BBC | Despite having lived in the United States for most of her life, Libianca is unmistakably proud of her Cameroonian heritage. The Afrosoul star was introduced to the world while singing in a Cameroonian accent – in 2022 she dropped her day-to-day American cadence for the career-launching, globally-charting hit …
Read More »Netherlands remains Cameroon’s top customer in 2023 despite market share drop
Business in Cameroon | The Netherlands remained Cameroon’s top customer in 2023 for the second consecutive year, according to the latest report on Cameroon’s foreign trade published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) on May 8. The country imported goods worth CFA693.7 billion from Cameroon in 2023, compared to …
Read More »5 policemen killed in Cameroon Anglophone Crisis | + video
France 24 | At least 5 members of Cameroon’s security forces were killed by anglophone separatists in an attack over the weekend. English speaking spearatists began an armed rebellion in 2017 and the conflict, in which both sides have been accused of atrocities, has already cost over 6000 lives. More …
Read More »Nachtigal dam injects its first MW into Cameroon’s power grid
Afrik 21 | Several members of Cameroon’s government attended the commissioning of the first turbine of the Nachtigal hydroelectric scheme in the center of the country on Friday, May 10, 2024. This first unit has a capacity of 60 MW. This is it! After five years of work, the Nachtigal …
Read More »Cameroon hands 15-year biometric ID card contract to Augentic
Biometric Update | Augentic has agreed a deal with the government of Cameroon to produce a new generation biometric national ID card for the country under a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) arrangement that will last a decade and a half. A ceremony to put pen to paper on the deal took place in …
Read More »Cameroonian Airline ZeJet Reports CFA1.2bn Revenue in First Year of Operation
Business in Cameroon | As of December 31, 2023, Fly ZeJet, a private Cameroonian airline, disclosed a revenue of CFA1.2 billion, as per company records. Its operating expenses were estimated at CFA80 million per month, totaling CFA1 billion for the year. The company states it has no bank debts but …
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