Cameroon: Apified dismisses ‘partnership’ with Corrie MacColl for community engagement in South region

Apifed, a non-governmental organisation organisation working with local communities in the South Region of Cameroon has dismissed claims it has…

Cameroon: Gov’t urged encourage free market for better productivity

The government of Cameroon has been urged to put in place a free market mechanism that will help business persons…

Cameroon: FCFA Six Billion Disbursed to stabilise Lake Chad basin

The Government of Cameroon has signed an agreement with the Lake Chad Basin Commission, for the disbursement of an FCFA…

Cameroon: American Businessman to invest at least 240 Billion frs in cobalt sector

The American businessman Mike Mason intends to invest at least 240 Billion CFA frs in Cameroon’s cobalt sector within the…

Cameroon: Stakeholders brainstorm on independent observation for better forest management

A two-day workshop to brainstorm on the various approaches to promote independent observation as an efficient tool in improving governance…

Cameroon: Transporters call off strike previewed for this Monday

Trade unionists of road transport have called off strike planned to take place this Monday June 10, 2019, across the…

Cameroon: Government to ease visa policy, taxation to promote tourism

Members of government and other stakeholders of the tourism sector have resolved to ease visa procedures and taxation relating to…

Four Cameroonians qualify for Africa Hub competition

Four Cameroonian young entrepreneurs have qualified for the 2019 international Pitch up entrepreneurial competition scheduled to hold in Casablanca, Morocco…

Cameroon: Youths drilled on entrepreneurial skills in Yaounde

17 young entrepreneurs are currently been drilled on entrepreneurial skills in a two-day workshop in Yaounde, at the end of…

Vera Songwe officially begins visit to Cameroon today

The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa  (ECA) – Vera Songwe officially begins a 72-hour visit to…

ECA’s Executive Secretary Vera Songwe to visit Cameroon

The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa  (ECA) – Ms. Vera Songwe will pay an official visit…

Central Africa gets mixed notes in 2019 Economic Report on Africa

Africa’s best bet at mobilizing the revenues needed to drive its sustainable development in good time, lies in broadening and…

Over 100 Cameroonians selected for 2019 TEF Entrepreneurship programme

104 Cameroonians have beeen selected for the 2019 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme to be held from July 26-27. The…

Cameroon gov’t urged to create enabling environment for Think-tanks

The government of Cameroon has been urged to create an enabling environment for think tanks in the country so as…

Cameroon: Transport unionists cancel strike action

Trade unionist of the road transport sector in Cameron have called off a strike action planned for today January 29,…

How illegal Chinese mining destroys livelihoods, fuels conflicts in Cameroon

Nagbayanga Valentin, a widow in her late thirties, sits on the earth floor of her thatched two-roomed house she shares…

Cameroon: Foretia Foundation earmarks more projects for 2019

The Denis and Lenorat Foretia Foundation has set sights on more projects in 2019 that will help catalyse cameroon's economic…

Cameroon launches second phase of biodiversity conservation project

The second phase of the Integrated and Transborder Conservation of Biodiversity in the Basins of the Republic of Cameroon, TRIDOM…

Transnational Kribi-Campo bridge to link Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea

Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea will soon be linked by a bridge, with the construction of a bridge over the Ntem…

Cameroon: ECA stresses on econonomic diversification to mark 60 anniverssary

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa has stressed on the need for economic diversity so as to make African…

Cameroon: ECA celebrates sixty years of catalysing economic growth

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa will be celebrating its sixtieth anniversary on December 12 with focus on its…

Environmental Stakeholders slam Sudcam’s deforetation operations

The negative socioeconomic and environmental repercussions of Sudcam activities in the South of Cameroon has prompted stakeholders from government and…

Environmental Stakeholders slam Sudcam’s deforetation operations

The negative socioeconomic and environmental repercussions of Sudcam activities in the South of Cameroon has prompted stakeholders from government and…

Africa’s Dev’t needs acceleration in infrastructural projects

Accelerating solutions to Africa's infrastructure gaps must be taken seriously if Africa is to realise the aspirations of its people…

Cameroon road accidents cause at least 1200 deaths yearly

Road accidents in Cameroon account for an average of 1200 deaths every year with material damage estimated at over CFAF…

Cameroon: stakeholders brainstorm on ways to prevent disasters

A workshop on discussing and sharing measures to mitigate environmental disasters has opened in Yaounde, Cameroon. Organised by the United…

Cameroon: African Development Bank approves loan for construction of ring road

The African Development Bank has approved a €17.96 million loan to Cameroon to finance the construction of a Ring-Road Project…

Africities 2018: Leaders reaffirm commitment to ensure ‘eco-friendly’ Africa

African local and regional governments want the continent to turn its back on ecologically irresponsible and socially unjust behaviour in…

Cameroon urged to improve manufaturing sector, reduce social inequalities

The Government of Cameroon has been urged to step up and plug gaps in terms of the structural transformation of…

Stakehoolders put Cameroon’s accountable development planning under review

About 70 stakeholders comprising executives and planning experts, statistics executives and experts, members of the civil society and representatives from…

Gabon to create 8000 jobs in economic zone

Eight thousand jobs will be created in the Nkok Preferential Economic Zone (ZERP) through the Gabonese Economic Diversification Support Project…

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…

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…

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…

Business Legal practitioners learn new skills to solve conflicts

The Association for the Promotion of Arbitration in Africa Wednesday opened a colloquium in Yaounde to equip legal practitioners and legal…

ECA launches landmark Africa reports

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Monday launched a new generation of reports focusing on African countries' progress on…

World Water Day: Cameroonians still lack access to safe water

Cameroonians joined the world over to observe World Water Day, March 22 but by far not every city in the country…

Yaounde: Maritime experts seek ways to fight illegal migration

Some maritime international experts and port managers are analyzing various ways to fight against stowaways in Africa. Stowaways are people who hide…

PMUC partners with Littoral Gendarmerie to train bike riders

Riders of commercial motorcycles in Douala, will soon receive a free-of- charge training on respecting the law. The signing of…

Security Officers set ablaze motorcycles to curb more attacks

Local news reports say, dozens of motorcycles in Ebonji, South West Region of Cameroon has been set ablaze by security…