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Prof. Ngomo Horace Manga, PhD

Vice Chancellor

Biography

Prof. Ngomo Horace Manga is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buea. He was appointed by Presidential Decree Nº 2017/318 of 27 June 2017. Before his appointment, he had served as Technical Adviser to the Prime Minister from September 2011 and later for five years as the Secretary General at the Ministry of Higher Education.

Prof. Ngomo Horace Manga is an Associate Professor of Applied Chemical Engineering. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Lagos, Nigeria in 1990. His Ph.D. research was in the area of Catalysts Deactivation. His research focused on studies of the factors responsible for the deactivation of reforming catalysts.

Until his appointment on 27 June 2017 as Vice-Chancellor of the Univerity of Buea, Professor Manga was Secretary-General at the Ministry of Higher Education.

Prof. Ngomo Horace Manga hails from the Ndian Division of the South West Region. He has numerous publications and has co-authored many books.

Education

  • BS.c, Chemical Engineering, University of Lagos, Nigeria, 1980- 1984
  • Master’s in Chemical Engineering, University of Lagos, Nigeria, 1984- 1985
  • Ph.D in Chemical Engineering, University of Lagos, Nigeria, 1987- 1991

Publications

  • Reforming Catalysts Activity
  • Adsorption with Porous Adsorbents
  • Renewable Energy

Work Experience

  • 1992- 1998: Lecturer in the Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science of the University of Yaounde I.
  • December 2011: He was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Yaoundé I.
  • 1999- 2012: Technical adviser, Cabinet of the P.M, Cameroon
  • 2012- 2017 : Secretary General, MINESUP where he assisted the minister in the day-to-day Administrative and Financial management of the Ministry.
  • 2017 - Present: Vice Chancellor University of Buea