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Cameroon: Public Debt Costs Soar, a Worrying Situation for Public Finances

Cameroon: Public Debt Costs Soar, a Worrying Situation for Public Finances

Cameroon's borrowing costs are soaring in the regional market, with a sharp rise in the average rate on BTAs. This situa...

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...

Nestlé Cameroon Honored for Environmental Commitment and Customer Relations

Nestlé Cameroon Honored for Environmental Commitment and Customer Relations

Nestlé Cameroon was recognized for its environmental commitment and customer relations, with awards from MINEPDED and FO...

Douala to Host a 3 Billion FCFA Industrial Unit for the Production of Office Furniture and Modern Kitchens

Douala to Host a 3 Billion FCFA Industrial Unit for the Production of Office Furniture and Modern Kitchens

Micasa by MCG Sarl invests 3 billion FCFA in an industrial unit in Douala to produce office furniture, kitchens, and woo...

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...

Hunger Threatens Thousands of Families in Cameroon's Far North

Hunger Threatens Thousands of Families in Cameroon's Far North

Cameroon's Far North is facing a severe food crisis. Conflict and displacement are worsening the situation, with thousan...

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DRC Deploys 4,000 Electronic Tax Devices to Boost Revenue Collection

DRC Deploys 4,000 Electronic Tax Devices to Boost Revenue Collection

The DRC is deploying 4,000 electronic tax devices starting March 2026 to modernize its tax system and increase revenue c...

Reshuffle at Crédit Foncier du Cameroun: Paul Biya Appoints Members of the Board of Directors

Reshuffle at Crédit Foncier du Cameroun: Paul Biya Appoints Members of the Board of Directors

Paul Biya appoints members of the Board of Directors of Crédit Foncier du Cameroun by decree. This strategic decision ai...

Yaoundé hit by shortage of March 8th fabric: prices soar, anger rises

Yaoundé hit by shortage of March 8th fabric: prices soar, anger rises

In Yaoundé, the shortage of March 8th fabric causes prices to soar and anger to rise. The causes? Opaque distribution an...

Pr Aba'a Oyono Sues DGRE for 3 Billion FCFA Over Illegal Detention

Pr Aba'a Oyono Sues DGRE for 3 Billion FCFA Over Illegal Detention

Pr Aba'a Oyono is claiming 3 billion FCFA from the DGRE for his detention, denouncing an arbitrary arrest and a violatio...

Tayc declines investing in Cameroon due to Anglophone crisis: a wake-up call for the economy

Tayc declines investing in Cameroon due to Anglophone crisis: a wake-up call for the economy

Singer Tayc expresses reluctance to invest in Cameroon due to the Anglophone crisis, hindering diaspora investment and h...

Energy Crisis in Cameroon: EIB Support Aims to Provide a New Lease of Life

Energy Crisis in Cameroon: EIB Support Aims to Provide a New Lease of Life

Faced with the energy crisis, Cameroon is strengthening its cooperation with the EIB to modernize its electricity sector...

Cameroon: Death of Dr. Félix Lekefack, a Leading Figure in Medical Biology and Promoter of the Louis Pasteur Laboratory

Cameroon: Death of Dr. Félix Lekefack, a Leading Figure in Medical Biology and Promoter of the Louis Pasteur Laboratory

Dr. Félix Lekefack, promoter of the Louis Pasteur Laboratory in Douala, has passed away. His commitment to medical biolo...

Asset Declaration in Cameroon: Fonka Tomnyuy Mofola Critiques Lawsuit Against Paul Biya

Asset Declaration in Cameroon: Fonka Tomnyuy Mofola Critiques Lawsuit Against Paul Biya

Fonka Tomnyuy Mofola's analysis of Ayang Lewis's complaint against Paul Biya regarding asset declaration highlights the...

Cameroon: Greening of Primary Schools Gains Momentum in Yaoundé

Cameroon: Greening of Primary Schools Gains Momentum in Yaoundé

Yaoundé strengthens the greening of its primary schools with the distribution of sorting bins and collection cages, aimi...

March 8th Wrappers 2026: Cicam Subcontracts Production to India Amid Struggling Local Industry

March 8th Wrappers 2026: Cicam Subcontracts Production to India Amid Struggling Local Industry

In 2026, Cicam is again outsourcing the production of March 8th wrappers to India, highlighting the challenges of the lo...

DRC and Cybastion Institute LLC Partner to Structure Major Energy Projects

DRC and Cybastion Institute LLC Partner to Structure Major Energy Projects

ANSER and Cybastion Institute LLC partner to accelerate rural electrification in the DRC. This partnership aims to struc...

Cocoa: New 32,000-tonne processing plant under construction in Baré Bakem

Cocoa: New 32,000-tonne processing plant under construction in Baré Bakem

A new 32,000-tonne cocoa processing plant is under construction in Baré Bakem, Cameroon. This project is part of the cou...