The ACAI team

Bienvenu Ongoundou

Technical Adviser

Bienvenu Ongoundou is a Gabonese entrepreneur and passionate sustainable development agent. As Founder and Manager of the SME Winpartners, and Manager of Energie Solaire Afrique (ESA), Bienvenu specializes in renewable energy solutions and LED lighting. As Secretary General of the Association for Progressive African Youth (AJAP Africaine) in Gabon, Bienvenu leads the development of youth entrepreneurship and their socio-economic integration. Through AJAP, Bienvenu organized a workshop to create a national energy renovation plan for housing in Gabon. As Deputy National Renewable Energy Coordinator of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) Gabon, Bienvenu leads multilateral negotiations for climate justice. Prior to his entrepreneurial career, Bienvenu trained in oil production and HSE standards in Congo Brazzaville, and worked as a service provider at the Congolese refinery (CORAF). Born from humble beginnings in Franceville, Bienvenu is passionate about community development and committed to social action through solar electrification, village solar water and solar street lighting.

Laurent Mascar Ngoma

Directeur exécutif

Laurent-Mascar Ngoma is an agro-environmentalist and development practitioner with 25 years of national and international experience in the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programs on climate change, adaptation, environment and sustainable development. He has led over 80 international missions for country support and capacity building, seminars, workshops and conferences on climate change and sustainable development (including COPs under the UNFCCC). For the past decade, Laurent has been a UN specialist in climate change adaptation – as program manager, director, principal technical adviser, national technical supervisor and principal expert for environment, climate and sustainable development in SIDS and sub-Saharan Africa. Laurent is a church youth leader, mentor and capacity builder. Previously, he was an activist in a student democratic movement (1990), President of the UK Tank Alternative Congo (2005-2010), Honorary President of various development NGOs, Director of Nehemiah, based in the United States (2015-2018 ), and founder and past. President (2016-2018) of Ossobo Rotary in Sao Tome and Principe.