[1][2][3] A Kwe woman, she is from the Fako department of Cameroon's Southwest Region.
[4] She traveled to the United States to study French and Spanish at the University of Florida.
[5][6] At the start of her career, she flew Fokker F28 Fellowship planes for logistics companies.
[4] In 2002, Njeuma became the first female airline pilot in Cameroon and in Central Africa more broadly.
[4][5][6] After initially working for the now-defunct Cameroon Airlines, flying small Beechcraft planes between Douala and Yaoundé,[4][5] she has flown a Boeing 737 for Camair-Co since it commenced operations in 2011.