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Cameroon Showcases Wood Industry at 8th Wood and Furniture Fair
Business in Cameroon
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June 25, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - The Yaoundé Conference Center is hosting the 8th Wood and Furniture Fair from June 24 to July 8, 2025, as Cameroon pushes to grow its local wood processing sector. The fair, held under the theme “Local Wood Processing:...
Starlink Resumes Talks with Cameroon for Official Market Entry
Business in Cameroon
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July 1, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - A delegation from Starlink, the satellite internet provider owned by U.S. billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX, met with Cameroon's Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Minette Libom Li Likeng, on June 27, 2025. Sources...
Douala: 2 dead, over 100 hospitalized after food poisoning
Cameroon Concord News
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June 25, 2025
At least two people have died and some 105 others have been hospitalized with food poisoning in Cameroon’s commercial hub of Douala, authorities said on Wednesday. The state-run Laquintinie Hospital, where the involved people were hospitalized,...
Yaounde: New Centre Legion Gendarmerie h...
The Guardian Post
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He officially put the building to use on behalf of the Secretary of State to the Minister of Defence in Charge of the National Gendarmerie, Galax Yves Etoga. The event was attended by the Governor of the Centre Region, Naseri Paul Bea, the...
Afreximbank shareholders appoint Cameroonian as next president
Independent (Uganda)
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July 1, 2025
Dr. George Elombi Shareholders of the African Export-Import Bank have appointed Dr. George Elombi as the next President and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Abuja, Nigeria | ISAAC KHISA | Elombi, a Cameroonian national and long-serving...
2025 presidentials: Implications of Tchi...
The Guardian Post
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They chose dignity, resistance, and freedom. Not because they were many or powerful, but because injustice had become unbearable to them. They had neither tribe nor religion as their banner. They had only the nation, as faith and as a guiding...
Cameroon’s SME Bank to Finance Local Milk and Fish Producers to Cut Imports
Business in Cameroon
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June 25, 2025
• (Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon’s SME Bank to boost financing for dairy and fish value chains • Plan targets $1.1 billion to cut food imports between 2024 and 2026 • Milk and fish imports weigh heavily on Cameroon’s trade deficit Cameroon’s...
Cameroon-Chad PIRECT Stalled by CFAF150 Billion Funding Gap
Business in Cameroon
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June 24, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - The Cameroon-Chad Power Interconnection Project, known as Pirect, is progressing, but it faces a significant challenge, namely, adequate funding. A recent quarterly review, held from May 7 to 10, 2025, revealed that the...
Cameroon lawmakers criticize cost, complications in new national ID system
Biometric Update
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June 24, 2025
Opposition members of Cameroon’s National Assembly have expressed worries that that the new system for the issuance of national ID cards is not only costly, but appears more complex than the previous one. Hon Adamou Koupit, member of parliament of...
Cameroon Launches BankCompar to Track Real Loan Costs and Bank Fees
Business in Cameroon
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June 24, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon has launched a new digital platform called BankCompar to help consumers compare banking fees and understand the real cost of loans. The platform was officially introduced on June 20 in Yaoundé by Pierre-Emmanuel...
A second ally of Cameroon’s Biya enters presidential race
SRN News
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June 30, 2025
Audio By Carbonatix YAOUNDE (Reuters) -Cameroon’s Tourism Minister Bello Bouba Maigari has accepted his party’s nomination to seek the presidency in an expected October election, with long-serving President Paul Biya yet to announce whether he...
Afreximbank’s New Chief Elevates Cameroon’s Economic Influence
Business in Cameroon
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June 30, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - Dr. George Elombi, a Cameroonian lawyer and long-serving executive at the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has been appointed President and Chairman of the Board of the pan-African institution. His appointment...
Nigeria’s multilateral economic human capital: What next?
The Cable
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June 30, 2025
At the recently concluded Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) of May 5-8, 2025, in Texas, USA, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), confirmed that the African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank), led...
Kontcheu Group Unveils FCFA20Bln Tourism Project in Douala
Business in Cameroon
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June 30, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - The SME Promotion Agency APME has signed a partnership agreement with Bien-Être, a Kontcheu Group subsidiary, to develop three new tourist sites in Douala. This collaboration falls under the private investment incentive...
The Rise of Cameroonian Basketball Talent: 2025 NBA Draft & Current Stars
Cameroon Online
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June 29, 2025
CameroonOnline.ORG | Another Big Night for Cameroon at the 2025 NBA Draft The 2025 NBA Draft once again showed how global the game of basketball has become. From early lottery picks to promising second-rounders, teams are investing in talent from...
Missi set to debut for Cameroon at AfroBasket
FIBA Basketball
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YAOUNDE (Cameroon) - New Orleans Pelicans rookie Yves Missi announced that he will make his debut with the Cameroonian national team at the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket. The 16-nation tournament is scheduled to take place from August 12-24 in the Angolan...
Cameroon Eyes Over CFAF100 Billion in Customs Revenue in June 2025
Business in Cameroon
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June 23, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon’s Directorate General of Customs, under the Ministry of Finance, plans to collect CFAF100.6 billion in customs revenue in June 2025. The administration’s newsletter says nearly 90% of this revenue will come from...
Afreximbank Names Dr. George Elombi as Next President
Switch TV
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June 29, 2025
Elombi Appointed Next Afreximbank President After Decades of Service ABUJA — The African Export-Import Bank has named Dr. George Elombi as its next President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, marking a major leadership transition for the...
Afreximbank chooses continuity with Elombi as president
African Business
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June 29, 2025
This article was produced with the support of Afreximbank The African Export-Import Bank chose to stick with continuity as it picked George Elombi, a seasoned insider, to lead the continental trade bank at a critical point in Africa’s development....
Afreximbank appoints new president as it seeks to become $250bn institution
The Citizen
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Abuja, Nigeria. The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the appointment of its next president and chairman of the board of directors, to spearhed its vision of becoming a $250 billion institution. Dr George Elombi's appointment...