Christian Trede, born 1980 in Hamburg, Germany was raised in Sierra Leone, Germany, Namibia and South Africa. During his schooling time and undergraduate study he worked for the development cooperation and management company of his family and gained a deep insight into international projects. After finishing his vocational training degree in Audiovisual Media Management and a BA degree in Media Management (Medienbetriebswirt) at the Hamburg School of Business Administration (formerly Wirtschaftsakademie Hamburg) while working for a leading German internet publishing and advertising company, Christian Trede decided to leave Germany once again to do his MBA at the University of Cape Town in 2005. In 1999 already, he started his first own business as an independent travel consultant specialised on Namibia, Mongolia and Sierra Leone. Since returning from his studies in South Africa end of 2005, Christian is working as an independent consultant - under the brand of christian e. trede CONSULTING in the fields of marketing, media, tourism and development cooperation doing projects throughout the world, but still with a strong focus on Africa.

Christian Trede partnered already with many entrepreneurs and companies in Mongolia, Sierra Leone, Namibia and Germany. In 2008 and 2009 he started different projects and companies with different partners in Germany and Namibia. His latest project is the Proudly Namibian Recreation Centre CC, which is realising business ideas in Namibia.