Tamoifo Nkom Marie

Posted on Oct 8, 2012 in Featured Young Leaders

Tamoifo Nkom Marie


Presidente, Jeunesse Verte du Cameroun

Spokesperson for the African youths and Diaspora/ Bamako 2005, President of AJVC, Cameroon (2006 – 2012), Regional Coordinator of the Regional Central Africa youth forest
Network (2008 – 2011), Facilitator of the National Environmental Youth network in Cameroon
and peace network in the sub region.

Marie is the coordinator of the Youth regional network on Forests for Central Africa (for Congo, RDC, Chad, RCA, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao tome and Principe, Rwanda, Burundi, and Cameroon) and she coordinates the focal points of all of this countries and national network since 2008. She has organized the United Nations Environment Youth Program on Sustainable Consumption Campaign in Cameroon under the auspices of UNEP Youth Advisory Council Associate Advisor for Africa in collaboration with the German Development Corporation (GTZ), the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MINEF).

In 2005 she has been designated spokesperson for MDGS/ 2015 UNDP campaign for Cameroon. In August 2005 she was one of the laureates of the King Mohammed IV Award on Youth Led Projects on the MDGS.

In 2010, she was one of leaders representing Cameroun, participating in the President Obama’s
Africa Forum with Young African Leaders.