Our scouting team

Our Scouts

Every application is assessed by a named person with a coaching or reporting record you can check. Most of our scouts are working coaches; some are sports journalists who watch more football in a season than anyone else in the country.

  • Dr Johnas F. Mbah

    Dr Johnas F. Mbah

    Founder & Chief Scout

    CoachDouala

    Founder of KoraScout and head of its scouting. A football coach and tactician with years of work alongside top European academies, as well as coaching in the United States and in Cameroon's MTN Elite One championship.

    • UEFA B Diploma
    • Tactical planning diploma — Cologne, 2024
    • Tactical planning diploma — Valladolid, 2026
    • Currently training for the UEFA A Licence
  • Landry Bikaï

    Landry Bikaï

    CoachFranceville, Gabon

    Head coach of Ogooué FC in Franceville, Gabon. Former general manager of AC Léopard de Dolisie (Congo-Brazzaville), PMUC Douala and Coton Sport de Garoua, and a coach at Avion Académie de Douala.

    • Head coach, Ogooué FC (Gabon) — second spell
    • 5 years with the Coton Sport academy
    • 4 years with the Eugène Ekéké academy
  • Michel Ateba

    Michel Ateba

    Sports journalistDouala

    Sports journalist since 2006, on radio, television and online. Career before Afro Sport TV: FM 105, Dynamique FM, Hit Radio, Camnews24 TV, DBS TV, Volum3 Radio and Proxy Radio.

    • Editor-in-chief, Afro Sport TV
    • Africa correspondent, spoorts.io
    • Programme director, Proxy Radio Douala 89.5

If a scout assessed your file, you can ask to speak to them. Their name is on your dossier, and it is one of these.