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Gabon Adjusts State Payroll File to Save 10 Billion FCFA

Gabon Adjusts State Payroll File to Save 10 Billion FCFA

Gabon aims for 10 billion FCFA in savings through public sector salary reform. Salary caps, elimination of double paymen...

Investment in Public Securities in Central Africa: Cameroon Lags Behind Chad, Gabon, and Congo

Investment in Public Securities in Central Africa: Cameroon Lags Behind Chad, Gabon, and Congo

Cameroonians invest less in public securities than Chadians, Gabonese, and Congolese. A striking contrast that raises qu...

Scandal at Camtel: Billions of FCFA Embezzled, Technical Directorate Suspended

Scandal at Camtel: Billions of FCFA Embezzled, Technical Directorate Suspended

Camtel is shaken by a embezzlement scandal. The technical directorate is suspended, and an internal investigation is und...

Cameroon: Paul Biya calls the Superior Council of Magistracy after Six Years of Silence

Cameroon: Paul Biya calls the Superior Council of Magistracy after Six Years of Silence

After six years of silence, Paul Biya convenes the Superior Council of Magistracy on March 18, 2026. A highly anticipate...

Cameroon: 75 billion FCFA for student laptops, what is the assessment nearly ten years later?

Cameroon: 75 billion FCFA for student laptops, what is the assessment nearly ten years later?

In 2017, Cameroon invested 75 billion FCFA to provide students with laptops. Nearly ten years later, what is the real im...

Cameroonian National Assembly's Controversial Medical Contract with Turkish Group in Istanbul

Cameroonian National Assembly's Controversial Medical Contract with Turkish Group in Istanbul

The National Assembly of Cameroon signs a controversial medical contract with a Turkish group in Istanbul without a call...

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Access Bank Cameroon awards three entrepreneurs at the first Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton

Access Bank Cameroon awards three entrepreneurs at the first Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton

Access Bank Cameroon concluded the first edition of the Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton, awarding three entrepreneurs and reinf...

Cameroon: Technical and Financial Audit Launched Before Restarting the Bini a Warak Dam Project with Savannah Energy

Cameroon: Technical and Financial Audit Launched Before Restarting the Bini a Warak Dam Project with Savannah Energy

Cameroon launches an audit of the Bini a Warak dam before restarting the project with Savannah Energy, aiming to secure...

Cameroon Under Pressure Over Registration of Tankers Suspected of Belonging to Russian "Ghost Fleet"

Cameroon Under Pressure Over Registration of Tankers Suspected of Belonging to Russian "Ghost Fleet"

Cameroon is under European pressure after the registration of 37 tankers linked to the Russian "ghost fleet". Fears of s...

Cameroon: Cereal Import Bill Decreases in 2025 Due to Rice and Wheat

Cameroon: Cereal Import Bill Decreases in 2025 Due to Rice and Wheat

In 2025, Cameroon reduces its cereal imports by 14.1%, thanks to rice and wheat. This decrease is part of the national d...

Cameroon's SRC to Leverage Interpol's "Silver Notice" to Track Assets Abroad

Cameroon's SRC to Leverage Interpol's "Silver Notice" to Track Assets Abroad

Cameroon's SRC is relying on Interpol's "Silver Notice" to track criminal assets abroad, potentially improving the recov...

World Bank Approves CFAF 224.3 Billion Loan to Support Over 500 Forestry SMEs in Cameroon, Congo, and CAR

World Bank Approves CFAF 224.3 Billion Loan to Support Over 500 Forestry SMEs in Cameroon, Congo, and CAR

The World Bank is investing CFAF 224.3 billion to support forestry SMEs in Cameroon, Congo, and CAR, aiming for sustaina...

CEMAC: BEAC anticipates slower growth in 2026 despite controlled inflation

CEMAC: BEAC anticipates slower growth in 2026 despite controlled inflation

The BEAC forecasts a slowdown in CEMAC growth to 2.9% in 2026, impacted by tensions in the Middle East, despite controll...

Sodecoton Exports 18,570 Tons of Quality Cotton Seeds to Five African Countries

Sodecoton Exports 18,570 Tons of Quality Cotton Seeds to Five African Countries

Sodecoton will export 1,000 tons of improved cotton seeds to Kenya in 2026-2027, bringing its total exports to 18,570 to...

Cameroon: Creation of a Vice Presidency Under Scrutiny by Markets and Rating Agencies

Cameroon: Creation of a Vice Presidency Under Scrutiny by Markets and Rating Agencies

Cameroon creates a Vice President position, a major constitutional reform scrutinized by markets and rating agencies for...

Mauritanian Zeine Zeidane Appointed to Head IMF's Africa Department

Mauritanian Zeine Zeidane Appointed to Head IMF's Africa Department

Mauritanian Zeine Zeidane is appointed to head the IMF's Africa Department. A former Prime Minister with extensive exper...

Jean de Dieu Momo defends the creation of a Vice-President position in Cameroon as a guarantee of stability

Jean de Dieu Momo defends the creation of a Vice-President position in Cameroon as a guarantee of stability

Jean de Dieu Momo explains that the creation of a vice-president position in Cameroon aims to modernize institutions and...

Cameroon: Jean Bertin Meba Appointed Interim Director General of ANIF Following the Death of Hubert Nde Sambone

Cameroon: Jean Bertin Meba Appointed Interim Director General of ANIF Following the Death of Hubert Nde Sambone

Jean Bertin Meba appointed interim DG of ANIF after the death of Hubert Nde Sambone. An appointment to ensure the contin...