDITION:

The 6th edition of FELA’s entrepreneurial Leadership forum has been scheduled to take place from
the 29nd to the 31st of July 2020 in Douala, under the auspices of the Minister of Employment and
Vocational Training. The theme of this year’s forum is “The Role of Cameroonian Youth in Peace,
Ethical Leadership and social Cohesion.” This year’s forum will bring together one hundred youths
from all regions of Cameroon. The forum will take place at FUNIC’s Campus at Fin Goudron Bangue,
Kotto, Douala.

Activities: Activities in this year’s forum will include trainings, roundtable discussions, excursions, a
job/career fair, a showcase of made in Cameroon products, and team building exercises.

THE PREVIOUS EDITIONS

The 1st edition of the forum held in Buea from the 6th to the 9th of November 2015 and brought
together more than forty youth from public and private high schools from the South West Regions.
The theme of the edition was “Entrepreneurship: A new Approach to the emergence of Africa”.
Participants were introduced to the idea of Entrepreneurship. Participants presented compelling essays
on how Entrepreneurship can help the African continent emerge. The first edition was under the
auspices of the South West Regional Delegate of Employment and Vocational training. The event was
sponsored by JCI, Nexttel, King Chris graphics, Njorku, Source du Pays, and other organizations.

The 2nd edition of the forum held in Buea from the 14th to the 16th of July 2016 and brought together
more than eighty youth from public and private high schools from the South West Regions. The theme
of the edition was “Youths employability for sustainable Economic development.” Activities during
the second edition included trainings by National employment fund, The South West Regional

FOTABE ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

B.P 107, Buea

South West Region, Republic of Cameroon
Tel: 243719631. Email: info@funic.org
www.funic.org
 Delegate of Arts and culture, the founder of Njorku, and many more. There was also a job
fair and an Entrepreneurship competition.

The 3rd edition held under the theme, “Youth and Peace, Unity and Economic development of
Cameroon.” The forum held in Buea, from the 18th to the 19th of August 2017, in the heart of the
Socio-Economic unrest in the South West Region. The focus was on Peace, Unity and the economic
development of Cameroon. The over 100 participants were enjoined to foster peace in their
communities.

The 4th edition took place in Douala from 16th to the 18th of October 2019, under the auspices of the
Littoral Regional Delegate of Employment and Vocational Training. Due to the ongoing socio-
political crisis in the South West and North West Regions of Cameroon, the forum held for the first
time in Douala. The theme of the fourth edition was “Youth social entrepreneurship.” By the end of
the forum, the participants had been trained on pitching business ideas, public speaking, Community
Leadership, Team building, avoiding teenage pregnancies, and much more.
Social entrepreneurship is the use of the techniques by start- up companies and other entrepreneurs to
develop, fund and implement solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues. Participants came
from four regions of the country.

The 5th edition of FELA’s entrepreneurial Leadership forum took place from the 31st July to the 2nd
of August 2019 in Douala, under the auspices of the Minister of Employment and Vocational Training.
The theme of this year’s forum was “Soft skills for sustainable youth Entrepreneurial Leadership.”
The event took place at FUNIC’s Campus at Fin Goudron Bangue , Kotto, Douala and was sponsored
by the British High Commission .The participants wrote susceptible 10 point Plans on how waste
management can be done in their communities.

PARTICIPATION
Selection into the program is based on involvement in community activities, leadership activities,
entrepreneurship activities and a strong desire to create impact.
The mission of FELA has always been to see and African Society where rare skills are found in
common people, and where no one leaves home because s/he is poor. The founding president of FELA
has always believed that this can only happen with a change of mentality. For this reason, FELA’s
FOTABE ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

B.P 107, Buea

South West Region, Republic of Cameroon
Tel: 243719631. Email: info@funic.org
www.funic.org
 strategy has always been to focus on High school youths. At this stage, many of them
begin to think of the caliber of adults they’ll want to be in future. In a few instances, a few
outstanding youths from the university have been selected to participate.
Participants Includes ;
• High school students from around the country who play leadership roles in their schools or
their churches or their communities.
• High School students who are involved in entrepreneurship or social entrepreneurship in their
schools or communities.
• High School students who play an active leadership role in school clubs.

