Prof. Nkuo-Akenji is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Bamenda, Cameroon and the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM). She served as the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Vice Dean and Head of Department all at the University of Buea, Cameroon.  Prof. Nkuo-Akenji is the Vice President of the Association of African Universities (AAU) and the founder of the Cameroon Interdisciplinary Research Consultancy (CIRECON). She is a product of Our Lady of Lourdes College, Mankon-Bamenda, Saint Mary of Woods College, Indiana, the State University of New York and the School of Tropical Medicine, Ouisiana State University - all in the United States - where she received a PhD in Parasitology and Immunology.