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William Ndja Elong (born January 15, 1993) is an entrepreneur and investor. He holds a Cameroonian citizenship and is the founder, and CEO of Will&Brothers,founder and CEO of Algo Drone Holding Gmbh and PhoenixLab. He was ranked twice among  the 30 most promising entrepreneurs of Africa in the Forbes Africa 30 Under 30.

Born and raised in Eboné, Cameroon,  Elong moved to France when he was 18 and at the age of 20 he was the youngest graduate[1] in strategy and economic intelligence from the Paris School of Economic Warfare. After experience in the Technology / Defense industry (Thales at the age of 18, then by Oracle), he raised $200 000[1] and creates back in Cameroon in 2013, the first drone manufacturing company in Central Africa: Drone Africa.

Referenced by the United Nations Library as one of the brightest young ICT innovator[2], Elong is a serial entrepreneur mainly focused in the areas of economic intelligence, technological innovation with a strong social impact. After dedicating three years in the development of drones ecosystem in the sub-region, he is now a passionate autodidact in artificial intelligence through projects such as Cyclop[1]. In addition to its primary business, Elong through his companies already empowered more than 5000 youth in Cameroon, more than XXXX startups and just launch Phoenix lab an NGO aiming to finance between 5,000 and 10,000 young Cameroonian entrepreneurs per year.

Early childhood & Education[edit]
Elong was born on January 15, 1993, in Ebone, Douala, Cameroon, the son of ...., Practicing in the field of consulting and the oil industry .... And ... .., working in ...... William is the eldest of a frater of 05 whose sister Chantal Elong is the new CEO of Will & Brothers.

During his childhood, Elong was an avid reader. This passion came from his father who used to give him many books of history, encyclopedias. Bored by the college courses, which he found too light, Elong was bullied by his classmates. Passionate about computer science and astrophysics, he takes refuge on the web[3].

Elong attended xxx  School and  xxx. And he graduated very young (at 15)  from xxx. He wanted to study a science that would allow him to combine technology, history, business, investigation and psychology: that's what led him to choose the sector of economic intelligence.

At age 18, in 2011, Elong moved to Paris to attend Paris School of Economic Warfare. He naturally chooses economic intelligence as option and was the youngest graduated of the School at the age of 20. One of its first projects  was  related to access to quality education. In 2012, he initiated the project through BSF, Rasp4Dev School whose objective was to train young people from rural areas or disadvantaged in the computer tool with the help of Raspberry while giving them managerial skills for their project.