No, Orange hasn’t dispatched any agents to reset mobile money accounts of its clients
No, no case of coronavirus has been identified in Cameroon
No, the opposition did not elect any member of the ruling party as mayors in Makak and Matomb
Cameroon : PCP-Afop to train 3,500 people in agropastoral and fishing sectors in 2020-2021
The agropastoral and fishing training programme PCP-Afop, steered by the Ministries of Agriculture and Livestock, has just launched the recruitment of the...
Denmark discusses cooperation areas in the maritime sector with Cameroon
On February 19, 2020, in Yaoundé, the Minister of Transport, Ernest Massena Ngalle Bibehe, received in audience Danish ambassador to Cameroon Jesper...
Gabon and Safacam’s bonds get listed on the BVMAC
Today, Feb 21, two bonds issued in the Central African region last year were listed on the Unified Stock Exchange of Central Africa (BVMAC), the stock...
Coronavirus : Cameroon provides XAF50 mln to support its citizens quarantined in Wuhan
To support Cameroonians quarantined in Wuhan, Cameroon instructed the Ministry of Finance to provide XAF50 million to its embassy in Beijing for...
Cameroon welcomes a 2-week IMF technical assistance mission
Currently, a technical assistance mission of the IMF is visiting Cameroon. Led by Jean Luc Helis, the mission will assess, for two weeks, Cameroon's...
Higher education : 10,000 Cameroonians are pursuing graduate studies in France
Currently, 10,000 Cameroonians are pursuing graduate studies in France. This was revealed by French officials during the signature cooperation agreement...
Inflation : The 3 Northern regions were the least exposed in Jan-Sep 2019
In the first nine months of 2019, the general level of consumer prices rose by 2.5%, according to a report by the National Institute of Statistics...
45-km Yoko-Lena road section open to the public
On February 19, 2020, the Ministry of Public Works conducted the technical acceptance of Yoko-Léna section (45.241 km) of the...
FANAF presidency : Théophile Gérard Moulong withdraws from the race
On February 20, 2020, in Libreville, Gabon, Théophile Gérard Moulong – the Cameroonian who declared his candidacy for the presidency of the FANAF...
Cameroon: SABC estimates FY2019 consolidated net income at XAF16 bln, down 34% YoY
In a press release to investors, published on 21 January 2020, Société Anonyme des Brasseries du Cameroun (SABC), a subsidiary of French group Castel,...
International Women's Day 2020 : CICAM announces possible shortage of commemorative loincloth
This year, there could be a shortage of the loincloth produced for the International Women's Day of March 8. Indeed, in an interview published on February...
Cameroon : BACM announces XAF7.1 bln of provisional net result, 17% up YoY in 2019
Banque Atlantique Cameroun (BACM) informs that it achieved a provisional net result of XAF7.1 billion during the 2019 financial year, representing a 17%...
Digital economy : Cameroon plans creation of development center, this year, to support ICT startups
This year, Cameroon will create a center for the development of the digital economy. This was revealed, on February 18, by Minette Libom Li Likeng...
Jean Joseph Aouda : Cameroon’s railway is better than most of Sub-Saharan Africa’s
“Even if one would criticize it, except for South Africa, in the sub-Saharan part of Africa (…) the Cameroonian railway is much better.” This is the...
Farm mechanization : SODECOTON shows its recent research works
In Cameroon, Sodecoton recently organized an agro event on the mechanization of agricultural operations in the cotton-producing areas. The event...
AFCA regional coffee competition : NWCA’s sample selected as best coffee in Cameroon
The National Cocoa and Coffee Board (NCCB) informs that it recently hosted a national coffee competition. Called “Taste the Harvest,” this competition was...
General price level was up 2.5% YoY in Jan-Sep 2019 (INS)
In the first 9 months of 2019, general price level increased by 2.5% year over year in Cameroon. This is revealed by the national institute for...
CHAN 2020 : Opening match between Cameroon and Zimbabwe on April 4
Cameroon's national football team will face Zimbabwe's on April 4, 2020, in Yaoundé, in the opening match of the African Championship of Nations (CHAN)....
