Major Infrastructure
Cameroon: Ecobank to invest additional XAF25 bln in a 3-year urgency plan
Célestine Ketcha Courtès, Cameroon’s minister of urban development, presided the relaunch of the road works that fall within the framework of the 3-year...Cameroon: Eneo plans 20,000 prepaid meters and 40,000 postpaid smart meters this year
Eneo Cameroon, subsidiary of British Actis, unveils more on its program of deploying prepaid and postpaid smart meters in Cameroon. On the sidelines of...Construction specifications of first 14 electronic toll booths in Cameroon unveiled
A little more is unveiled on the specifications required for the construction of the first 14 electronic toll booths in Cameroon. According to the...Ellipse Projects SAS France plans delivery of 19 first metal bridges at end March 2020
Ellipse Projects SAS France, the company entrusted with the installation in Cameroon of prefabricated modular steel bridges just took delivery at the port...Bdeac loans XAF6.6bln for development projects in Cameroon including a 4-star hotel in Douala
Cameroonian finance minister, Louis Paul Motaze, chaired April 19 in Malabo (E Guinea) the Board Meeting of the Development Bank of Central African States...Swiss Tree Global to implement an industrial high-yield nursery system in Cameroon
Cameroonian economy minister, Alamine Ousmane Mey signed, on April 17 in Yaoundé, a MoU with the Managing Director of Swiss company Tree Global, Gregory...Cameroon plans to save XAF350mln a week thanks to Memeve'ele dam power up
The Cameroonian energy minister, while powering up the Memeve'ele dam on April 16 in Nyabizan, southern region, insisted on the positive effects the...Farmers in Adamaoua receive additional XAF195mln under the Acefa project
As part of the sustainability phase of the competitiveness-boosting programs for family-run farms (Acefa), 59 agro-pastoral organizations in Adamaoua...Cameroon: Government announces free Rapid HIV Tests from January 2020
Malachie Manaouda (photo), Cameroonian health minister, inked April 4 a decision setting terms for accessing & monitoring HIV testing services and...Sogea Satom to restore flood-hit 2nd Wouri Bridge
Delivered December 2018, the 2nd bridge over the Wouri River constructed by Sogea Satom will be refurbished due to damages caused by flood. In a press...Cameroon tests roller-compacted concrete RCC, a three times cheaper material that doubles road life
In Bafoussam, the West regional capital, construction company Razel, is currently testing roller-compacted concrete RCC for road construction as part of...Cameroon: Canyon Resources identifies 250mln tons of ‘very high grade’ bauxite at Minim-Martap
Australian mining company Canyon Resources announced March 12 on proactiveinvestors.com it achieved first exploration results of the Minim-Martap bauxite...Eneo kicks off Distribution Grid Reinforcement in Yaoundé
Power cuts have recently become recurrent, at daytime, in many districts of Yaoundé, the Cameroonian capital. This is the consequence of reinforcement...Memvé’élé power transmission facilities will not be delivered before 2020 (project manager)
Populations will have to wait until 2020 to use the energy generated by the Memvé’élé dam though construction work on this 211 MW infrastructure was...Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea still in disagreement over Ntem Bridge route
The second meeting between the Cameroonian minister delegate in charge of the economy, Paul Tasong, and Baltasar Engonga Edjo'o, the Equatorial-Guinean...Morocco’s Platinum Power could abandon Makay plant project on financial issues
The 400-MW Makay hydro plant planned by the Moroccan Platinum Power in the central district of Nyong-Ekellé may not emerge. The reason, Moroccan media...Cameroon: Germany’s KfW to unlock €3mln as part of the Skills Initiative for Africa Program
German development bank KfW plans to finance big vocational training and skills development projects in Cameroon. Projects can be submitted by training...Cameroon: NHPC paid XAF2bln in compensation to 772 persons, on Nachtigal Dam construction
Nachtigal Hydro Power Company (NHPC), the company in charge of the development and operation of the Nachtigal hydro plant project, announced it has...The announced bridge over Ntem River linking Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea to soon be erected
Cameroonian Minister Delegate for economy Paul Tasong (photo), chaired December 14 in Kribi, presentation of the results of the feasibility study carried...Cameroon connected 166 localities to PV system and kicked off phase II covering 184 localities
Cameroonian Ministry of Water and Energy (Minee) reported that its actions this year focused on completing the electrification of 166 localities via solar...Cameroon: Indian Shapoorji Pallonji plans a 10,000-ha hydro agricultural scheme in the Far North
As part of a MoU signed Dec 12 in Yaoundé with the Cameroonian government, India’s Shapoorji Pallonji and Company Private Limited will set up a...Cameroon: The Memve'élé power evacuation line completed at 55%
Work is progressing at the Memve'élé hydro project (211 MW), Southern region. The Ministry of Water and Energy (Minee) informed that the construction...Cameroon plans to secure a XAF169bn loan with IBRD for the Nachtigal dam
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) could soon inject $300 million, XAF169 billion, into the Nachtigal hydroelectric...The second Wouri River Bridge to be commissioned December 21, 2018
Although it has been open to traffic for a year now, the 2nd bridge built over the Wouri River in Douala, will be temporarily commissioned December 21,...Cameroon: EIB to finance the refurbishment of Bélabo-Pangar-Ngaoundéré railway
The European Investment Bank (EIB) announced it will finance the refurbishment of the railways linking the localities of Belabo, Pangar and Ngaoundéré, in...Cameroon: Africa50 acquires 15% stake in Nachtigal hydro plant (420 MW)
Africa50, the pan-Africa infrastructure investment platform, has just acquired 15% of stake in the Nachtigal project (420 MW). On the occasion of the...Cameroon: Four local banks to raise CFA120bn for Nachtigal Dam construction
A group of four local banks including SCB Cameroon (Moroccan Attijariwafa’s local branch), Standard Chartered Bank Cameroon, BICEC (French BPCE’s local...
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