Erick Tambo
Erick Tambo de Gankam is a Cameroonian researcher resp. "scientivist" (using science to raise awareness on development issues and improve quality of live with a focus on civil society) as he define himself. He is the research coordinator at the Pan African University Institute for Water and Energy Sciences (incl. Climate Change) of the African Union and an Associate Academic Officer of the United Nations University in Bonn, Germany leading the program on Pan African Cooperation and Educational Technologies (PACET) . He was named to the 2013 list of Most Influential Africans in Germany by "African Heritage Magazine". Education . Tambo completed in 2006 his graduate studies in computer science at the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany. He also holds a PhD in computer science since 2010 from the FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany (Distance Learning Open University – Germany). Interests. Tambo's interests include Information Technologies for Development (ICT4D), E-learning, migration, development and the African Diaspora.