Akere Muna
Akere Tabeng Muna (born 18 August 1952) is a Cameroonian lawyer known for his anti-corruption work and leadership in Africa’s civil society and governance bodies. He was born in Ngyen-Mbo, Cameroon, and studied international relations at American University in Washington, D.C. He was called to the English Bar in 1978 and returned to Cameroon to practice law with his brother Bernard Muna, later forming the law firm Muna, Muna & Associates.
Muna has led many organizations. He was president of the Cameroon Bar Association from 1997 to 2002. In 2000, he founded the Cameroon chapter of Transparency International and later served on TI’s board, becoming vice-chair from 2005 to 2014. He helped build regional anti-corruption efforts as the founding president of the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU), a role he held from 2005 to 2014. He also led ECOSOCC, the African Union’s civil society arm, from 2008 to 2014.
On the African stage, Muna held several important oversight and advisory roles. He was a member of the African Peer Review Mechanism Panel of Eminent Persons starting in 2010 and served as its chair from 2013 to 2014, a period marked by controversy over governance within the APRM. He became the Sanctions Commissioner of the African Development Bank in 2013. He was also involved in the UN’s High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, established by Thabo Mbeki, and served as its chair for the African reviews he led.
Muna has worked to promote asset recovery and good governance, including work with CAPAR. In 2017 he was named chair of ECOBANK Cameroon’s board, and he briefly stepped back from several roles to run for president of Cameroon in 2018, eventually withdrawing his candidacy after forming a coalition with another candidate. He continues to advise countries on governance and anti-corruption.
In addition to his public work, Muna is married to Beverly Bird and they have two daughters, Lydia and Kandi. He comes from the prominent Muna family in Cameroon; his father Solomon Tandeng Muna was a key political figure, and his brothers Bernard Muna and others are also notable professionals in law and public service.
More recently, in 2024 he was named Goodwill Ambassador for the African Legal Support Facility, and in 2025 he joined a broad political coalition for the country’s presidential elections. Akere Muna remains active in anti-corruption, governance reform and legal advocacy across Africa.
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