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Bernice Afanwi: Helping Young People in Bamenda Find Their Career Path
By Let's Talk Tech · October 2026 · 7 min read
Bernice speaking to young people at a Dream Reality Incubator conference.
After her Advanced Level exams, the path Bernice Afanwi had planned for herself did not work out. Looking back, she had never really had the guidance to understand that path in the first place. That setback is the reason she now spends her time helping other young people choose theirs.
Ndufong Bernice Afanwi grew up in Bamenda and holds a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Bamenda. She is a public speaker, a youth leader, the Communications Officer at Let's Talk Tech, and the founder of Career Forge Academy, a youth initiative for career guidance.
At a glance
7,000+
young people and students reached through Dream Reality Incubator campaigns
300+
students reached by Career Forge Academy career guidance
500+
children, youths and young mothers reached by Start With Little
500+
participants engaged in Dream Reality Incubator online trainings
150+
Form 3 students surveyed on career decisions
45+
participants in Let's Talk Tech's 30-day digital skills training
A setback that became a mission
The Career Forge Academy webinar "After the GCE, What Next? Clarity Before Career".
Bernice saw the same problem she had faced all around her: young people making big decisions about school and work with almost no structured career guidance, often choosing because of outside pressure or limited information.
So in January 2026 she founded Career Forge Academy. Its mission is to "forge a NextGen of purpose-driven, skilled, and career-oriented teens and youths through intentional guidance". The academy works on career orientation, academic guidance, purpose discovery, volunteerism and skill building.
- Career-guidance activities in schools and communities have reached 300+ students and young people.
- She led the development of a Student Academic and Career Clarity Assessment to understand what secondary-school students struggle with.
- She worked on a questionnaire survey of 150+ Form 3 students in Bamenda about their academic and career decisions.
- She organized the webinar "What Next After the GCE: Clarity Before Career" for students and recent GCE graduates, with 20+ participants.
Telling the story at Let's Talk Tech
"Meet our facilitator": Bernice, Communication and Social Media Branding instructor.
Since March 2026 Bernice has been the Communications Officer at Let's Talk Tech. She runs the organization's LinkedIn page, planning, writing, editing and publishing posts about its programs, results and opportunities, and helps prepare other communication materials.
She is just as involved in the trainings themselves. At the 2026 digital skills training she facilitated sessions on communication and social media branding, and helped participants with their LinkedIn profiles, online CVs and personal branding. She also assisted during the graphic design course.
At the 2026 AI training she led a session on video editing as a tool for storytelling, and she supported an AI-focused business training with 13+ participants. The 30-day digital skills program she helped organize reached 45+ participants.
Behind the scenes
- Coordinated 3 volunteers for the Let's Talk Tech holiday training, assigning and following up on tasks
- Coordinated 3 communications interns and followed up on their content and weekly reports
- Supervised 10 trainees during their internship
- Built Google Forms for registration for the AI and holiday trainings
- Prepared weekly reports, compiled internship reports, and designed a structured reporting and interview template
Building with Dream Reality Incubator
Presenting at a Dream Reality Incubator conference.
Bernice began volunteering with Dream Reality Incubator in February 2024. She ran its social media for a year and designed a posting structure, then moved into training coordination. In September 2026 she was promoted to Director of University Affairs.
As Training Coordinator she oversaw 11 online training sessions, worked with facilitators, moderated sessions and kept more than 500 participants engaged during and after them.
Through the organization's campaigns, including the Academic Excellence Campaigns she has supported since 2024, she has helped reach more than 7,000 young people and students. She also hosted and coordinated a three-day Personal Development Bootcamp, from designing the schedule to managing participants.
On stage
She has spoken at several Dream Reality Incubator conferences and webinars about fields of study, finding and applying for opportunities, and social media literacy:
- 1st Conference: 50+ participants
- 2nd Conference: 75+ participants
- 3rd Career Orientation Conference: 200+ participants
- 1st Webinar: 20+ participants, and 2nd Webinar: 25+ participants
“Every young person has potential, but potential without guidance, exposure, and opportunity often remains undiscovered.”
