“Building Nangah II is my way of getting to know my father”

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“Building Nangah II is my way of getting to know my father”

Nangah Samuel Fobanjong, Promoter of Nangah II Company.

14 Oct 2026 07:46

What happened to Nan gah Company over the years? And Why? Nangah Company belonged to a particular period in Came roon’s economic history. Like many major enterprises of that generation, it went through circumstances and changes that eventually brought its activities to an end. There are different perspectives on what happened, and I be lieve those directly involved are best placed to speak to the details. As the last son of a very large family, I prefer not to reinterpret that history. What matters to me today is that the values it represented, hard work, courage, and the willingness to build something significant from Cameroon, did not disappear. That’s the part I choose to carry forward. Is there a link between Nangah II Company and Nangah Company? My father died when I was only three, so I never had the opportunity to know him in the conventional sense. But over the years, I have come to know him through the world he left behind, through his work, the people he worked with, the lives he touched and the things he built. As I grew older and found myself drawn to entrepreneurship, I began to recognize in myself that same desire to build, take risks and create. I believe some things are simply in the DNA. In many ways, Nangah II is my way of carrying that legacy into ano ther generation, with its own vision for today but rooted in what came before. And on a very personal level, building Nangah II is also my way of getting to know my father through my own journey almost a quiet conversation between his work and mine. The times may be different, but the spirit behind the name continue...