Cameroon to be back on BEAC’s debt market on Feb 19
The Cameroonian public treasury will be back on the government securities market of the Bank of Central African States (Beac) on February 19, 2020. This...
Cameroon records its first poor performance on BEAC’s public securities market
During the 26-week fungible treasury bills issuance of Feburay 12, 2020, on BEAC’s debt market, Cameroon was unable to raise the XAF20 billion it was...
Cameroon : Several SMEs demand months of accrued unpaid invoices from Turkish Yenigün
In Cameroon, many SMEs accuse Turkish construction company Yenigün, building the Japoma stadium in Douala, of owing them several months of invoices. “The...
Cameroon : Ministry of Finance plans to initiate SMEs to crowdfunding
On February 20, the Ministry of Finance will organize a national workshop on the theme “Crowdfunding: Participatory financing for small and medium...
Cameroon : 8,766 public servants threatened with sanctions for being irregularly absent
In Cameron, 8,766 public servants are irregularly absent from work. According to the Minister of Civil Service Joseph Lé (photo), who revealed this in a...
Cameroon : Ministry of Finance authorizes 840 institutions to operate withholding taxes this year
The Ministry of Finance recently published a list of 840 public and private institutions authorized to operate withholding taxes in Cameroon this year....
ART orders Orange Cameroon to lower SMS and voice call costs
In a correspondence dated January 8, 2020, Philemon Zo'o Zame, director-general of the Telecom Regulatory Agency (ART) asked Orange Cameroon to lower the...
FANAF : Cameroonian Théophile Gérard Moulong in line for the presidency
On February 20, 2020, the President of the Federation of African National Insurance Companies (FANAF) will be elected in Libreville, Gabon, during the...
CEMAC : COBAC and credit institutions agree on guaranteed minimum services
At the end of a consultation held in Libreville, Gabon, on Feb 13, the Central African Banking Commission (COBAC) and banks operating in the CEMAC region...
Tractafric Equipment: Kribi assembly plant to be completed by March 2020
As of March 2020, Tractafric Equipment will complete construction works on its machinery and generators assembly plants in the industrial zone of Kribi...
Minim-Martap bauxite deposit : Canyon Resources announces launch of exploitation for 2022
In 2022, the exploitation of the Minim-Martap bauxite deposit in Northern Cameroon, which has been awaited for several decades, could start. This is at...
Cameroon promises payment of XAF45 bln to ENEO to reduce crisis in the energy sector
More information on the outcome of negotiations conducted for several months between Cameroon, Eneo, and its suppliers on the liquidity crisis affecting...
Activa and Axa pay first compensations in the framework of the index-based agricultural insurance
Last February 4, in Garoua, insurance companies Activa and Axa proceeded to the payment of more than XAF23 million to cotton producers as compensation for...
Camrail to restart the Yaoundé-Douala train service in April 2020
Camrail, concessionaire of Cameroon’s railway networks, is preparing to restart a train service between Yaoundé and Douala, the country's two capitals....
Cameroon : Government injected XAF45 bln for the restructuration of ailing public companies in 2018
In 2018-2019, the total amount of contract plans signed by Cameroon and 15 public companies and institutions was XAF73.4 billion. The information is...
Cameroon: Louis Paul Motaze suggests rethinking the economic model of Camair-Co
During the presentation of the new year’s wishes by the ministry’s staff to the Cameroonian Minister of Finance Louis Paul Motaze (photo) on Jan 31, the...
Cameroon : Part of a thermal power plant consumed by fire in Banyo
On February 9, the 1.7 MW thermal power plant which supplies electricity to residents of Banyo and its surroundings in the Adamaoua region was consumed by...
Cameroon : Coffee cooperative Uccao launches recruitment for a new managing director
Union Centrale des Coopératives Agricoles de l'Ouest (Uccao), Cameroon's largest coffee producers’ cooperative, has just launched a call for applications...
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