The second edition of the national cocoa festival, code-named, “Festicacao 2013” will begin on November 28, 2013.

The cocoa show will be an opportunity for stakeholders to showcase strides recorded in cocoa research, production and local processing of the cash crop.

Announcing the event in a press briefing in Yaounde recently, the Minister of Trade, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana, said the second edition will hold on the theme, “Youth, the Relay.”

Activities will simultaneously take place in Yaounde, Douala, Kumba, Monatele and Batouri. A three-day cocoa trade fair will hold at the Yaounde 20^th May Boulevard and will see the participation of neighbouring cocoa producing countries like Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria.

The first edition held on 7-8 November 2012 and saw the participation of over 20,000 visitors.

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Bus Saviem: it is the kind of vehicle that you encounter on the Bertoua-Batouri road. Drivers will tell you that this bus can easily adapt to the almost unusable state of the road.  

The road Bertoua - Batouri – Kenzou (Cameroon) – Republic of Central Africa border, 215 km long, will link Bertoua, the regional capital of the East and Kenzou, a border town within the Republic of Central Africa. The project consists of three lots: Bertoua-Akokan (46.3 km) Akokan-Batouri (49.1 km) and Batouri - Kenzou RCA-border (120 km).
It will open up Kadey, Lom and Djerem divisions in the East region, thereby linking the region to the rest of the country and facilitating the movement of goods and persons. This region has a high agricultural potential. This road would also increase trade with Equatorial Guinea.

The project cost is estimated at 70 billion CFA francs (€ 110 million). Technical studies of the first to lots are available at the Ministry of Public Works, but funding is still being sought. The estimated duration for completion is 72 month according to the studies available.

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