He studied at the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaoundé I, where he received his MD in 1995.
[1][2] In 1997, he went to the University of Geneva to train in cell biology before specializing in medical genetics.
[2] He received his doctorate in Medical Sciences in the Department of Morphology on the topic Burden of sickle cell disease and prenatal genetic diagnosis in Cameroon (French: Fardeau de la drépanocytose et diagnostic génétique prénatal au Cameroun ).
He joined the University of Cape Town as faculty in 2009, where he studied sickle cell disease and why its severity and mortality varied between individuals.
[6] In 2022, he was a guest editor for special issues of Nature calling for the decolonization and elimination of racism in science.