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ABOUT ME
Tech Leader with a passion for developing highly secured digital solutions.
Felix Fomengia holds an MSc in Cybersecurity and Forensics at the University of Westminster. Currently, serving as a Digital and Innovation Fellow at the African Union, Office of the Director General (ODG), where he works to identify data management challenges and develop innovative solutions to support the work of the AU. Felix is an innovative tech entrepreneur and innovator from Cameroon, passionate about solving problems around his community using ICT and inspiring and empowering the younger generation nationwide.
EXPERIENCE
Digital and Innovation Fellow
African Union
October 2024 – Present
Understanding the system of the African Union, Identify key challenges, co-create and build innovative tailor-made products and processes that improve the delivery of the African Union’s mandate.
IT Engineer and Consultant
Global Catalyst Ventures, Cameroon
March 2024 – Present
- Development of the digital trade hub https://cameroonuktradehub.com/ designed the layout and created a user-friendly interface.
- Procured a relevant domain name and ensured secure hosting for a minimum of 5 years.
- Web Management and overseeing the ongoing management of the digital trade hub.
Information Security Engineer
Local Youth Corner, Cameroon
03/2022 – Present
- Development of the Local Youth Corner website, managing content and ensuring the site is up and running. Developing and managing its digital solutions.
- Designing and implementing highly secure systems and digital platforms, protecting data and information and securing against potential cyber-attacks and hacking threats.
- On February 2023, provided an immediate incident response after the organization’s website, www.loyocameroon.org was hacked and hit with a cyberattack. The attacker noticed a vulnerability in one of the office emails to which he got access and exploited this as an attack surface to gain entry to the system. With an immediate incident response plan, I was able to work to resolve the issue, mitigating the attack, malware removals, cleaning and securing emails, and rebuilding the backend of the website.
- Ensuring the organization’s website and emails are securely running, and safe from cyber attacks and security threats.
Brands I have worked with
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER, LONDON
Awarded the prestigious Chevening Scholarship to study Cybersecurity and Forensics at the University of Westminster, London. Chevening is the UK Government’s global scholarship programme offering awards to outstanding future leaders around the world to undertake fully funded postgraduate studies in the UK.
UNIVERSITY OF BUEA, CAMEROON
Bachelor of Technology – BTech, Computer Engineering
Oct 2016 – Nov 2020
Studied and Obtained a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Engineering with specialty in Computer Networks and System Maintenance at University of Buea’s Engineering school the College of Technology from the year 2016-2020.
SKILLS
Cybersecurity Countermeasure
Ethical Hacking (Pen Testing)
Cybersecurity Consulting
Incident Response
Copywriting (Communications)
App and Web Developement
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Scholarship Opportunities
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