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.

In an interview given to a Cameroonian newspaper in September 2007, Ben Modo stated that "Paul Biya will surely go down in history as may be the most rational and the best African President of his time". <ref>Andegue, Robert. "Ben Modo talks", L'Oeil De La Nuit, 2007-09-24</ref> He is seen by many Cameroonians as someone who could possibly become president in Cameroon some day.

However, many critics believe that Ben Modo is just another man of Paul Biya's complex system. They think that he has been and will remain a player of the current political Regime, and that no hope should be placed in him.

Today, Ben Modo lives in the United States where he works as Senior Project Accountant for Rolyn Companies (http://www.rolyncompanies.com), America's Leader in Disaster Recovery and Specialty Construction. Until last fall, he was the General Manager/Managing Member of Premiere Construction, LLC.; a MD Corporation that he helped create in 2004 and that was re-organized in the beginning of 2006.

In 2007, Premiere Construction LLC, a Home remodeler and Builder, closed due to the crash of the Sub-prime market.

The move to close Premiere Construction left Ben Modo and his partners in a difficult financial situation. Their debt burden was estimated in May 2007 to be $1,972,000. However, Ben Modo showed great strength and powerful negotiation skills when he succeeded to have creditors settle for only $400,000; $300,000 of which was to be supported solely by him.

By December 2007, multiple sources pointed that Ben Modo had already pay $293,625 of the $300,000 to his creditors. As of December 31, 2007, only two claims remained open against Ben Modo, for the total amount of $8,200. When asked why he did not start by taking care of these long standing debts which were also the smallest claims, he contested their validity before adding that he will pay them 'when he can'.

Meanwhile, Ben Modo faces serious opposition from many anglophone Cameroonians who see him as someone they cannot trust. Washington based Isaih Bongam, a powerful cameroonian business man and one-time business partner who is now among Modo's ennemies, told friends that he considered Ben Modo as the "smartest francophone" he had seen in 36 years in the business field.

When asked about that comment, Ben Modo replied that Mr. Bongam's comments even though acceptable, were far away from "the many good things [that he had] heard from both Cameroonian Anglophones and Francophones". He went on to add that he was confident "Mr. Bongam has even more good things to say [about him] but he is fighting against himself because he does not want to say them". He continued by saying that he encouraged "Mr. Bongam to follow the Royal way".

A Preacher "when he can" as he says, Ben Modo holds degrees in Business and Public Administration. He also holds a Fundraising Manager Certification from "The School Of Fundraising" at Indiana University, as well as the prestigious PMP Certification from the Project Management Institute (http://www.pmi.org).

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