Energy
Cameroon: 35% of gas stations are located in rural areas (Ministry of energy)
In Cameroon, 35% of the 835 gas stations in operation as of October 28, 2019 (for the 54 state-approved companies), are located in rural areas. This was...
No, Douala port’s general director Cyrus Ngo'o is not from the Anglophone region
Yes, Ernest Obama is no longer the managing director of private TV channel Vision 4
No, Chad and Equatorial Guinea are not providing assistance for the payment of Cameroonian civil servants’ salaries
Cameroon: Natural gas can contribute 20-30% of the energy mix , SNH says
“The SNH has demonstrated, since 2012, that gas can make a significant contribution to the development of the electricity sector in Cameroon by ensuring a...
Cameroon inks XAF10 bln funding agreement with the EU for rural electrification
On November 26, 2019, in Yaoundé, the Cameroonian government, signed, via the Ministry of Economy, a €16.15 million (a little over XAF10 billion)...
Cameroon: Public lighting takes over 55% of government’s electricity expenditures
The Cameroonian government, via the Ministry of Water and Energy, just launched a programme to monitor, control and optimize electricity bills in the...
Belgian and Czech delegations announce their interest in Cameroon’s energy sector
On November 14, 2019, two Belgian and Czech delegations were received at Cameroon’s Ministry of Water and Energy. At the end of the two audiences granted...
Cameroonian footballer Jean II Makoun partners with Upowa to promote solar energies
On 13 November 2019, Cameroonian footballer Jean II Makoun signed a partnership agreement with the Franco-Cameroonian company Upowa to promote renewable...
Cameroon: Independent power producers supply 26.6% of energy distributed in the country
At the end of 2018, in Cameroon, the overall installed power capacity was 1360 MW, according to utility company Eneo. 998 MW of that capacity was...
Cameroon: 65,000 new electrical connections to be made by June 2020
In the first half of January 2020, Cameroon will launch a vast operation aimed at building 65,000 new electric connections in rural zones. According to...
Cameroon: Over 300,000 users illegally connected to national power grid (ENEO)
In 2018, Cameroonian utility company Eneo successfully brought 18,700 formerly illegal users back into its client portfolio. This was in the framework of...
SCDP to raise its gasoline storage capacity by 20,000 m3
Cameroonian oil products’ keeper Société Camerounaise des dépôts pétroliers (SCDP) just launched an international call for expression of interest to...
Construction of 75 MW Bini dam has not started yet despite the energy minister’s previous assurance
The minister of water and energy’s visit, in February 2019, to the Bini 75 MW dam’s construction site, in Adamaoua, changed nothing about the static...
Cameroon: Yaoundé residents affected by fire at an energy distribution station
Most Yaoundé residents are currently in the dark because of frequent power outages. ENEO, the institution in charge of energy distribution in Cameroon,...
Cameroon : Sinohydro to carry out technical studies of 20MW Lagdo solar power plant
Cameroon has tasked Chinese firm Sinohydro with studies for the designing, financing, development and maintenance of a 20MW solar plant in Lagdo, in the...
NHPC advised to outsource some of Nachtigal dam’s construction works to local SMEs
Cameroonian minister of water and energy Gaston Eloundou Essomba recently visited the site of Nachtigal dam. During his visit, he advised the...
Orange Cameroon launches energy distribution offer with solar kits
Orange Cameroon just launched its energy distribution offer via solar kits, internal sources reveal. Baptized Orange Énergie, this offer also includes...
Cameroonian Georges Bassalang Bolemen appointed Tradex Equatorial Guinea’s managing director
Cameroon’s native Georges Bassalang Bolemen has been appointed as the managing director of Tradex Equatorial Guinea. This is revealed by the Cameroonian...
Cameroon: GDS Orion Solar to invest XAF15 billion in Ngaoundéré solar plant (20MW)
GDS Orion Solar plans to invest XAF15 billion in the construction of its 20MW solar plant in Ngaoundéré, Cameroon. This information was revealed on June...
Cameroon: Government’s domestic gas subsidies up from XAF32 bln to XAF35 bln in 2018 (CSPH)
In Cameroon, the oil products’ price stabilization institution CSPH provided XAF35 billion to subsidize domestic gas during the 2018 fiscal year....
Cameroon : SNH supplies clean and cheap energy to 41 companies using GDC’s distribution network
Société nationale des hydrocarbures (SNH), Cameroon’s company that negotiates oil and gas contracts, informs that on June 1, 2019, 41 companies were...
Cameroon: The construction of Mbakaou mini hydropower plant launched by a private producer
On June 20, 2019, the foundation stone of the Mbakaou mini hydropower plant was laid in Adamaoua. The project carried out by an independent producer IED...
Cameroonian Monique Ntumngia receives the WWF Africa Youth Award 2019
On June 14, 2019, 29-year old Cameroonian Monique Ntumngia was awarded the WWF Africa Youth Award 2019 in Mombassa, Kenya. This is the second time...
EDC receives 170 MW of guaranteed hydraulic power every year thanks to Lom Pangar dam
Since 2015 when Lom Pangar dam was filled, Songloulou and Edéa power plants have had a guaranteed hydraulic power of 170 MW every year. This was...
Cameroon’s oil refinery burned down, government says it is "an accident"
An explosion caused fire in the national oil refinery (Sonara)’s unit located at Limbe, Southwest region, on May 31, burning down part of the company’s...
KGAL New Frontiers acquires stake in SunErgy, a Norwegian company aiming for the Cameroonian market
Private Equity Fund KGAL New Frontiers, founded in 2018 by German KGAL, acquired 22% stake in SunErgy, a Norwegian company specialized in off-grid power...
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...
Cameroon: London-based YF Finance raises shares in Victoria Oil and Gas
London-based investment firm YF Finance pumps an additional £5.85 million ($7.7 million) in the equity of AIM-quoted Victoria Oil and Gas (VOG), the...
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