Stephanie Tum’s Birthday: December 2, 1987

Cameroonian actress, producer, model and philanthropist, Ekah Stephanie Tum was born on the 2nd of December 1987 in Bamenda, Cameroon. A native of Wum, department of Menchum.

Education

Stephanie Tum attended University Of Buea where she earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree Accounting and Business Management. Between 2007-2008 she obtained her Diploma in Computer Studies from Trustech Intitute Of Technology Buea.

She started her acting career in 2009. Stepanie Tum rose to fame after fearing in the movie Pink Poison directed by Agbor Gilbert in 2011. Since then she has been featured in some of Cameroon’s top movies. One of her productions include the movie Saving Mbango.

In 2018, she launched the EMBI company Ltd which she is its founder and CEO, where she produces movies and runs a charity foundation to sensitize young girls on menstrual hygiene and also distributes free sanitary pads to young ladies. According to publications made by Journal Cameroon her company was to distribue 10,000 sanitary pads by the end of 2019 in anglophone Cameroon communities.

From 2010 to 2015, she was brand ambassador for Active Clear, she has been listed as one of the Most Influential Cameroonians under 49years in the entertainment industry and thanks to her stunning beauty Stephanie Tum was ranked 14th amongst the top 50 Most Beautiful Cameroonian Women by Cameroon’s online entertainment portal Camer237.com.

She is also part of the cast of one of Cameroon’s most recent movies The Planters Plantation. The flawless beautiful has received several nominations and awards. Mother to a son she had at a tender age, fans are always amazed by how grown up he looks leaving some to think it’s her partner .

Net Worth:

Stephanie Tum has an estimated net worth of $200,000 US dollars that’s about 112 million francs. As the CEO of Embi Productions, Tum produces and appears in films across Africa, including her own projects. Her roles in both Cameroonian and Nollywood productions are a primary source of income.

In March 2025, she was announced as a brand ambassador for mobile operator MTN Cameroon, a significant and potentially lucrative endorsement deal. She founded and runs Embi Glow Cosmetics, which contributes to her entrepreneurial earnings.

Before her full-time entertainment and business career, Tum worked for several years in corporate roles. From 2013 to 2017, she held administrative positions at a global oil and gas company, which would have provided a steady income and financial foundation for her later ventures.