What Bernice believes
More leadership roles
A Start With Little outreach for teen mothers and their children.
- Start With Little: co-founder and Secretary General since November 2023. Supported 7+ community projects reaching 500+ children, young people and young mothers.
- Leadership Factory: Director of Training and Programs since August 2026, in charge of designing, running and improving its leadership programs.
- Heroes Network: Development Team Coordinator and video editor since March 2026, coordinating 14 team members.
- ISEEYou4Change: Associate Programs Coordinator since May 2026, coordinating 9 volunteers and their blog posts.
Projects she has led
A school session from the environmental conservation project.
From April to June 2024 Bernice was project manager for an environmental conservation project built for a competition. It taught students and community members about proper waste disposal, littering and conservation, came with a community clean-up campaign, and included building a trash bin, which was her idea. It reached 100+ people and won Best Project.
- AIIDEV Africa SDGs Campus Ambassador Program (June to August 2024): educated young people on the Sustainable Development Goals.
- Millennium Fellowship career orientation project (September 2023 to January 2024): led a team of 3 volunteers and reached 20+ students.
- Bamenda Innovation Bootcamp, Cameroon International Tech Summit (2026): pitched an app idea for students, young people and professionals.
Finding her voice
Receiving her public speaking certification.
In 2026 she completed a one-month public speaking training at the Institute of Communication and Leadership Excellence (ICLE) and was certified as a public speaker. It gave her the confidence she now uses as a trainer, moderator and host.
She has since facilitated a one-day session on overcoming stage fright for 45+ participants, been MC at the ICLE graduation ceremony, and been red carpet host at "Beyond the Profile" by LinkedIn Locals Bamenda and at CANASA's International Professional Speakers Day celebration.
Awards and certificates
She received the Most Effective Departmental Member award in the Foundation School Department of Believers Loveworld Cameroon, for her commitment to the department.
- Certificate of Appreciation, facilitator, Let's Talk Tech Holiday Tech Training (August 2026)
- Certificate of Appreciation, member of the Global Admissions Committee, Millennium Campus Network (August 2026)
- Certificate of Completion, Public Speaking Training, ICLE (August 2026)
- Delegate, National Youth Economic Forum, Cameroon Youth Awards (July 2026)
- Participant, Bamenda Innovation Bootcamp, Cameroon International Tech Summit (June 2026)
- Volunteer, International Professional Speakers Day Celebration, Cameroon National Speakers Association (March 2026)
- Aspire Leaders Program, Aspire Institute (November 2024)
- Youth Leadership Summit, Renewed Mind Leaders (October 2024)
- Certificate of Excellence, SDGs Campus Ambassador Program, AIIDEV Africa (August 2024)
- Millennium Fellowship, Millennium Campus Network (February 2024)
Where she is heading
Bernice wants to be a role model whose story shows young people they can come back from setbacks and build a future that means something to them. She wants Career Forge Academy to become a leading place where young people get structured, informed help with career decisions.
Better career guidance, started early, can mean fewer young people stuck in the wrong career. Over time, she hopes it can also help with youth unemployment, by giving young people clearer, more purposeful paths into work.
Quick facts
Who is Bernice Afanwi?
Ndufong Bernice Afanwi is a youth leader and public speaker from Bamenda with a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Bamenda. She is Communications Officer at Let's Talk Tech and founder of Career Forge Academy.
What is Career Forge Academy?
A youth initiative Bernice founded in January 2026 that offers career orientation, academic guidance, purpose discovery, volunteerism and skill building, so young people can make informed career decisions.
What does she do at Let's Talk Tech?
She manages the LinkedIn page and communications, facilitates sessions on communication, social media branding and video editing, and supervises volunteers, interns and trainees.
Learn with Let's Talk Tech
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Bernice teaches communication and social media branding at Let's Talk Tech. Our trainings cover web design, graphic design, video editing, AI and more for young people in Bamenda.
