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gweningom@gimabambot.comDouala, Cameroon

An entrepreneurial journey that began at ten.

Cameroonian entrepreneur, engineer and business leader. Founder and CEO of Gima-Bambot Inc. Ltd., based in Douala.

Gima Gweningom visiting with a delegation
In the field, with teams and institutional partners.
Profile

Vision, technology, execution.

My experience spans business development, strategic partnerships and the deployment of technology-driven solutions across healthcare, infrastructure, mineral exploration, renewable energy and logistics.

I work with hospitals, healthcare professionals, multinational technology companies, financial institutions and government bodies.

What drives me: building institutions that last, developing talent and using technology to address structural challenges in healthcare and economic development.

Milestones

Twenty-five years of building.

Age 10Beginnings

First steps as an entrepreneur

A calling that started early and still shapes the way he works today.

IbadanEducation

Medical physics and geophysics

B.Sc. in Physics (Medical Physics option), then M.Sc. in Mineral Exploration, Geophysics Engineering, at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

2001Founding

Gima-Bambot International Ltd. is founded

A company built from scratch: vision, business models, partnerships, market development and execution systems.

2006Partnership

Growing the B. Braun Group in Africa

Leading business development in selected Central and West African markets, and introducing Aesculap surgical technology to Cameroon.

2017Restructuring

A portfolio of companies

Reorganised into a holding company and focused subsidiaries: independent, scalable businesses rather than one founder-dependent company.

2025Stanford GSB

Seed Transformation Program

2025 cohort at Stanford Graduate School of Business: leadership, organisational transformation, strategy and growth.

2026Governance

Board Chairman of FATTORE Ltd.

Appointed by the Italian parent company Piolanti to chair the board of its Cameroonian entity.

Selected achievements

Concrete results, on the ground.

A healthcare business, built from scratch

Established the healthcare division of Gima-Bambot International, now Gima-Bambot MedTech Ltd.: from an entrepreneurial concept to a medical technology business serving hospitals.

Surgical technology

Introduced B. Braun Aesculap AG surgical instruments and sutures to Cameroon, with systems that improve product selection, availability and use.

Surgical supply, redesigned

Operational frameworks that help pharmacists and surgical teams choose the right suture and instrument and extend their life cycle. Deployed at institutions including:

  • Hôpital Laquintinie de Douala
  • Hôpital Général de Douala
  • Hôpital Gynéco-Obstétrique et Pédiatrique de Yaoundé

Groundwater development

Multidisciplinary projects in groundwater exploration, development and industrial water-system rehabilitation:

  • COTCO (Dompta & Belabo)
  • New American Embassy, Yaoundé
  • Polyclinique Bonanjo S.A., Douala
  • Presidency of the Republic of Cameroon
  • Nestlé factory, Douala: diagnosis and rehabilitation
Education

Always learning.

Fluent in English and French, written and spoken.

Nigeria

University of Ibadan

M.Sc. Mineral Exploration, Geophysics Engineering. B.Sc. Physics, Medical Physics option.

United States · 2025

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Seed Transformation Program: leadership, organisational transformation, strategy and growth.

Germany

Aesculap Academy, Tuttlingen

Advanced training: closure technologies, surgical instruments, power systems, neurosurgery, extracorporeal blood treatment, infusion therapy.

Let’s work together

Partnerships, speaking, conversations.