Business in Cameroon | The Port Authority of Douala (PAD) has selected the French company Entreprise Jean Negri et Fils (EJN Negri) to replace the cylindrical dock fenders along quays 1 to 13 at the Douala port. This decision follows an international tender process launched on September 24, according to …
Read More »Report: former Bayern and PSG player Choupo-Moting set for US move
dpa | Former Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain striker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is set to join Major League Soccer club New York Red Bulls from January onwards, Sky TV reported on Thursday. The report said that Choupo-Moting has passed the medical and is to receive a contract over at least …
Read More »Cameroon seals landmark road deal with Italian SMEs
TXF | Cameroon recently signed an ECA-backed loan for a strategic national road project. The deal has provided a financial blueprint for SME exporters to get involved in future such deals in the country – if they are willing to shoulder complex and lengthy deal timelines. The Ministry of Economy …
Read More »Douala Port Resumes CFA10bn Project to Remove 50 Shipwrecks
Business in Cameroon | The Italian company Lucatelli, specializing in port works, has resumed its contract to remove 50 abandoned shipwrecks from the quay at Douala Port. The direct-award contract, worth over CFA10 billion, was initially signed in November 2021, with work beginning in March 2022 and scheduled to last …
Read More »Soccer-Man United keeper Onana honoured by FIFPRO for charity work in Cameroon
Reuters | Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana has won the FIFPRO Impact Award for humanitarian work, for the medical care his foundation provides to underprivileged communities in Cameroon and other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Doctors have performed more than 1,200 surgical operations over the past three years in collaboration with …
Read More »Separatist commander killed in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone region
Xinhua | Two separatist fighters, including a commander, were killed when government forces of Cameroon struck their hideout early on Sunday in the country’s war-torn Anglophone region of Northwest, according to local and security sources. The crackdown, as confirmed by a military official in the region who requested not to …
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