CEREDDA Leadership · Founder

Ambassador Churchill Ewumbue-Monono

Founder & Director General, CEREDDA · Cameroon's Permanent Representative to the African Union

CEREDDA

Founder & Director General

Based In

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Ambassador Churchill
Ewumbue-Monono

Ambassador Churchill Ewumbue-Monono is the Founder and Director General of CEREDDA, and Cameroon's Ambassador to Ethiopia & Djibouti and Permanent Representative to the African Union and UNECA. With over 30 years in Cameroon's foreign service and presidential advisory structures, he combines scholarly depth with diplomatic acumen, advancing Cameroon's interests while mentoring the next generation of African leaders.

His founding of CEREDDA in 1993 reflects a lifelong commitment to providing civil society perspectives and African-centred frameworks on the continent's democratisation, governance, and development challenges — operating from Yaoundé to Addis Ababa under the motto "Unity, Development, Service."

African Diplomacy Public Policy Nation-Building Youth Empowerment Pan-Africanism

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Career Highlights

30+ years in Cameroon's foreign service and presidential advisory roles
Minister-Counsellor, Embassy of Cameroon, Moscow
Second Counsellor, Cameroon Embassy, Addis Ababa
Technical Adviser, Civil Cabinet, Presidency of Cameroon
Founder, CEREDDA (1993) — Pan-African Think Tank

Education

International Higher School of Journalism (ÉSIJ/ESSTIC)
Institute of International Relations of Cameroon (IRIC), University of Yaoundé
Fellowship in Public Diplomacy, Boston University, USA

Publications

Youth and Nation-Building in Cameroon

Monograph on youth's role in national development

Men of Courage

Profiles of African diplomatic leadership

Delicate Negotiations for Reunification

Plus contributions to international journals on humanitarian law & governance

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Democracy is not a destination — it is a living practice that must be tended, studied, and defended. CEREDDA exists to do precisely that.

Ambassador Churchill Ewumbue-Monono · Founder & Director General, CEREDDA

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