AKUMBOM PAUL

A versatile, analytical, and hardworking Development Economist with a strong focus on agribusiness project management. Demonstrates exceptional skills in modeling entrepreneurship, growth, and development within the agricultural sector. Passionate about leveraging innovative techniques and creative strategies to enhance entrepreneurship and drive sustainable growth in agribusiness and rural economies. Currently seeking challenging opportunities to contribute to impactful research and development initiatives in agribusiness and entrepreneurship.

• Completed an online course on Digital Teacher English by Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education For Peace and Sustainable Development.
• Completed an online course on Digital Educator by Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education For Peace and Sustainable Development.
• Four weeks capacity building program on Entrepreneurship and Business Development.
• Four weeks capacity building program on Project Management.

• Ph.D in Agribusiness Project Management, The University of Bamenda, 2024
• M.Sc. in Economic Sciences, The University of Bamenda, 2020
• Bachelor of Technology in Insurance and Security, The University of Bamenda, 2019
• National Higher Diploma II in Economic Sciences, The University of Bamenda, 2018
• Licence in Economic Sciences, University of Dschang, 2016
• Advanced level certificate, G.B.H.S Ndop, 2011
• Ordinary level certificate, G.B.H.S Ndop, 2009

• Four years of teaching experience
• Served as a voluntary administrative assistant to the Deputy Director of the Higher Institutes of Commerce and Management of The University of Bamenda for over six (07) years (2017-2024)
• Served as a volunteer Secretary General with Entrepreneurship and Social Research Centre-Cameroon

• Place of birth: North West Region
• Date of birth: 04/24/91
• Nationality: Cameroonian
• Marital status: Married

• Entrepreneurship orientation and performance of small and medium sizes enterprises in bamenda III, Akumbom, P., Vukenkeng, A., 2025, Management Science Letters, 15, 2, 63-70
• Entrepreneurship and its Implications for Standards of Living in Cameroon, Akumbom, P., Kafain, R., 2024, SMS Journal of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, 10, 2, 1-11
• Agripreneurship and Poverty Reduction: Empirical Evidence from Tubah Sub-Division, North West Region, Cameroon, Akumbom, P., Egwu, M. J. B., Shillie, P. N., 2023, Finance & Economics Review, 5, 1, 14-26, 10.38157/fer.v5i1.526
• Agricultural technology adoption, productivity, and poverty reduction in Cameroon: A mediating analysis, Akumbom, P., Egwu, M. J. B., Shillie, P. N., 2023, Journal of Enterprise and Development (JED), 5, 2, 188-201
• Enhancing Agripreneurship and Agricultural Technology Adoption to Reduce Poverty: Opinions from Small Venture Holders in Tubah Sub-Division, Western Highlands, Cameroon, Akumbom, P., Egwu, M. J. B., Shillie, P. N., 2023, Business Perspective Review, 5, 1, 59–74, 10.38157/bpr.v5i1.548
• Air Pollution and Human Health: Empirical Evidence from Cameroon, Akumbom, P., Anchi, O. E., 2023, Malaysian Journal of Business, Economics and Management, 40-46
• COVID‑19 and food security risk in Nkambe Cameroon: perceptions, drivers and household response measures, Shillie, P. N., Balgah, R. A., Ngwa, B. M., Akumbom, P., 2023, SN Social Sciences, 3, 98, 1-15
• Challenges to the Advancement and use of Digital Currencies for Business Transactions in Cameroon: A PLETP Review of Emerging Literature, Shillie, P. N., Forbacha, C. S., Kifem, F. L., Akumbom, P., Nshom, K. G., Katu, H. M., Awah, H. T., 2023, Indo Asian Journal of Finance and Accountings, 4, 2, 259-285, 10.47509/IAJFA.2023.v04i02.04
• Non-Governmental Organizational Factors that Indicate a Project's Success: Case of Bamenda-Cameroon, Akumbom, P., Abuengmoh P., 2022, SMS Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 9, 1, 1-11
• Total factor Productivity and the level of entrepreneurship development in Cameroon, Vukenkeng, A. W, Akumbom, P., 2021, International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 9, 5, 1-20
• Determinants of the Supply of Entrepreneurship in Cameroon, Vukenkeng, A. W., Ndamsa D. T., Akumbom, P., 2020, Review of Economics and Management Sciences, 1, 1, 24-42

• Prof. Vukenkeng Andrew Wujung, Ph.D in Economics, Inspectorate of services, Ministry of Higher education, (+237) 677948904, vukenkengwujung@yahoo.com
• Dr. Forbe Hodu Ngangnchi, Ph.D in Economics, HOD-Organisational Sciences/HICM, The University of Bamenda, (+237) 677575062, chiefforbe@gmail.com