Agnès Ntube Ndode succeeds Françoise Foning as head of GFAC

The Senator, Agnès Ntube Ndode épouse Ndjock, has succeeded the late Françoise Foning in becoming the National President of the Groupement des Femmes d'Affaires au Cameroon (Gfac).

It was a group that Françoise Foning marked by her actions and his strong personality.

The challenge is for the new President who must continue to mobilize hundreds of members and carry the voice of the association internationally as her predecessor did. Agnès Ntube Ndode however, gained experience by following Françoise Foning’s footsteps.

“I was always behind Ms. Foning. I was there to follow her.” This was revealed by the Cameroonian and African business leader in the national and global sphere. 29 years on, the grouping has emerged. Agnès Ntube Ndode joined two years after its creation. It is said that she knows the middle.

She has, to her credit, 24 years as President of the Gfac in the Southwest, and seven years as a first vice President at the national level. Her experience placed her as natural candidate to the Presidency of the group, although she was acting since the death of Françoise Foning.

On her election

Agnès Ntube Ndode was elected in Yaoundé for a term of two years renewable once, on Tuesday. The procedure was placed under the supervision of an elections observer. The Senator has not forgotten Françoise Foning’s commitment for the radiation of the group.

“Gfac was like her baby,” she says. She is therefore aware that there is need to take care of it. Especially since members are still within the scope of separation. "It is a fragile moment,” she said.

On her program

For Agnès Ntube Ndode, "Françoise Foning left work that our weak shoulders strive to carry.” However, the Senator and his group have ambition which is to erect the Gfac into a corporation, pillar of the emergence of Cameroon.

With them, the government wants to create about 100 companies in each of the ten regions of the country. “I want to transfer my experience by training, creation and accompaniment of the companies, so that women entrepreneurs create wealth and jobs,” detailed the President.

It will also be an issue to promote the financial independence of women, to bring out their activities of the informal sector, so that any member of the Gfac Company reaches a level of institutionalization that can improve the rankings of Cameroon in the “Doing business.”

The new team will also have to continue the mobilisation of resources to strengthen the capabilities of entrepreneurs and the financing of their projects.