Ebobi Monangai: Buea Business Tycoon Journeys Home

Buea business magnate and real estate developer, William Ebobi Monangai, is no more. He died on January 1, 2022 at the Buea Regional Hospital and his body has been preserved in the hospital’s mortuary. Famous in the economic sector, he engaged in real estate development having two real estate buildings in 1970’s and 1980’s which still have the face of modernism in Buea today. The first one is found in Likoko Mebea (16 apartments) and the second is found in Bokwango (15 apartments), all named after him as Monangai Quarters.

These two quarters are legendary for lodging Nigeria diplomats and top Cameroonian State personalities. He also owns many houses within Buea. In the yester-years, he set up The Monangai Enterprise that constructed several roads and houses with Tiko Market being one of his hallmark construction. Ebobi Monangai was also into the transport sector and became the President of CENTRACOCAM Buea Branch. He owned a travel agency called Simplicity that operated more than 30 buses.

Ebobi Monangai was born in 1932 in Bokwango (his native land), Buea. He started his primary education at Native Authority School Buea, did secondary educ...