2+ 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…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (558+ words) Egypt and Cameroon are exploring broader cooperation in energy, water and small business development as Yaoundé seeks financing, technology and expertise for projects ranging from hydropower and solar energy to start-up funding and leather processing. The discussions took place during…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (806+ words) Cameroon’s state-owned refinery Sonara has lost its final attempt before the UK Supreme Court to challenge a $76.97 million claim, or about CFA42.8 billion, awarded to Sahara Energy Resource Ltd and Sahara Energy Resource DMCC. On June 29, 2026, the UK’s highest court refused…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (625+ words) Cameroon has put the disputed property occupied by Société hôtelière Djeuga Palace in Douala up for auction, with bidding set to start at CFA5.5 billion on October 9, 2026. Cabinet Conseil Atou, acting on behalf of the Cameroonian state, scheduled the sale of…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (439+ words) The Cameroonian government has opened applications for a CFAF 5.5 billion program targeting 1,000 young business owners in six cities, as part of efforts to support youth entrepreneurship, strengthen small and medium-sized enterprises and create jobs. Minister of the Economy, Planning and…...

4+ 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…...

5+ day, 11+ 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…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (862+ words) The Cameroon-Chad electricity interconnection can no longer meet its December 31, 2027 completion target under the timelines set for major contracts now being tendered, with even the most favorable calculations extending some construction work into 2028 in Chad and 2029 in Cameroon. The African…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (267+ words) Cameroon’s Finance Ministry has formally warned 20 insurance brokerage firms and their executives over regulatory breaches, less than three months after authorities withdrew the licenses of 31 other brokers as part of tighter oversight of the industry. Finance Minister Louis Paul Motazé…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (336+ words) The government has trained 401 young people in Mamfe, Southwest Region, in agro-processing as part of efforts to promote youth entrepreneurship and import substitution. The capacity-building program, organized by the Manyu Divisional Delegation of the Ministry of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises,…...