On 14 June 2022, the Prime Minister and Head of Government, Dr Joseph Dion Ngute, addressed members of parliament at the National Assembly. It was an opportunity for him to respond to concerns raised by parliamentarians on issues of general interest, such as the implementation of the national policy on import substitution. The Prime Minister, in his response, outlined the main business strategy adopted by government to promote products "Made in Cameroon".
Further into his speech,...
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The 29th edition of the Afreximbank Annual Meeting which took place on 17 and 18 June 2022 in New Cairo, Egypt, brought together a number of participants from across Africa and the world. The meeting revealed encouraging statistics on intra-African trade since the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
On the whole, the official 2022 trade report shows significant progress with an increase of 31% in 2021 compared to 16% in 2020. A detailed...
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A book titled "Africa in the New Trade Environment: Market Access in Troubled Times", jointly authored by Messrs. Souleymanou Coulibaly, Woubet Kassa and Albert Zeufack, all senior executives at the World Bank was presented to the public on Tuesday, 1 March 2022.
The grandeur of the book signing ceremony was further enhanced by the presence of Cameroon's Minister of Economy, Alamine Ousmane Mey, his Congolese counterpart Ingrid Eboucka Babackas, the...
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HS 2022 is the 7th edition of the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System, following the entry into force of the International Convention on 1 January 1988. The new edition makes some major changes to the Harmonized System with a total of 351 sets of amendments covering a wide range of goods moving across borders. Some of the key changes concern:
- Electrical and electronic waste, commonly referred to as e-waste;
- Novel tobacco and nicotine products;
- Unmanned...
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