CHAM Etienne BAMA

CHAM Etienne BAMA holds a PGDip in Law from the University of Yaoundé II, Soa where he graduated in 2011. Since then, CHAM has been working on both formal and informal cross border trade with a focus on export promotion, data collection, trade and gender, trade infrastructure development and policy formulation at the Cameroon National Shippers Council, a Government Agency where currently serves as Deputy Director for International Trade Promotion. Over the years, CHAM has taken short courses on International Trade Law and Policy for Africa’s Development at Trade Law Centre (Tralac), Stellenbosch, Cape Town-South Africa, a course on Interpreting International Trade Agreements at Tralac, a course on Gender, Trade and Development at the United Nations Institute for Economic Development Planning (IDEP), Dakar-Senegal, A guide to Gender mainstreaming in the AfCFTA national implementation strategies at IDEP, Making the African Continental Free Trade Area

(AfCFTA) work at IDEP and several others offered by the International Trade Centre (ITC) in Geneva, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). He has equally served as expert on continental experts meetings such as the “Expert Group meeting on negotiating institutions : putting the right foundation” organised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the Regional Trade Forum for West and Central Africa in Dakar, the capacity building workshop on stakeholders engagement on African Trade Policies and Economic Community Of West African States Regional Trade Policy Dialogue Forum in Abuja-Nigeria. CHAM has actively participated at major AfCFTA events on the Continent and was resource person during national consultation process for the setting up of a national AfCFTA implemation Strategy for Cameroon.He is the currently the National Consultant for SheTrades Outllok Project Cameroon with the International Trade Centre (ITC).

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