Meet the founder
Syndy Emade
Actress, producer, entrepreneur and founder of the Syndy Emade Foundation.
- Born
- 21 November 1993, Kumba, Southwest Region, Cameroon
- Education
- B.Sc. Banking and Finance, University of Buea
- Full name
- Elone Synthia Emade
Her journey
Born in Kumba and trained in banking and finance at the University of Buea, Syndy Emade rose from her 2010 screen debut to become one of Cameroon’s most recognised actresses and producers. Through Blue Rain Entertainment she has championed stories made in Cameroon for audiences across Africa and beyond — and through the Foundation she turns that visibility into direct, practical help for the communities that raised her.
A finance graduate turned filmmaker, she brings an entrepreneur’s discipline to philanthropy: clear goals, accountable spending and partnerships that last.
Why she started the Foundation
In July 2019, Syndy Emade launched the Foundation by sitting with more than 200 people who had fled the crisis in the North-West and South-West. What she heard there, of lost homes, lost loved ones and children out of school, shaped its first campaigns.
Her vision
Education is the key pointer in our lives, I can only dream to see every child educated.
Her commitment
From the 2015 visit to the Limbe orphanage with her Blue Rain crew, before the Foundation existed, to Christmas 2023, her team visits homes first and she then visits in person to decide who needs help most.
“Hearing their painful stories of how they became IDPs and how they lost their families and homes, I couldn’t hold back my tears.”
“I had my team randomly visit some homes in some remote areas and then I got to visit their homes myself to best decide who needed us the most.”
Honours & recognition
- 2014Miss Heritage Cameroon
- 2014Miss Heritage Africa
- 2017Scoos Academy Award — Best Cameroonian Actress
- 2017Ranked #2 Most Active Cameroonian Actress · Njoka TV
- Career8 national & international Best Actress awards
Ambassadorships & roles
- Award-winning actress
- Film & TV producer
- CEO, Blue Rain Entertainment
- Model
- Philanthropist
- Brand Ambassador, Orange InstaVoice Celeb
- Producer of two films on Netflix: Broken and A Man For The Weekend (2021)
- CFI Partner
Two stages, one purpose
The humanitarian and the film icon
Syndy Emade’s work on screen and in the field feed each other: cinema brings the visibility, the Foundation turns it into help.
Through the Foundation she leads back-to-school support for displaced children, outreaches to families who fled the crisis in the North-West and South-West regions, and Christmas outreaches to vulnerable households in Douala. Her team visits homes first, then she visits in person to decide who needs help most.
Foundation programmes
- Back to SchoolDouala, Limbe
- Displaced FamiliesBonaberi, Douala
- Christmas OutreachDouala
- Child ProtectionDouala
- Women & PartnershipsCameroon
In the press
Selected interviews and features
- Interview2020
On creativity, her fans, her business and the Foundation
CEMAC ECO FINANCE
CEMAC ECO FINANCE · March 2020
Heart to heart with Syndy Emade
Open → - Profile2022
CEO of Blue Rain Entertainment, founder of the Syndy Emade Foundation
Cameroon CEO
Cameroon CEO · June 2022
Syndy Emade, The Consistency of An Ambitious Entrepreneur
Open → - Interview2016
You have to solicit for sponsors and investors for the film.
Pulse Nigeria
Pulse Nigeria · April 2016
Syndy Emade: Actress talks film industry in Cameroon, challenges as a female filmmaker, getting into character
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