IMPACT
The goal of the forum has always been to train youths who will create sustainable and ethical
impact in the communities. The impact so far has been encouraging.
• Youth training and skill development: From the first 4 edition this forum has been able to
train close to 400 hundred youths on Entrepreneurial Leadership, coupled with other subjects
such as peace, Economic Development of Africa, Employability, Social Entrepreneurship,
community leadership.
• Community impact: Two participants from the first and second editions have created
associations to promote youth entrepreneurship, leadership and volunteerism. These young
people have been able to impact hundreds of youths in five communities. Three other
participants from the third and fourth editions have developed their civil society organizations
that cater for children’s education, the environment, and girl child education.
• Business Start-up/development: Through the president’s banknote challenge students
received a single banknote of 10,000FCFA and started a small business. The first three
profitable businesses were awarded cash prizes ranging from 50,000FCFA to 150,000FCFA.
These young people have been able to grow their small businesses that are still sustainable.
The businesses included an award winning mobile GCE preparation app, foot ware, food
processing, paper recycling, and fashion design.
• Youth Education and Empowerment: Through the Entrepreneurial Leadership forum,
FELA has awarded scholarships of close to 10,000,000FCFA to more than 25 youths who have
studied for Higher education and vocational qualifications.

FOTABE ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

B.P 107, Buea

South West Region, Republic of Cameroon
Tel: 243719631. Email: info@funic.org
www.funic.org
 TRAINING AND TRAINERS
Trainings and workshops are a great way to imbibe and transfer knowledge to others.
The forum uses classroom and outdoor trainings as a tool to instill in students the driving concepts
and a love Entrepreneurship and leadership. The courses taught are designed to help students or
participants understand the challenges facing Africa as a continent, and what they, as young people
can do to provide ethical and lasting solutions. Students are trained to acquire knowledge on the
entrepreneurial process, factors influencing entrepreneurship, developing the entrepreneurial mind-
set, leading change, how to identify and seize opportunities in their environments, how to create
impact and much more.
Workshops are usually a great opportunity for the students to provide evidence of the mastery of the
concepts considered during classroom sessions. Practical tasks are assigned to the students. The
students, in their various groups perform the tasks, analyze outcomes, make adjustments or
modifications and make informed decisions.
Trainers:
The forum brings together speakers who are involved in social entrepreneurship, leadership and
entrepreneurship from around the world. This event which is under the auspices of the Ministry of
Employment and Vocational training has attracted many speakers, including:
S/N Trainer Module

01 Bar. Agbor Nkongho Felix Youth, Ethical Leadership and Peace

02 Mr. Christian Achaleke Youth, Ethical Leadership and Social Cohesion

03 Mr. Roland Fomundam Social Entrepreneurship and Career Management

04 Mme Fotabe Elmine Ethical Leadership

05 Mr. Bochum Samuel Bache Peace Building

06 Mr.Mambe Churchill Soft Skills

07 Miss. Pamela Happi Social Etiquette

08 Mr.Takor Ronald Onboarding

09 Mr. Stephane Ngaleu, Team Building

FOTABE ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

B.P 107, Buea

South West Region, Republic of Cameroon
Tel: 243719631. Email: info@funic.org
www.funic.org
 BUDGET

Activity 1.1 - 27th- 29th August 2019 for a maximum of 125 people

Item Unit Cost per unit No. of Units Total for the event
Lodging for participants Per Participant per day 6 000
300 1 800 000 XAF
Meals Per participant per day 7 000
345 2 415 000 XAF
Materials Per participant
244 200 1 244 200 XAF
Lodging for trainers Per trainer per day
25 000 45 1 125 000 XAF

Co-funding
Seed Capital to Banknote Post event 200 000
challenge winner 1 200 000 XAF
For the event 410 000
Transport and Logistics 1 410 000 XAF
Post event 3 400 000
Burseries 1 3 400 000 XAF

Total 5 584 200 XAF

Total co-funding 4 010 000 1 4 010 000 XAF

Total with co-funding 9 594 200 XAF

FOTABE ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

B.P 107, Buea

South West Region, Republic of Cameroon
Tel: 243719631. Email: info@funic.org
www.funic.org
THE FORUM IN PICTURES

1st Edition 2nd Edition

3rd Edition 4th Edition

5th Edition

FOTABE ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

B.P 107, Buea

South West Region, Republic of Cameroon
Tel: 243719631. Email: info@funic.org
www.funic.org