Boosting the bamboo value chain in local communities

• Posted on 2023-06-02
• Commerce

The support programme for the development of the bamboo value chain in local municipalities was launched on 23 May 2023 with the signing of a partnership agreement between the Special Council Support Fund (FEICOM) and International Network. FEICOM's General Manager, Philippe Camille Akoa and Rene Kaam, Regional Director for the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR) for Central Africa, organised an information and awareness-raising workshop for municipal counsellors on 26 May... Read more

PRESERVING RED COCOA FROM CAMEROON

• Posted on 2023-06-01
• Commerce

On Friday 26 May 2023, the National Committee for the Promotion and Coordination of Geographical Indications (CONAPIG) met for its second session in Yaoundé under the chairmanship of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Gabriel Mbairobe, Chairman of the said committee. The aim of the working session was to secure and label Cameroon’s red cocoa specie against any counterfeiting. The country's red cocoa is now following in the footsteps of the Penja pepper and Oku... Read more

The World Bank talks to Cameroon's business community on promoting the Made in Cameroon brand and its opportunities

• Posted on 2023-02-20
• Commerce

With a view to contribute in promoting the Made in Cameroon brand, a delegation of fourteen World Bank economists from Washington and the Central African sub-region, under the leadership of Mr. Sandeep Mahajan, Practice Manager, met with officials of the Think do Tank "The Okwelians", an association of Cameroonian businesses, on 6 February 2023 in Douala. The... Read more

CAMEROON - UNITED KINGDOM COOPERATION : Investors prospect in Cameroon

• Posted on 2023-02-13

A Cameroon-United Kingdom trade and economic mission met in Yaounde from 30 to 31 January 2023 within the framework of strengthening economic cooperation between both countries.

This mission was in effect a follow-up to the first UK / Francophone West and Central Africa Trade and Investment Forum held in October 2022 in London. It featured several meetings held with government officials among whom Paul Tazong, Minister Delegate at the Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development.... Read more