Alfonce is a mid-career senior professional with 15 years of professional experience in the domains of microfinance, project and program management, skill development, teaching and economic diplomacy.
He currently serves as Senior Technical Advisor at the German Cooperation and Regional Coordinator for Central Africa of the Skills Initiative for Africa (SIFA) and is responsible for 14 countries, 9 within ECCAS and 5 other countries within ECOWAS. Recently, he was National Coordinator of the Employment for Sustainable Development in Africa (E4D), National Technical Advisor in-charge of Private Sector and National Focal Point for Developpp at the Regional Office for Central Africa of the German Cooperation. He was Head of Trade and Investment and Economic Advisor to the British High Commissioner to Cameroon.
Between 2016 and 2017, he Lectured Management, Strategic Management, Operations Management and Human Resources Management at the CITEC Higher Institute of Technology and Management and then at the ICT University in Yaoundé.
He was Manager of Advans Cameroun S.A operations in the South West region and earlier in his career, he worked as Regional Projects and Field Inspector at the Cameroon Cooperative Credit Union League (CamCCUL) where he was in-charge of the supervision of 32 branches of microfinance institutions (MFIs) affiliated to CamCCUL in the Centre, South and East regions of Cameroon. He is a CGAP Certified Trainer
of Trainers in Financial Education and has taken several trainings of trainers courses in other related domains.
He holds an MBA in Strategic Management from the University of Wales, a Postgraduate Diploma in Business and Management from the London School of Commerce, a first degree in History and Political Science from the University of Buea and is currently enrolled in a Doctorate degree program at the SMC University in Switzerland where he is specializing in International Cooperation and Development.
He has attended over 50 courses, trainings, workshops and conferences in the UK, Togo, Switzerland, Belgium, France, Gabon, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Ghana, Nigeria, Germany, Kenya and Cameroon on themes such as budget management, project management, strategy elaboration, information management, the preparation and interpretation of financial statements, andragogy, delivering excellent customer service,
Management information systems, data protection and responsible for information amongst others.
He is Member of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) of England and Wales, Member of the Institute of Administrative Management of England, Cardiff University Alumni Ambassador for Cameroon, etc.
In his primary, secondary school and university days, he was very active and occupied the following functions: Senior Sanitation Prefect, President of the Linguistic Club, Vice President of the Press Club, Secretary General of the University of Buea Association for the Promotion of Non-Violence (UBAPNOV), Public Relations Officer and Spokesperson for the G.H.S Limbe Ex-Students’ Association, University of Buea chapter, Troop Leader of the Limbe I Boys Scout movement, Youth Affairs Officer for the Global Network for Good Governance (GNGG), etc.
He is a fanatic of youth development and has supervised at least 30 end of course projects of students at the higher national diploma, first degree and masters levels. He spends his spare time reading, volunteering and watching economic documentaries.
