Elihu Jos Benam in dark blue blazer and hat

Elihu Jos Benam

Leader and Blogger

Passionate about New Technologies and themes related to the assertion of youth in major development issues, I work for the first radio audience in the Central African Republic (Radio Ndekeluka) and Leader (Former Executive Member of the National Council of Central African Youth).

 

I set up the I YEKE TENE NI initiative, a reflection that focused on freedom of expression in Africa. It has one of the most followed pages in the country (+23,000 followers).

 

Trained by Barack Obama's YALI Program, I set up the first youth street interviews in the Central African Republic. I carried the country's torches to the First Dialogue of Young African Leaders in Morocco, then to Technology Week in Kenya.

 

As a filmmaker, I produced one of the best short films in the country called "EBOUNDA" which evokes the difficulty of young girls at school in remote towns. I also experimented with the role of actors by playing for several films going into the process of development and affirmation of Central African Youth.

 

I won the Photo Prize of the International Organization of La Francophonie in 2023 for tourist incursions in the city of Bossangoa in Central Africa.