Erick Tambo de Gankam is a Cameroonian researcher, activist and an Associate Academic Officer of the United Nations University in Bonn, Germany. He was named to the 2013 list of Most Influential Africans in Germany by African Heritage Magazine.
Tambo completed in 2006 his graduate studies in Computer Science at the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany. He also holds a PhD. in Computer Science since 2010 from the FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany (Distance Learning Open University – Germany).
Tambo's interests include Information Technologies for Development (ICT4D), E-learning, migration, development and the African Diaspora.
Career and appointments
2014–present: Coordinator of the Union African DiasporaSixth Region (AUADS) program of the African Union in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany
2014–present: Co-founder and member of the Forum African Scientists for African Development Germany (FASFAD-G)
2013–present: Liaison Professor at Hans Böckler Foundation, Germany
2013–present: Member of the Joint Academic Board of the master on “Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security” of the UNU-EHS and University Bonn, Germany
2013–present: Member of German Informatics Society (Gesellschaft für Informatik e. V.)
2010 - 2012: Member of the expert Team: Information and Communication Technologies (ICT4D) at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development – BMZ
2010 - 2011: Chairman of the African Good Governance Network (AGGN)
2010–present: Member of the scientific advisory council of the Cameroon Association of Engineer and Computer scientists in Germany (VKII e. V.) and head of the working group on Information and communication technology
2007 - 2009: Member of the board of Trustees of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany
