West and Central Africa Customs: The Seven Pillars of the 2019-2021 Triennial Strategic Plan

• Posted on 2018-12-26

Trade facilitation, the harmonisation of customs procedures and the dematerialisation of customs procedures are among the priority areas to be implemented over the next three years.

The World Customs Organisation's strategic plan (2016-2019) will end in June 2019. For some time now, consultation work has been initiated to craft a roadmap for the new 2019-2022 triennial strategic plan.

On 29 and 30 October, Yaounde hosted a workshop to craft a plan for the West and Central... Read more

Douala-Ndjamena Corridor: World Bank support

• Posted on 2018-12-26

The World Bank Director of Operations in Cameroon, Elisabeth Huybens, held a working session with the Cameroon Minister of Transport, Jean Ernest Massena Ngalle Bibehe on 5 December 2018. The meeting, which was also attended by transport sector experts focused on cooperation between the two entities in the air and rail transport sectors, infrastructure and railway services modernisation and urban mobility.

Both parties discussed issues related to the development of the Douala - N'Djamena... Read more

Cameroon : A cocoa processing plant in the offing

• Posted on 2018-10-11

On 17 September 2018, an additional funding agreement was signed in Douala between the Central African Development Bank (BDEAC), the Bgfi Bank, and the Atlantic Cocoa company, an Ivorian group. The 7.24-billion FCFA agreement relates to the construction and operationalisation of a cocoa bean processing plant in Kribi, Cameroon. "This is an important project for Cameroon, the CEMAC sub-region and BDEAC," Fortunato Ofa Mbo Nchama, President of BDEAC said after signing the contract.

The... Read more

Textile development: A technical management centre in the making

• Posted on 2018-09-10

Agreements and other framework agreements are regularly signed between the Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development (MINMDT) and industry managers. "This is a necessary step in the implementation of the industrialisation master plan that continues to make important strides in its operationalisation," Minister Ernest Gbwaboubou said in Yaounde. The minister was speaking on 27 August 2018 during the signing of a new framework partnership agreement... Read more