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Unlocking the labor force : an economic update on Cameroon with a focus on employment

With this Cameroon economic update, the World Bank is pursuing a program of short, crisp and frequent country economic reports. These economic updates provide an analysis of the trends and constraints in Cameroon’s economic development. Each issue, produced bi-annually, provides … Continue reading

Time for the lion to wake up? An economic update on Cameroon with a focus on telecoms

This Cameroon economic update, the World Bank is launching a program of short, crisp and more frequent country economic reports. These economic updates will analyze the trends and constraints in Cameroon’s economic development. Each issue, produced bi-annually, will provide an … Continue reading

Stepping out into the world an economic update on Cameroon with a focus on trade facilitation

With this Cameroon economic update, the World Bank is pursuing a program of short, crisp and frequent country economic reports. These economic updates provide an analysis of the trends and constraints in Cameroon’s economic development. Each issue, produced bi-annually, provides … Continue reading

Towards better service delivery : an economic update on Cameroon with a focus on fiscal decentralization

These economic updates analyze the trends and constraints in Cameroon’s economic development. Each issue, produced bi-annually, provides an update of recent economic developments as well as a special focus on a selected topical issue. The economic updates aim to share … Continue reading

Traders at the Kumba City Council Prior to Elections

Kumba Main Market Traders Welfare Association Elects a New Administration

By Sally Oneke Earlier this year, the President and the executives of Kumba Main Market Traders Welfare Association were stripped off their functions due to misappropriation of the association’s funds. In this regard, Youngkuma Nelson, the 2nd Divisional Officer for … Continue reading

Cameroon: Consupe to Learn From Swiss Anti-Corruption Experience – AllAfrica.com

… State Audit Office was also under discussions between Henri Eyebe Ayissi and World Bank Director of Operations in Central Africa with residence in Cameroon, Gregor Binkert. “It is important to know that public resources are well managed and controlled … Continue reading

UPDATE 1-China approves Hanlong’s $1.3 bln bid for Australia’s Sundance – Reuters

Focus now on securing funding from China Development Bank (Adds background … 4.7 billion Mbalam iron ore project on the border of the republics of Congo and Cameroon in western Africa. The region is seen as a major new source … Continue reading

UPDATE 1-China approves Hanlong’s $1.3 bln bid for Australia’s Sundance – Reuters UK

Focus now on securing funding from China Development Bank (Adds background … 4.7 billion Mbalam iron ore project on the border of the republics of Congo and Cameroon in western Africa. The region is seen as a major new source … Continue reading

China’s approves Hanlong’s $1.3 bln bid for Australia’s Sundance – Inside Fidelity

Hanlong is targeting Sundance for its $4.7 billion Mbalam iron ore project on the border of Congo and Cameroon, a resource vital to helping China reduce its dependence on Australia and Brazil for iron ore. Australia’sForeign Investment Review Board …

Food cost, trade "double whammy" could hit Africa – YAHOO!

But the World Bank warned on Monday that a worrying broad-based rise in … This sparked violent food riots in African states like Egypt and Cameroon, as well as elsewhere. Ncube believed too that governments and global institutions were now … Continue reading