Cocoa sector: Re-launching through training

• Posted on 2018-02-19

A cocoa tasting introductory session held in Yaounde on Friday, 9 February 2018. It was attended by the Cameroon Ministers of Trade, Mr. Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana and Employment and Vocational Training, Mr. Zacharie Perevet, many producers and other cocoa sector actors.

Apart from introducing attendees to cocoa tasting, the session consisted in giving the requisite tools to regular producers of quality cocoa beans in order to optimise the quality of their yields. This meeting equally... Read more

Sub regional trade: Corridors still a cause for concern

• Posted on 2017-12-14

Quite unexpected, truckers implicated in the difficulties faced by their employers, who are key foreign trade actors when it comes to transport to the hinterland. According to the Cameroon Ambassador to Chad, H.E.Sanda Oumarou, some drivers are feeding fat from the so-called "road charges," a good part of which goes into their pockets and they argue that it is being used to bribe their way along the Douala-Bangui or Douala-N'Djamena corridors.

"The conscience of the... Read more

Exports : Three hundred thousand tonnes of bananas exported to the European Union

• Posted on 2017-11-30
• Commerce Banane Exportation

Cameroon exports about 300,000 tonnes of bananas a year to the European Union (EU). Hans-Peter SCHADEK, the new ambassador and head of the EU delegation in Cameroon, said in Yaounde during an audience granted by Cameroon's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER), Henri Eyebe Ayissi.

According to the European diplomat, the courtesy visit to MINADER was a golden opportunity to give an overview of the cooperation that exists between the EU and Cameroon in the Ministry's... Read more

Cameroon Trade Hub: Now a reality in Cameroon

• Posted on 2017-11-30
• Commerce Facilitation Portail

November 20, 2017 will forever remain etched in the annals of foreign trade in Cameroon. On that memorable day, the Governor of the Littoral Region, Mr. Samuel Dieudonné Ivaha Diboua chaired the official launching of Cameroon's first-ever digital portal set aside for international trade and cargo transport, called the Cameroon Trade Hub. "It is a very important international trade tool aimed at facilitating trade and ensuring greater transparency in commercial transactions,"... Read more