Douala:Young And Creative Cameroonian Fought It Hard To Make A Breakthrough

After his high school studies in Bonaberi, Douala, Awafong Julius Teneng was motivated to pick up secretaryship as it offered enormous opportunities to search for scholarships, grants and satisfy his longtime longing to make and connect with friends the world over through Yahoo, Google and other social networks where he made himself visible and shared his ambitions.

At the dawn of year 2000 when he received on-the-job drill in the career of typing, he began with typing his own mails, as well as business letters for his companions. Having established his own workplace, he enjoys earnings from typesetting dissertations, theses and manuscripts for several books, including Peter Essoka’s popular trilogy on his reflections delivered on the national radio. Most of his write-ups as found on some websites betray a man who has enjoyed years of reading through most research works.

In fact, typesetting research works for students and researchers alike has gained him the means to self-sponsor his study of politics at the University of Yaounde II and knowledge on a wide range of topics. For over 15 years, Awafong who is in his thirties has typed more than 150 research projects, including professional projects, M.A. dissertations and PhD theses and has edited and formatted many books, some published and others still to be published. “I started doing this work some 15 years ago, and I cannot say I really attended a computer school before; I did some sort of ‘learning by working’ and with the passing of time I became one of the fastest typists in my neighbourhood,” he told CT. 

He recalls that in the early 2000 the career was highly remunerative and educative as he has been able to pay tuition and assist family members and friends as well. But typing-secretariat is no more profit-making today because many own personal laptop or desktop computers as well as android phones. It is important for youths who want to get involved in secretariat duties, according to him, to expand or widen their horizons in the domain of computing and not limit themselves only to typing. They have to learn how to analyse data for researchers, use Excel and Access, PowerPoint and other contemporary software applications which many people do not yet master.

Cameroon Tribune