Fonab was created over 25 years ago. Since 1986 it has grown from strength to strength. Fonab started by producing washing soap using local equipments in Cameroon. Over the years demand exceeded supplies and heavy machinery was now sourced from Europe. Today, Fonab can bost of tonnes of soap produced and sold across West and Central Africa.

It now has colleges, a polytechnic, a quarry a host of other industries that train and employ young Cameroonians.