Ben Modo

Ben Modo (b. September 1977) hails from Garoua, North Province, Cameroon. His real name is Bernard Modo. In 1998, he led protests demanding better conditions for students during the National Talks on Education held in the Gabonese National Assembly presided by the Vice President of Gabon, Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge.

At the end of 2003, Ben Modo became the francophone president of the secret and mostly Anglophone Cameroonian National Congress (CNC), a political movement created by young Cameroonians in the US and Canada. After refusing to use force to overthrow Paul Biya, president of Cameroon, Ben Modo resigned in March 2004, therefore ending of the Congress. It is believed that the rumour of Biya's death in May 2004 was an attempt by the “armed branch” of the Cameroonian National Congress to execute the coup initially opposed by Modo while still president of the Congress.

In an interview given to a Cameroonian newspaper in September 2007, Modo stated that "Paul Biya will surely go down in history as may be the most rational and the least mediocre of African Presidents of his time". He is seen by many Cameroonians as someone who could possibly become president in Cameroon some day. Critics say that Ben Modo is just another man of Paul Biya's complex system. Today, he lives in the United States where he heads the Projects Division of Premier Construction, a mid-size Home Builder and General Contractor.

Ben Modo holds degrees in Business and Public Administration.