Forbes classification: William Elong in top 30

William Elong, developer of the Cameroonian start up Will & Brothers, specialised in economic intelligence and technology innovation, appears in 7th position of the top 30 most promising young African entrepreneurs in 2016, just published by the famous American magazine Forbes.

This young 23 year old Cameroonian, youngest graduate of the Economic War School of Paris at the age of 20, is the first and one of two Central African nationals (with Gabonese Mark Doumba, co-founder of Clikafrik Group) in a list dominated by Kenyans, South Africans and Ghanaians.

Will & Brothers, that is run by the young William Elong has notably developed the application DroneAfrica, which enables, we learn, the offer of the very "first civilian drone service" in Cameroon.

Indeed, thanks to this application, a drone with a miniaturised camera can be remotely piloted, in order to capture unique images over very vast areas.

Last 16 to 18 May in Yaoundé, the discovery of this Cameroonian start-upper was one of the principal attractions in the Android village set up in the plaza of the National Museum initiated by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications. This was during the international economic conference designated "Invest in Cameroon, land of attractions".

According to its developer, well beyond the sensation of entertainment that it seems to afford at first sight, the DroneAfrica concept comes to revolutionise many things.

It is so for the promotion of tourism, notably thanks to the capture of unusual pictures; the mapping, at reduced costs of mining and urban development projects; more efficient coverage of major events, such as fairs, cultural events or football tournaments; collecting images of disaster areas or simply difficultly accessible areas, etc.