Patience Eboumbou

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Patience Eboumbou
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Eboumbou in 2018
Member of the Senate of Cameroon for Littoral
In office
25 March 2018 –March 2023
Personal details
Died(2025-06-12)12 June 2025
Political party CPDM
Education University of Yaoundé
Télécom Paris
OccupationTelecommunications engineer

Patience Eboumbou (died 12 June 2025) was a Cameroonian politician of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM). [1]

Life and career

Born in Cameroon, Eboumbou earned a degree in theoretical physics and mathematics from the University of Yaoundé in 1973. She moved to France in 1975 to pursue studies in telecommuncations engineering at Télécom Paris. [2] Upon her return to Cameroon, she became the country's first woman to be a telecommunications engineer. In 1999, she was appointed CEO of CAMTEL Mobile. [3] Eight months after she took office, the company was bought out by the South African MTN Group. [4] In 2017, she became president of the Femmes ingénieures du Cameroun and president of the Réseau des associations féminines de Douala 4e. [5] In 2018, she was sponsor of the first diversity program initiated by GICAM  [ fr ], which aimed to support young girls in ICT. [6] The program was named "Patience Eboumbou". [7]

Throughout her life, Eboumbou was an activist for the CPDM, serving in the party's central committee and its permanent representative in Wouri. In 2018, she was elected to the Senate from the Littoral Region. [8] In July 2020, she set up a mutual health insurance company called Mutuelle Santé Famille de Douala 4e, which aimed to assist people in benefitting from low-cost healthcare options. [9] [10]

Eboumbou died on 12 June 2025. [11]

References

  1. ↑ Ndom, Alain-Claude (13 June 2025). "Cameroun : Patience Eboumbou, pionnière des télécoms, décède". 237online.com (in French). Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Un programme de mentorat pour accompagner les jeunes filles". GICAM (in French). 18 January 2018. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  3. ↑ Noubissié, Jean-Claude (12 February 2018). "Cameroun : la Coalition digitale et l'ambassade de France accompagnent les jeunes filles dans les TIC". Cio Mag (in French). Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "CAMTEL MOBILE". OSIDIMBEA (in French).
  5. ↑ Nzié, Léandre (9 October 2017). "Cameroun, Distinction : La sénatrice Patience Eboumbou récompensée :: CAMEROON". Camer.be (in French). Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  6. ↑ Ndouyou, Jocelyne (3 October 2018). "Promotion des jeunes filles dans les TIC: le mentorat porte des fruits". Cameroon Tribune (in French). Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  7. ↑ Ndoumbe, Nathan (18 January 2018). "Cameroun – Emploi: «Mentorat des jeunes filles dans les TIC», un programme pour aider la jeune fille formée aux TIC à s'insérer aisément dans le monde professionnel". Actu Cameroun (in French). Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  8. ↑ Foute, Franck (16 March 2018). "Cameroun : des élections sénatoriales sur fond de crise socio-politique". Jeune Afrique (in French). Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  9. ↑ Nonos, Frédéric (24 July 2020). "Cameroun - Initiative: La sénatrice Patience Eboumbou, crée une mutuelle de santé pour offrir des soins à moindre coût aux populations de Douala 4ème". Cameroon-Info.net (in French). Archived from the original on 4 January 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  10. ↑ Befeli, Franck (24 July 2020). "CAMEROUN :: Sénatrice Patience Eboumbou « Accès aux soins de santé pour tous à Douala 4eme » :: CAMEROON". Camer.be (in French). Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  11. ↑ Ndangue, Liliane (12 June 2025). "Décès de la sénatrice Patience Eboumbou, 15 jours après son époux". Actu Cameroun (in French). Retrieved 14 June 2025.
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