Aminateh Nkemngu
- Biodiversity
- Climate Change
- Pollution
- Oceans
- Policy
Aminateh Nkemngu is a committed and motivated Cameroonian Development Journalist based in Buea,Cameroon. With more than 18 years of experience, he has achieved mastery of critical issues in his home country, Cameroon, as well as a strong understanding of topics that currently animate the global development debate. He is a freelance Journalist and Founder of The Community Initiative For Development Communication (Codec Cameroon), a community social mobilization platform that assists local people and communities have access to adequate information and knowledge that can enable them drive and sustain their own development through education, training and advocacy to eliminate socially unjust practices that lead to poverty.
In these dual roles, and with the support of local and international partners, Aminateh has been able to design and implement several community interventions using communication as the major driving tool, as well as created impactful stories in the areas of women human rights, youth empowerment, water, sanitation and hygiene, community health (including Covid 19) socio-political inclusion, agriculture and most importantly to him, environmental education and Climate Change.
His journalism works have previously been published by Earth Journalism Network, Mongabay Environmental News, Africa China Reporting Project. He is also currently working on another report on Threats to the Mangroves of The Rio Del Rey, with African Arguments, besides writing extensively for local newspapers and reporting for local radio stations.
Some of his most recent publications investigate how civil strife is putting endangered great apes in the crosshairs, published by Mongabay Environmental News and how corruption, crime as well as subsidies are contributing to deplete endangered fish species along the coast of Cameroon, published by EJN. Aminateh Nkemngu is currently a Ph.D/Mass Communication Scholar at the University of Buea, Cameroon. His research interests are in Online Media and Climate Change Reporting in Cameroon.
Aminateh Nkemngu
- Biodiversity
- Climate Change
- Pollution
- Oceans
- Policy
Aminateh Nkemngu is a committed and motivated Cameroonian Development Journalist based in Buea,Cameroon. With more than 18 years of experience, he has achieved mastery of critical issues in his home country, Cameroon, as well as a strong understanding of topics that currently animate the global development debate. He is a freelance Journalist and Founder of The Community Initiative For Development Communication (Codec Cameroon), a community social mobilization platform that assists local people and communities have access to adequate information and knowledge that can enable them drive and sustain their own development through education, training and advocacy to eliminate socially unjust practices that lead to poverty.
In these dual roles, and with the support of local and international partners, Aminateh has been able to design and implement several community interventions using communication as the major driving tool, as well as created impactful stories in the areas of women human rights, youth empowerment, water, sanitation and hygiene, community health (including Covid 19) socio-political inclusion, agriculture and most importantly to him, environmental education and Climate Change.
His journalism works have previously been published by Earth Journalism Network, Mongabay Environmental News, Africa China Reporting Project. He is also currently working on another report on Threats to the Mangroves of The Rio Del Rey, with African Arguments, besides writing extensively for local newspapers and reporting for local radio stations.
Some of his most recent publications investigate how civil strife is putting endangered great apes in the crosshairs, published by Mongabay Environmental News and how corruption, crime as well as subsidies are contributing to deplete endangered fish species along the coast of Cameroon, published by EJN. Aminateh Nkemngu is currently a Ph.D/Mass Communication Scholar at the University of Buea, Cameroon. His research interests are in Online Media and Climate Change Reporting in Cameroon.