Career
Ngan began his career as an associate at Findercod, an investment banking firm in Paris. [7] In 2010, he joined the corporate finance division of Quilvest Group, a private equity firm associated with the Bemberg family. [8] [9] [10] He also previously worked at Société Générale. [11]
In July 2012, at age 28, Ngan returned to Cameroon to establish the cosmetics company Madlyn Cazalis. [12] [13] The company produces cosmetics for African markets, including alternatives to skin-whitening products. [14] [15]
Ngan has spoken at events on entrepreneurship in Africa. On 23 February 2013, he participated in TEDxAkwa in Douala. [16] [17]
On 25 April 2014, Ngan visited Libreville for workshops convened by Gabon’s president Ali Bongo Ondimba. [18] [19] He participated in sessions addressing entrepreneurship and socio-economic issues among young Africans. [20] [21]
On 23 June 2014, he spoke at the 3rd Islamic Development Bank Youth Forum during the bank’s 40th-anniversary event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, addressing the theme “Youth Entrepreneurship: From Job Seekers to Job Creators”. [22] [23] [24]
In September 2014, he won the “Get in the Ring Investment Battle” competition in Cameroon. [25] He was listed as one of the “10 Most Promising Startups of Africa” by BiD Network and the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship. [26]
In October 2014, Ngan was elected a member of the World Entrepreneurship Forum in Lyon, France. [27]
Ngan served as a temporary lecturer at ISCOM, a communication school in Paris, where he taught a business model class. He was also a temporary lecturer at the Paris School of Business (formerly ESG School of Management), where he taught a management science class. [28] He was elected to the Youth Advisory Board of Brand Africa in South Africa for a three-year term and helped prepare the Africa Youth Prize for Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation under the auspices of the African Union Commission. [29]
On 8 November 2014, he was a speaker at the second Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Marrakech, Morocco. [30]
In January 2015, Ngan was selected by ALN Ventures to participate in its African entrepreneurship program. In June 2015, the ALN Foundation purchased a 5% equity stake in Goldsky Partners SARL, the parent company of Madlyn Cazalis, at a valuation of US$1.5 million. [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37]
In February 2016, Ngan was a speaker at the fourth Forum International Afrique Développement in Casablanca, Morocco. [38] [39]
In August 2016, he participated in the sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) in Nairobi, Kenya, at the invitation of the United Nations University. [40] [41]
In 2018, Madlyn Cazalis invested US$3 million in the construction of a new factory in Yaoundé, Cameroon. [42] [43] [44]
On 23 December 2023, his 40th birthday, he published a semi‑autobiographical book titled 40 principes de l’entrepreneur en Afrique, which discusses his experiences and business principles for operating in Africa. [45] [46]
Music
In 2023, Ngan released two albums, Like Shuga and Séquoia. [46]
Honors and awards
In 2014 and 2015, Ngan was named to Forbes magazine's list of "30 Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs in Africa". [47] [48] [49] [50]
In September 2014, Ngan was featured in the first edition of The Choiseul 100 Africa: Economic Leaders of Tomorrow, published by Institut Choiseul for International Politics and Geoeconomics. [51] The publication identifies and ranks young African leaders aged 40 and under expected to play a significant role in the continent’s economic development. [52]
In September 2014, Ngan was the country winner of the Titans Building Nations Award for Best SME CEO, presented by CEO Communications. [53] The ceremony was held in Accra, Ghana. [54]
In October 2014, he was listed among the "Top 35 Africans Under 35" by Young People in International Affairs (YPIA) in International Policy Digest. [55]
In August 2015, Espace PME Cameroun named Ngan one of the "three most influential young entrepreneurs in Cameroon". [56]
In March 2016, Ngan was featured as one of the "Top 40 African Visionaries" in a Swahili-language newspaper published by Global Publishers in Tanzania. [57]
In September 2016, Ngan was named among the "Top 100 African Doers" in Tropics Magazine . [58]
