Small businesses drilled on transforming ideas into ventures

Small businesses drilled on transforming ideas into ventures

Published on 17.08.2018

About 40 small businesses and medium-sized enterprises have been drilled on on the techniques to transform their ideas and expand their businesses into ventures. During a three-hour round table discussion organised by the Denis and Lenora Foundation in Yaounde on Thursday, promoters of small businesses were drilled on the various…

Energy
Children trying to get the precious liquid in Far North Cameroon (c)All rights reserved

Cameroon: 30 municipalities join move to address poor energy access, climate change
Published on 17.08.2018
A total of 30 municipalities in northern Cameroon, a region badly affected by the activities of the terrorist group Boko Haram, have joined the Global…
Other sectors

Gabon to create 8000 jobs in economic zone
Published on 16.08.2018
Eight thousand jobs will be created in the Nkok Preferential Economic Zone (ZERP) through the Gabonese Economic Diversification Support Project (PADEG), financed by the African…
Firms
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4th annual TEF entrepreneurship forum fixed for October 25
Published on 16.08.2018
Africa’s leading entrepreneurship-focused philanthropic organisation, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has fixed its fourth annual TEF Entrepreneurship forum for October 25, 2018. According to a press…
Energy

Camwater gets new board chair
Published on 15.08.2018
The Cameropon Water utilities corporation has a new chairman in the person of Patrick Akwa who was elected on Tuesday in Douala. He was elected…

NEWS : Business

Cameroon to ease access to farms, market roads

Cameroon's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER) has adopted the World Bank’s market-driven approach in contracting companies for construction…
Published on 13.08.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Other sectors
Cameroon’s Investment Promotion Agency signs seven financial deals

Cameroon's Investment Promotion Agency, Wednesday signed seven financing agreements for a total amount of F CFA 74 billion with companies…
Published on 09.08.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Finances
Cameroon: Cocoa exports drop

Cameroon's cocoa exports are estimated at 223,413 tons in July 2018, against to 249,573 tons in the same period last…
Published on 08.08.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Other sectors
Greenpeace Africa expresses shock over Wijma activities in Cameroon

Forest campaigner Greenpeace Africa has expressed shock at the the activities of Dutch firm Wijma and her subsidiary COFECO in Cameroon.…
Published on 06.08.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Turkish aid agency provides clean water to thousands in Cameroon

Turkey’s state-run aid agency has opened a well in Cameroon as part of a clean water project, Anadolu agency said…
Published on 01.08.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Finances
Transport Minister bans Garanti Express for one month

The Minister of Transport Jean Ernest Massena Ngalle Bibehe has suspended the transport agency Garanti Express for one month. In…
Published on 01.08.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Firms
Cameroon obtains F CFA 35 Billion IDB loan for agriculture

Cameroon has obtain a F CFA 35 Billion loan from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to finance an Agricultural Infrastructure and…
Published on 25.07.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Finances
CDC urges staff to remain calm in midst of Anglophone crisis

The General Manager of the Cameroon Development Corporation, CDC has called on workers of the institution to remain calm despite…
Published on 23.07.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
China boost Cameroon’s army with huge financial grant

China has boosted Cameroon's army and its peace keeping and security operations with a whooping 6.86 million euros (F CFA…
Published on 20.07.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Finances
Cameroon’s palm oil, cocoa sectors worst hit by crisis

The crisis in anglophone Cameroon is damaging the Southwest Region's economy, with palm oil plantations closing and the cocoa trade…
Published on 19.07.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Firms
Transport minister threatens six agency with sanctions

Six inter-urban bus agencies have been warned to comply to comply to public transport norms or be sanctioned by the…
Published on 11.07.2018 par Francis Ajumane Firms
Sustainable funding scheme launched for protected areas in Cameroon

The United Nations Development Programme, UNDP has launched an 8.9 million-dollar project for the sustainability of protected areas in Cameroon.…
Published on 11.07.2018 par Francis Ajumane Firms
IMF projects positive economic outlook for Cameroon

Cameroon's 2018 economic outlook for remains positive, the International Monetary Fund has said. The executive board of the International Monetary Fund made…
Published on 10.07.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Finances
Africa’s biggest free-trade zone launched in Djibouti

Djibouti on Thursday launched the first phase of Africa's biggest free-trade zone, seeking to capitalise on its strategic position on…
Published on 05.07.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Firms
Law enforcement officers trained on cyber prosecution, adjudication

A three-day seminar to enhance the capacities of magistrates and law enforcement officers in the West Region of Cameroon to…
Published on 05.07.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Tech
CDC dismisses privatisation allegations

The Cameroon Development Coporation, CDC has not been privatised contrary to claims, the General Manager of the corporation Franklin Ngoni…
Published on 04.07.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Programme-based Budgeting: Gov’t officials validate projects

Cameroon government officials Officials are meeting in Yaounde to validate projects that will be implemented in the next three years,…
Published on 04.07.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Finances
Cameroon lauded for maintaining EITI standards

Cameroon has been lauded by the EITI Board for demonstrating meaningful progress in implementing EITI Standard. In making its decision, the…
Published on 03.07.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Other sectors
Fake fiscal stamp vendors arrested in Yaounde

Two men suspected of selling fake fiscal stamps have been arrested by security forces in Odza, a neighbourhood in Cameroon's…
Published on 03.07.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Finances
Cameroon: Three socio-economic projects receive France’s support

The government of Cameroon, Monday received F CFA 36 Billion financial aid from France to enhance it's implementation of three socio-economic…
Published on 03.07.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Finances
Cameroon: Rise in oil prices ups revenues

Cameroon's oil revenues in the first quarter of 2018 amounted to CFA95.5 billion francs, showing an increase of CFA11.6 billion…
Published on 02.07.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Firms
Camrail gets new General Manager

The Cameroon Railway Corporation has appointed Frenchman Pascal Miny as its new General Manager, the enterprise has said in a…
Published on 01.07.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Firms
SCDP gets new deputy general manager

A new Assistant General Manager of the National Petroleum Depot Corporation, SCDP was on Friday appointed in Yaounde. Eteki Ebogokolo…
Published on 29.06.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Energy
PM Yang tasks Ministers to accelerate reforms on public contracts

The Prime Minister, Head of Government Philemon Yang has tasked the Minister of Public Contracts to ensure managers of public…
Published on 29.06.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Business
Nigeria intercepts contraband rice from Cameroon

A Nigerian navy ship has intercepted 3,434 bags of rice estimated at about CFA100 million in Calabar, Cross River state. Nigerian…
Published on 28.06.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Famine feared in SW as price hike rocks Kumba

The South West Economic heartbeat, Kumba, is experiencing an unprecedented increase in the prices of basic commodities, which many people…
Published on 26.06.2018 par Isidore Abah Business
Transport Minister takes stock of structural projects at PAD

The Minister of Transport Jean Ernest Massena Ngalle Bibehe is paying a working visit at the Ports Authority of Douala-Bonaberi…
Published on 22.06.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Firms
Can Cameroon Become an Emerging Economy by 2035?

Cameroon aspires to become an emerging economy by 2035. She plans to achieve this through: implementing an ambitious industrialization strategy;…
Published on 21.06.2018 par Dr Fuein Vera Kum (Economist) Opinion column
Anglophone crisis could force CDC to drop 5000 workers

At least five thousand workers of the Cameroon Development Corporation, CDC, could lose their jobs if the crisis rocking the…
Published on 13.06.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Wreck removal operation underway at Port Authority of Douala

An operation to clear the Port of Douala-Bonaberi of wrecks officially began on Monday June 4 after an official launching…
Published on 05.06.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Firms