Hard work, endurance, patience and always striving for excellence are the watchwords of 41-year-old civil engineer, Ghislaine Tessa, who has spent 20 years of her life serving as project manager, director and now CEO of her own company in the construction field. The determined lady, who studied civil engineering in France, returned to Cameroon in 2002 and joined her family’s company in the construction field. She dedicated 15 years of her life in the company, applying what she learnt abroad and also taping from the experiences of old hands in the company.
The peak of her determination date four years back, when she created her own company, Millenium Immobilier (named after the Millennium Development Goals where decent housing is among) with the principal aim to construct sustainable housing, which to her is a better way of changing people’s lives. Though Ghislaine Tessa got family support and benefit from some equipment, as a lady and with her young team, it took them quite some time to create awareness about their company in order to have the much needed trust. While raising awareness, she went into consulting and subsequently after seeing their work, people believed they could match with foreign companies. Things got better and the company had some housing contracts, and as well developed their main project MINDCA (Maisons ...
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