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CECOSDA, Innovating for green energy

CECOSDA is an NGO specialized in promoting green energy solutions, training, networking and entrepreneurship in the energy sector.

Our main programmes are FLEC – Future Leaders for Energy in Communities, which offers subsidized training to facilitate access to energy knowledge for all, the Energy Start-up Incubator, SolarDjangui, dedicated to women’s green entrepreneurship, and CECOSDAFormation, an accredited centre preparing for the solar technician CQP.

👉 About CECOSDA

How we work

CECOSDA operates through permanent programmes and funded projects implemented with public institutions, companies, foundations, development partners and communities.

How to benefit from CECOSDA’s services?

FLEC for Children

Are you a parent who wants your child to become a Future Leader for Energy in Communities?

CECOSDA’s FLEC programme includes FLEC for Children, the FLEC Incubator and large-scale FLEC training activities.

Enrol your child in the Young Electricians and Electrotechnicians Programme. Through safe and practical activities, children discover electricity, solar energy and simple technical projects.

FLEC Energy Start-up Incubator

Are you 16 years old or above? Are you enrolled in a technical high school with basic knowledge of electricity, or in a general education school with a foundation in physics and mathematics?

Do you dream of creating an energy solution for communities? Are you interested in green entrepreneurship?

Join the Energy Start-up Incubator of CECOSDA’s Future Leaders for Energy in Communities programme. You will learn how to identify a community need, develop an energy solution and transform your idea into a structured project.

CECOSDAFormation

Are you a technician who learned mainly through practical field experience?

CECOSDAFormation helps practising technicians complete and strengthen their knowledge in order to prepare for a professional qualification as a solar technician in collaboration with MINEFOP.

The programme combines technical training, occupational safety, customer relations, digital skills, entrepreneurship and professional soft skills.

SolarDjangui

Are you the president of a women’s association or the promoter of a health centre located in an area without reliable access to electricity?

Join SolarDjangui Solar Solidarity and access quality solar solutions through a community savings and instalment-based approach.

Choose a suitable solar kit and have it delivered to your community, including remote villages in Cameroon and Central Africa, subject to programme coverage and availability.

Ecopreneur237

Are you already involved in green entrepreneurship, or have you recently launched a green project, even outside the energy sector?

Join Ecopreneur237 and take part free of charge in conferences and exchanges on opportunities, challenges and practical solutions for green entrepreneurship in Central Africa.

The programme covers green energy, waste management, the circular economy and projects with measurable social and environmental impact.

CECOSDAProjects

Are you a donor, foundation, company, public institution, international organization or support network?

Discover CECOSDAProjects, our platform for developing and implementing projects in green energy, training, youth empowerment, women’s empowerment and sustainable development.

CECOSDA can respond to calls for projects, join consortiums, implement field activities, train beneficiaries and mobilize communities.

You may also share with us calls for proposals, partnership opportunities or requests for a local implementing partner.

FLEC Expert Network

Are you an electrician, solar technician, electrotechnician, energy expert or professional interested in energy solutions?

Join the FLEC Expert Network and take part in continuous free training, technical exchanges, mentoring activities and knowledge-sharing opportunities in the energy sector.

VacancesPRO.CM

Young technical students can also join VacancesPRO, a programme that helps them obtain holiday internships in companies and take their first professional steps.

Take action with CECOSDA

CECOSDA places innovation, training and green energy at the service of women, children, young people, technicians and communities.

News & Stories

Discover the latest activities, training sessions, opportunities, partnerships and field projects implemented by CECOSDA.

Accès à l’énergie pour tous

EVALUATION VISIT OF THE TRAINING PROJECT FOR 4000 YOUNG FUTURE ENERGY LEADERS IN CAMEROON (FLEC)

On February 18, 2026, a visit from the Schneider team, represented by Odile NGO NGUIMBUS (Head of Youth Education  and Entrepreneurship for West and Central Africa, as well as Corporate  Social Responsibility at Schneider  Electric) and MARWA AHMED HAMMAD (Head of Global Gender Strategy at Schneider  Electric),  took place at the premises of CECOSDA

11/03/2026
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Accès à l’énergie pour tous

Battery recycling in Cameroon: Ecopreneurs 237 webinar at the heart of FLEC training

As part of the FLEC program – Future Leaders for Energy in Cameroon, 30 students from the Renewable Energy Department at the University of Yaoundé I participated in a webinar hosted by the Ecopreneurs 237 network on the recycling of used batteries. Specialist Nkous Arsène, a member of Ecopreneurs 237, presented the key stages of the process: collection, sorting and dismantling, second life, reconditioning, and mobile unit. He emphasized the importance of recycling for the environment, the circular economy, and local employment, highlighting recoverable materials such as cobalt, copper, and manganese. This webinar raised participants' awareness of the economic and ecological opportunities associated with recycling, while connecting them to a community of change makers. The FLEC project is implemented by CECOSDA with the support of the Schneider Electric Foundation and has already trained more than 2,500 young people in Cameroon.

20/08/2025
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The ECOPRENEURS 237 participated in the environment conference organized by CECOSDA

The ECOPRENEURS 237 Network made its mark at the June 4th conference held at CECOSDA in celebration of World Environment Day. Under the theme "Youth and Green Entrepreneurship in Cameroon," members presented their initiatives in recycling and clean energy, affirming their role as committed actors in the ecological transition.

19/06/2025
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