Dr. Ebeny Mbah Tendo

Dr. Ebeny Mbah Tendo

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Dr. Ebeny Mbah Tendo alias Pa Mondial 67 born on November 04^th, 1946 died Monday January 28^th at the Reference Hospital in Douala Cameroon following a brief illness with pneumonia.

He leaves behind his children: Wori, Akwi, Amy, Enih, Ane, Eyole, Patience, Ngwi and two grandchildren Sade and Isaiah.  He also leaves behind the Mothers to his children; Dianne, Josepha and Sally;  his mother, 5 brother, 5 sisters, many nephews, cousins, close friends, other family members, and the people of Meh to mourn him.

Born and raised in Mbemi, Cameroon, he was the first son of Mama Elizabeth Tendo and late Pa Samuel Yasom Tendo.  His nephews called him the archives of the Tendo family.  He was a lifelong resident of Vancouver Canada and Douala Cameroon.

Dr Ebeny Tendo did his Secondary education at Cameroon Protestant Collage (C.P.C) Bali and Cameroon College of Arts Science and Technology (CCAST) Bambili. Following his graduation from CCAST, he earned a scholarship to study abroad in Russia, where he started his studies in pharmacology.  He eventually continued and completed his studies at University of British Columbia Canada.

He owned and operated his pharmacy in Vancouver Canada and while serving as the President of the Cameroonian Business community in Canada, he was personally invited by His Excellency the President of Cameroon Paul Biya to come back to Cameroon and operate his business in Cameroon.

Dr. Ebeny Tendo was passionate and devoted to improving the quality of health in Cameroon.  This passion led him to finding ways of making quality medications affordable to the less privileged.  This objective drove him to be the pioneer importer and distributor of generic pharmaceutical products from North America and Britain through the well-known Pharmacy Mondial in Douala.

His passion to improving the quality of health for his people also led him to mentor several aspiring pharmacist, coached and developed many young entrepreneurs.

His creativity, hard work and dedication to living life to it’s fullest was contagious.  He not only took pride in his business but truly relished the success of family and friends.  Over the years, his business expertise and reputation let him to be named into various notable position of responsibility and leadership-President of Azire Coorporative Credit Union (AZICOL) Board, President of Metta Elites Douala Chapter, President of Bali Old Boys Association Douala Chapter.  As a matter of fact it was during his tenure as president of the board of AZICOL that the organization AZICOL started expanding to other towns and the first Branch of was started in Pharmacy Mondial.

Dr. Ebeny Tendo had a passion for life and helping other people; his generosity had no bounds.  He was a true friend to people of all social classes.  It was not uncommon to find him dressed like and interacting with simple people at their interest, need and aspiration. At professional level he effectively operated and interacted with the best in the pharmaceutical business worldwide.  He had a passion for his profession and moreover, he had true love, care and passion for music, life and a great sense of humor. He has left a void which will truly be difficult to fill.