Q&A | Ntuiabane Ogork Ntui | FinTech

Hello, I’m Gongui, managing partner at Tokan Partners, a bilingual and full service law firm based in Duala, Cameroon. I’m an attorney with over 80 plus years of specialized experience in corporate law, business law, and emerging areas like fintech. I help businesses and innovators navigate legal frameworks from company formation and contracts to fintech regulations, in short tech compliance, corporate governance, anti-moneyaundering and counterterrorism financing guidelines in Cameroon and beyond. I am passionate about legal innovation and supporting economic growth in Cameroon and Africa.

The primary and unique features of Canana’s service offering include a bilingual expertise. We are perfectly suited to Cameroon’s dual legal system and the AA business law framework allowing seamsless service to local, regional and international clients. We have a deep specialization in emerging sectors like fintech and insure techch.

We provide cuttingedge regulatory advice, compliance guidance, licensing support and transaction structuring for digital finance, payments and insurance innovation in Cameroon and beyond. We equally have a broad practical corporate and commercial focus covering company formation, contracts, banking and finance, corporate governance, infrastructure and energy, telecommunications, mining, employment law, immigration, anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing compliance and much more. We also have a clientcentric and efficient approach. As a young, vibrant and dynamic law firm based in VA, the economy hub of Cameroon, we deliver creative, upto-date and tailored solutions to national and

multinational companies, startups, financial institutions, government agencies, and non-governmental organization. In summary, we combine traditional legal strength with forward-looking innovation in techdriven finance and business. Hence, our slogan, the modern legal practice took partners. We typically engage with a diverse range of clients and handle matters that align with our core strengths in corporate, commercial and innovative sectors under Cameroonian and WA law. The typical clients we serve include national and multinational companies from established enterprises to growing businesses operating in Cameroon and the SEAC region. Startups and innovators especially in fintech,

intr digital finance, payments and technologydriven services, financial institutions, banks, micro finance entities, payment service providers and insurance companies, investors and entrepreneurs both local and foreign seeking to establish or expand operations in the region. Government entities and non-governmental organizations requiring compliance, corporate structuring or sector specific advice, infrastructure, energy and telecom players involved in projects or operations in these regulated field. Our engagements commonly include corporate and commercial transactions from joint ventures to company formation, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder agreements and corporate governance. Fintech and insure techch matters, regulatory

licensing, compliance with Kobak, BAK and insurance regulations, anti-moneyaundering and counterterrorism financing frameworks, digital payment solutions and structuring innovative financial products, banking and finance, loan agreements, secure transactions, project finance and financial regulatory advisory, employment and immigration contracts, labor disputes, work and resident permits, for expat rates and human resource compliance regarding energy infrastructure and telecommunications. We assist our clients in contracts, concessions, project development as well as regulatory navigation. We equally assist our clients in compliance, risk management and data protection as well as dispute resolutions on contracts and

commercial disputes and preventive legal strategies. Though we focus more on transactional and advisory work than heavy litigation, we partner with forward thinking businesses navigating Cameroon’s bilingual legal environment and the other zone. My key career highlights reflect over a decade of dedicated work in corporate, commercial and innovative legal sectors in Cameroon and Simma region. I have successfully negotiated and structured complex corporate deals from company formation, banking and finance transactions, infrastructure and energy projects, employment and immigration matters and compliance strategies for diverse clients, helping drive business growth and economic impact in Africa.

While much of our work involves confidential high value advisory and transactional matters rather than publicized litigations, these achievements underscore a consistent focus on practical results, regulatory foresight and enabling innovation in a dynamic legal landscape. One of the reasons for joining global law experts is as a result of the need to gain global visibility and reach. As the exclusive member for fintech in Cameroon, Jerry provides a premier platform to connect with businesses, innovators, startups and financial institutions worldwide who need specialized expertise in Cameroon as well as in innovative sectors like

digital payments, initial tech and fintech regulations. J also provides a platform for networking with top tier professionals. Being part of a vetted network of leading lawyers across over 140 countries allows meaningful collaborations, referrals and knowledge exchange essential for handling cross-border transactions, multinational clients and complex regulatory matters. By joining GLA, it aligns with my passion for legal innovation and driving impact in emerging markets. By being featured on this global stage, I can better support economic growth, attract foreign investment to Cameroon, and guide innovators through evolving regulations

in fintech and related areas. Summarily, Jerry amplifies our ability to deliver high impact practical legal solutions on an international scale while reinforcing our role as one of the leaders in Cameroon’s fintech legal landscape.