Januarius Jingwa Asongu
| Januarius Jingwa Asongu | |
|---|---|
| Born | Januarius Asongu 17 August 1970 Lewoh, Lebialem, British Southern Cameroons |
| Occupation | President and Chief Executive Officer of Saint Monica University (2009–present) |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1970–present |
| Notable works |
Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility in Practice; Doing Business Abroad: A Handbook for Expatriates; The Iraq Quagmire: The Price of Imperial Arrogance; War, Politics And Business: A Critique Of The Global War On Terror; Technology in Education and Business: Myths, Issues, Ethics, and Money |
Januarius Jingwa (JJ) Asongu is an American philosopher, scholar, journalist, author, entrepreneur, and activist. Born in the small city of Lewoh, in the former British Southern Cameroons, Africa, he moved to the United States in the mid-1990s, where he is now a naturalized citizen.
In the United States, he continued as a human rights and political activist, while also engaged in academics. His academic career culminated in his becoming a professor of business and in 2012 he founded an American-style international university in Cameroon called Saint Monica University (SMU). With headquarters in the United States, SMU now has campuses in the Cameroons and upcoming campuses in Cambodia, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria.
Januarius Asongu was born into a middle-class family in West Cameroon (former British Cameroons) in 1970 as the first of seven children (four female and three male). His parents, Nicholas Jingwa and Monique Nkengbeza, were devout Catholic Christians. He became a leader of the Young Christian Students (YCS) in Kumbo Diocese, while in secondary and high school.
Asongu went to secondary and high school at Government High School Kumbo (now Government Bilingual High School Kumbo) from 1982–89. He then began his priestly formation at Bishop Rogan College, Soppo, Buea. His university education began at St. Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary, Bambui, an affiliated institute of the Pontifical Urbanian University, Rome, where he earned a Bachelor of Philosophy degree. After leaving the seminary, he embarked on a academic career abroad in the tradition of his mentor, the late Professor Bernard Fonlon, also an ex-seminarian and the first person from the Cameroons to earn a PhD. Asonge earned a certificate in journalism from the University of Lagos, Nigeria S(1995) and then a PhD in Journalism in 1998 in the United States . He was the first person from the Cameroons to be awarded the Press Fellowship at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge by the Nuffield Foundation in the United Kingdom. In 2012, he earned a Master of Science degree in Management of Information Technology from the University of Maryland University College, and also a PhD in Business Administration from Charisma University, British Overseas Territories (2011).
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