10+ hour, 32+ min ago   (991+ words) Cameroon is trying to recover $660,000 about CFA355 million allegedly paid in 2018 to complete repairs on a helicopter intended for the president, but its attempt to reclaim the money from the liquidation of a Qatari company has yet to clear a key…...

21+ hour, 45+ min ago   (442+ words) An Unexplained $1.3 Billion Gap During the April 2025 review, the portfolio was valued at $4.5 billion, or about CFAF 2.7 trillion, covering 22 national and regional projects. Commitments had increased by $826 million since April 2023. Energy and transport accounted for about $2.3 billion. Compared with that…...

21+ hour, 40+ min ago   (441+ words) Gabonese microfinance institution Bamboo EMF plans to open a branch in Douala by June 2027 as it seeks to raise CFAF 5 billion on the CEMAC financial market to expand its loan portfolio. Chief Executive Yvan N’na Mboma announced the timeline in…...

21+ hour, 35+ min ago   (562+ words) The Cameroonian government has reported two different budget execution rates for 2025 for the Special Reconstruction and Development Program for the Far North, PSRDREN: 59% in the final statement issued by the program’s steering committee and 63.8% in a report from the Economy…...

22+ hour ago   (551+ words) In May 2025, Cameroon had 1,208 approved products, according to the CEMAC Commission. The number has risen 9.9% in 16 months. The new approvals followed a May 2026 session of the Regional Committee on Origin in Douala. They cover products ranging from processed foods and…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (499+ words) Fourteen Cameroonian companies have secured approval to market 120 additional products under the Central African Economic and Monetary Community’s preferential trade regime, expanding their access to the subregional market. Trade Minister Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana handed over the approvals in Yaoundé…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (750+ words) Cameroon faces a bill of about CFA53.46 billion before interest after an international arbitration tribunal ruled in favor of Italian contractor Gruppo Officine Piccini in the long-running dispute over the Olembé sports complex. The tribunal, constituted under the International Centre for…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (369+ words) Private investment accelerated in Cameroon in 2025 even as public investment contracted, with stronger spending by businesses helping sustain investment growth amid a sharp slowdown from the previous year. According to the INS, the weaker performance reflected “a slight 0.2% contraction in…...

5+ day, 47+ min ago   (470+ words) Cameroon’s National Assembly has established a committee to develop plans for the expansion and modernization of the Hôtel des Députés in Yaoundé. The preliminary proposal calls for a four-star building of about 12 levels with between 150 and 180 rooms. National Assembly Speaker…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (478+ words) Cameroon collected more than CFA1.8 billion in customs duties and taxes on imported mobile phones between April 1 and early September 2026. This is more than four times the roughly CFA400 million collected over the comparable period a year earlier. The increase follows the…...