I didn't come to Europe to forget Africa.
I came to learn. To understand how systems work. And to bring that expertise back where it can change lives — in the African diaspora and on the continent.
I'm not a classic consultant who delivers slides and disappears. I'm your sparring partner. Someone who never gets tired of talking about your business. Someone as invested as you in the problem. I stay in the trenches with you. And I don't leave until the results are there.
10+
years of product & strategy experience
5+
ventures launched
50+
entrepreneurs supported
400+
articles published
“My revenue tripled in 8 months thanks to Ronel.”
Marc D.
CTO & Co-fondateur, SaaS B2B
“€100K → €300K in 18 months. Ronel transformed everything.”
Client Anonyme
Directeur, Immobilier En Allemagne
Why I Do This
I grew up in Douala with my mother and brothers. Not with my father. We didn't have much, but we had the essentials — and most importantly, we had something many don't: the awareness that we alone were responsible for our future.
“No one is coming to save you.”
Entrepreneur at heart, I wrote my first detailed business plan at 12 — without even knowing what a business plan was. Since then, I've never stopped thinking of project ideas to improve the daily lives of those around me.
In 2007, one year after graduating high school, I left Cameroon. Not to run away. To learn. I studied psychology, computer science, and economics. Three disciplines that gave me a unique understanding of how humans think, how systems work, and how markets behave.
Right after my studies, I entered tech. In parallel, I worked in several industries — logistics, supply chain, retail — always with the same goal: understand the core business of each sector. Not to build a career. To dissect systems.
But at some point, I woke up. I was using my skills to enrich people who didn't have my problems. Meanwhile, in Cameroon and across the diaspora, brilliant entrepreneurs were struggling without access to the same resources, network, opportunities.
“This isn't charity. It's strategic investment.”
Every entrepreneur I help succeed creates jobs. Pays taxes. Inspires others. And changes the narrative about what Africans are capable of. If I can use what I've learned — in European back-offices, in tech, in my own ventures — to accelerate that, then my time has meaning.
That's why I give 45 free minutes every week. That's why I build with entrepreneurs instead of selling consulting. Because true impact isn't measured in slides delivered, but in lives transformed.
My Story
From Douala to Chambéry, my path has never been linear. I left Cameroon in 2007 with one simple conviction: to transform Africa, you first need to understand how the rest of the world works.
I've lived in Gabon, Italy, France, and Canada. I've traveled to about twenty other countries in Europe and Africa. Each country taught me something. Each system showed me a different way to solve the same problems.
Alongside my entrepreneurial ventures, I took jobs in several industries — to understand the core business of all these sectors. Logistics, supply chain, retail, tech. Not to climb a hierarchy. To learn how each piece of the puzzle works.
Today, I've built several ventures: Agrifrika (agri-tech), Katering (QSR — I launched the first modern street food brand in Cameroon, employing over 10 people at one point), Panjap (collaborative platform for Cameroon's development), Jumor (runners community), and this blog with 400+ articles on entrepreneurship and excellence.
But my pride isn't my projects. It's what I've helped others build. And what I've done for my community — I've helped nearly fifty entrepreneurs for free to structure their projects, avoid my mistakes, and build faster.
What I've Helped Build
Results speak louder than promises. Here's what I've helped my clients accomplish — not in theory, in practice.
Real Estate In Germany
100K€ → 300K€ revenue in 18 months
Complete acquisition strategy overhaul, sales process systematization, operations documentation, team scaling
Scalable business, founder freed from daily operations
First Modern Street Food Brand in Cameroon
Katering launched with 10+ employees
Concept → Brand → Launch → Scaling (10+ employees at one point)
Proof that Western standards can be applied in Africa
~50 Entrepreneurs Mentored for Free
Nearly 50 entrepreneurs helped voluntarily
Project structuring, strategic advice, experience and mistake sharing
Knowledge transfer to accelerate collective success
Ventures Built Across Continents
Active ventures in Africa and Europe
Idea → MVP → Launch → Growth for multiple ventures
Demonstration that building from Africa is possible
400+ Strategic Articles
400+ articles published
Regular publication for several years
French-language reference resource for African entrepreneurs
Want the same results? Let's talk.
Book 45 minutes#TheStreetSweeper
In October 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. addressed students in Philadelphia. Six months before his assassination, he asked them a simple question: “What is your life's blueprint?”
“If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures. Sweep streets like Beethoven composed music. Sweep streets like Shakespeare wrote poetry. Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will have to pause and say: Here lived a great street sweeper who swept his job well.”
This philosophy became mine. #TheStreetSweeper.
Whatever your mission — building a product, raising funds, managing a team, or simply writing an email — accomplish it with such excellence that no one can ignore it.
Not for others. For you.
Because excellence isn't a destination. It's a daily standard.
My mission? Transform Cameroon and Africa through entrepreneurship and excellence. Inspire a generation of leaders who refuse mediocrity. Prove to the world that Africans — whether in Douala, Paris, New York or Berlin — are capable of building empires.
My Philosophy
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity.”
— Amelia Earhart
Individual responsibility
Excellence as standard
Measurable impact
The Sparring Partner
A sparring partner is neither a coach, nor a consultant, nor a mentor. It's a role of its own.
✕What it IS NOT
—A consultant who delivers a report and disappears
—A coach who asks questions without getting involved
—A mentor who advises from an ivory tower
—A provider who bills by the hour with no skin in the game
—An outside observer with no real stake
✓What it IS
—A peer who challenges your ideas in real time
—A partner as invested as you in your problem
—An entrepreneur who's been there and understands
—Someone who returns the ball — idea after idea
—A long-term ally with skin in the game
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