9+ hour, 4+ 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…...

20+ hour, 17+ 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…...

20+ hour, 12+ 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…...

4+ day, 5+ 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, 5+ 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…...

4+ day, 23+ hour 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, 3+ hour ago   (838+ words) Aeternum plans to invest $10 million, or about CFA5.45 billion, in American Renaissance Minerals (ARM) for a controlling 50.1% stake, but the deal hinges largely on ARM securing a new mining permit for Cameroon’s Nkamouna cobalt, nickel and manganese deposit. Beyond the mining…...

5+ day, 4+ 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…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (472+ words) The initiative is expected to bring together Cameroonian companies, business associations, economic interest groups and public institutions with projects that could attract British partners. The ministry said the mission will seek financing, technology, expertise and commercial or industrial partnerships as…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (688+ words) Cameroon has cut the regulated cost of surveying a three-hectare urban plot by 48.1% to CFA675,000 in 2026, partially reversing a steep increase that the government acknowledges had made land formalization prohibitively expensive for some applicants. The 2026 Finance Law reduced the fee for…...