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Cameroon, Chad
Franck Biya lays foundation for Afriland First Bank in N'Djamena

The son of the Cameroonian president, Franck Biya. © Ludovic Marin/AFP

Paul Biya's son travelled to the Chadian capital on 23 September to finalise the opening of Afriland First Bank's local branch. Cameroon's second-largest bank is looking to expand its business within the CEMAC bloc. [...]

Published on 20.10.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Abdelnasser Garboa
AFG Capital
Afriland First Bank
Alamine Ousmane Mey
Beko Capital Advisory
Catholic University of Central Africa
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Célestin Guela Simo
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
Emmanuel Macron
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Tahir Hamid Nguilin
University of Ngaoundere

DRC
$20m loan at heart of Afriland arbitration case against Kinshasa

Afriland First Bank has taken the Congolese state to arbitration, accusing it of having expropriated its subsidiary in the DRC. It is also looking to find out why a $20m loan made to a company reputed to be close to the DRC authorities was, allegedly, never repaid.

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Merger of employers' federations causes internal ructions

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ECCAS-CEMAC merger project in limbo

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Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh brings economy and finance ministries under his thumb

Cameroon's economy and finance ministers must now obtain the approval of the all-powerful presidency's secretary-general Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh for expenses exceeding €150,000. At first glance innocuous, the move is in fact revealing of a power tussle at the head of government.

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CEMAC leaders brood over exclusion from Paris summit

Denis Sassou NGuesso, much to the irritation of his fellow Central African heads of state, was the only one among them who managed to get himself invited to the Paris summit on the financing of African economies.

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Cameroon
Paul Biya plays hard to get with French ambassador

France's ambassador in Yaoundé used to meet the Cameroonian president on a regular basis. But not any more. Here's why.

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French President Emmanuel Macron and his Cameroonian counterpart Paul Biya.

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Abdelnasser Garboa
AFG Capital
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Alamine Ousmane Mey
Beko Capital Advisory
Catholic University of Central Africa
CBT Bourse
Célestin Guela Simo
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
Emmanuel Macron
Franck Biya
Ghislain Nguewou
Paul Biya
Paul Fokam
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University of Ngaoundere

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Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Cameroon, Chad
Franck Biya lays foundation for Afriland First Bank in N'Djamena

DRC
$20m loan at heart of Afriland arbitration case against Kinshasa

Cameroon
Merger of employers' federations causes internal ructions

Central Africa
ECCAS-CEMAC merger project in limbo

Cameroon
An alliance between Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh and Franck Biya may be in the works

Cameroon
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh brings economy and finance ministries under his thumb

Central Africa
CEMAC leaders brood over exclusion from Paris summit

Cameroon
Paul Biya plays hard to get with French ambassador