 He served as chairman of the National Association of Poets and Writers of Cameroon from 1969 to 1981, and was one of the founders of the International Federation of French-speaking Writers established in 1982 in Quebec, Canada.Patrice Kayo was the President of the Jury of the 2018 edition of the Grand Prix of Literary Associations.Patrice Kayo holds a BA and Master of Arts in Education from the University of Yaounde, then a PhD from the University of Paris, Sorbonne, in France.