Posts Tagged ‘Cameroon’
Cameroon 2012: Finance Sector Governance
Cameroon’s financial system is characterised by a high level of excess liquidity, a heavy concentration of loan and deposit activity and a low level of financial innovation. Banks are particularly poorly developed and only lend to banks belonging to the same group. The main beneficiaries of loans granted are private companies, which account for [...]
Cameroon 2012: Private Sector Governance
Cameroon has 93 969 companies according to the results of the 2009 General Enterprise Census, mainly in the cities of Yaounde and Douala. Most are limited companies. As detailed in the report of the Cameroon Business Forum (CBF), the government has made continuous efforts in recent years to create the conditions for new businesses to be created. [...]
Cameroon 2012: Economic Cooperation, Regional Integration, & Trade
Cameroon belongs to the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), which are due to merge to open the way for the creation of a single African currency among the eight Regional Economic Communities recognised by the African Union. A pilot committee was set up on 5 July [...]
Cameroon Real Estate Market Snapshot 2013
Office Market The traditional commercial area of the capital Yaoundé is in the city centre, where there are the offices of national and regional banks, as well as government ministries, which are mainly in the Quartier du Lac. There is also a popular area to the north of Yaoundé at Bastos and towards Mont Fébé, where many embassies and [...]
African Sugar Market Update – September 2012
SSA’s sugar imports plummet in 2012 According to estimates by the ISO, SSA’s imports of sugar fell sharply in 2012, contracting by 8.3% to 4.4m MT, as production across East and Southern Africa recovered strongly. The sharpest fall was recorded in Ghana, whose imports fell by 35% to 300,000 MT, repeating the erratic pattern of imports [...]
African Cocoa Market Update – September 2012
Over 80% of Côte d’Ivoire’s 2012/13 crop has been pre-sold With West Africa’s cocoa season drawing to a close all eyes are on 2012/13, with mixed expectations over the outlook for weather, production and yields. In Côt e d’Ivoire this season’s crop, despite being below the record achieved in 2010/11, is still on track to be the [...]
Cameroon 2012: Government Leaders and Key Ministries
The following list includes the key government leaders – the head of state, his/her cabinet and key ministries – of Cameroon as of April 10, 2012. Pres. Paul BIYA Prime Min. Philemon YANG Dep. Prime Min. Amadou ALI Dep. Prime Min. Jean NKUETE Sec. Gen. of the Presidency Laurent ESSO Min.-Delegate at [...]
News about Cameroon: Business, Investment, and Trade Weekly – Issue February 17, 2012
South Africa: Thabethe Takes on Plight of Exploited Crafters - allafrica.com01/27/2012South Africa: Thabethe Takes on Plight of Exploited CraftersAllAfrica.comPretoria — Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Elizabeth Thabethe says there is a need to address the exploitation of crafters more... Cameroon's Economy Suffers as Boko Haram [...]
News about Cameroon: Business, Investment, and Trade Weekly – Issue February 10, 2012
Future of health care: Comparison shopping - Minneapolis Star Tribune - startribune.com02/05/2012Future of health care: Comparison shoppingMinneapolis Star TribuneHe preferred to use his spare dollars to help family in Cameroon and to pay for his college. Then his stomach pains started. The man p more... Cameroon wants Chad oil contract [...]
News about Cameroon: Business, Investment, and Trade Weekly – Issue February 3, 2012
Reservoir Options Gold Projects From BEIG3 in the Cameroon - MarketWatch (press release) - marketwatch.com01/23/2012Reservoir Options Gold Projects From BEIG3 in the CameroonMarketWatch (press release)Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada accepts responsibili more... African Development [...]
News about Cameroon: Business, Investment, and Trade Weekly – Issue January 27, 2012
Kosmos to Spend $18 Million on Cameroon Oil Exploring - Bloomberg - bloomberg.com01/12/2012Kosmos to Spend $18 Million on Cameroon Oil ExploringBloombergKosmos Energy Ltd.'s unit in Cameroon signed a deal with the state-owned National Hydrocarbons Corp. to spend $18 million exploring fo more... Cameroon diamond scandal snowballing - Korea [...]
News about Cameroon: Business, Investment, and Trade Weekly – Issue January 20, 2012
Corruption Fuels Public Anger - Inter Press Service - ipsnews.net01/11/2012Telegraph.co.ukCorruption Fuels Public AngerInter Press Service"The subsidy, which runs over one trillion naira, has been shared with neighbouring countries like Chad, Niger and Cameroon," A more... Perenco, SNH Successfully Get LNG For Key AES Power Plant - [...]
News about Cameroon: Business, Investment, and Trade Weekly – Issue January 13, 2012
David Cameron won't let the socialists have fairness all to themselves - telegraph.co.uk01/07/2012Telegraph.co.ukDavid Cameron won't let the socialists have fairness all to themselvesTelegraph.co.ukIt is clear, too, that the Government's economic plan and Cameron's social agenda conver more... Cameron's fairness agenda [...]
News about Cameroon: Business, Investment, and Trade Weekly – Issue January 6, 2012
2011: a year of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Cameroon Radio Television - crtv.cm12/31/2011Cameroon Radio Television2011: a year of the Good, the Bad and the UglyCameroon Radio TelevisionThe year 2011 has ended and Cameroonians look forward to 2012. Each member of this great family of 20 mi more... Cameroonians grapple with a growing water [...]
News about Cameroon: Business, Investment, and Trade Weekly – Issue December 30, 2011
TSX/TSX-V News: Afferro, Protox, PMI Gold, Chieftain, Bombardier, Quia Resources - Proactive Investors USA & Canada - proactiveinvestors.com12/23/2011Proactive Investors USA & CanadaTSX/TSX-V News: Afferro, Protox, PMI Gold, Chieftain, Bombardier, Quia ResourcesProactive Investors USA & CanadaIron ore miner Afferro Mining (CVE:AFF) (LON:AFF) [...]
