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Cameroon

Chinese construction group wins €62m project in Douala

At the end of September, China First Highway Engineering Co won the competitive tender launched by Douala mayor Roger Mbassa Ndine for the construction of the Wouri River embankment road.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 02.10.2024

Natixis cancels Paris meeting with Cameroonian delegation at last minute

French banks Natixis and Bpifrance cancelled a late September meeting in Paris with a delegation from Cameroon. The meeting had been scheduled to discuss a €590m motorway construction funding package for Yaoundé.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Finance 01.10.2024

World Bank seeks to relaunch Cameroon Business Forum

To improve Cameroon's business climate, the Bretton Woods institution is working on a new-and-improved version of the forum, which was last held in 2020.

Subscribers only Business 27.09.2024

Biya tasks his presidential guard with investigating Mbapou case

Paul Biya at the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Provence during World War II, in Boulouris-sur-Mer, France, 15 August 2024. © Christophe Simon/Pool/AFP

Subscribers only Politics 24.09.2024

Rival hotel groups eye replacing Marriott on Yaoundé's luxury project

The Hôtel du Lac, a deluxe hotel venture that is being developed in the Cameroonian capital with the US group Marriott, is attracting interest from other giants in the sector who hope to convince the project leader to change partners.

Subscribers only Business 13.09.2024

Inner circles
Cyrus Ngo'o, watchdog for Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh at Douala port

Cyrus Ngo'o, MD of the Port Authority of Douala, September 2021. © Twitter/@UN_Cameroon

Subscribers only Infrastructure 06.09.2024

Mining minister urges president's office to move forward on Sundance arbitration

When a Cameroon delegation headed to Beijing for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation one of the key issues they sought to bring up was the Chinese-funded Mbalam-Nabeba iron ore mine. Arbitration proceedings to settle a dispute with the former project developer are still at a standstill.

Subscribers only Mining 06.09.2024

Kagame prepares for EECAS chairmanship

The Economic Community of Central African States will return to business with an ordinary meeting in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on 18 September.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.09.2024

Société Générale presses pause on sale of Cameroon subsidiary

The French bank is waiting for Yaoundé to clarify its intentions regarding a possible stake in Société Générale Cameroun, which was put up for sale earlier this year and valued at €250m.

Subscribers only Finance 02.09.2024

Société Générale CEO Slawomir Krupa at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 17 January 2024.

Paul Biya sides with British American Tobacco

Under President Biya's high orders, Agriculture Minister Henri Eyebe Ayissi has dropped the decision to expropriate British American Tobacco Cameroon from prime land in Yaoundé, despite having agreed to it only a few months earlier.

Subscribers only Politics 27.08.2024

SNH's legal affairs exacerbate splits in Biya's entourage

The managing director of Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures, Adolphe Moudiki, and the president's secretary-general, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, have been at loggerheads in recent months. After escaping dismissal in early August, the SNH boss is hoping a trial in the UK will give him the upper hand again.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 21.08.2024

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Perenco sees an opportunity in Norwegian firm Golar

Services provider Golar LNG has floating liquefied natural gas technology that could prove to be a strategic asset for the British-French major, one of the largest operators in central Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 02.08.2024

The LNG tanker Golar Celsius in the port of Rotterdam in May 2021.

Presidency's secretary general probes state property dealings

The Cameroonian presidency's general secretary has called for the setting up of a joint commission to investigate the allocation of state-owned plots of land.

Subscribers only Politics 31.07.2024

Intelligence services catch wind of submarine cable hack

Cameroon's intelligence services have flagged a possible telecommunications infrastructure security breach.

Subscribers only Defence, Infrastructure 29.07.2024

Yaoundé's unpaid bills threaten to derail iron ore arbitration

The Cameroonian government has not paid the costs of the proceedings, nor the fees of the lawyers and financial expert who have assisted it in the case against the Australian company Sundance Resources.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 25.07.2024

British American Tobacco appeals to Biya for help with land dispute

BAT Cameroun has condemned the expropriation of its land in the Bastos district of Yaoundé. The seizure was overseen by lands minister Henri Eyebe Ayissi, and several names linked to the president's office have been cited.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 23.07.2024

British American Tobacco headquarters in London, UK, in 2017.

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BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

The Bank of Central African States has for months been negotiating with mining and oil companies to repatriate part of their revenues from the region. Three days of talks in Paris in July stalled on two sensitive points: interest rates and the question of immunity.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 23.07.2024

Bank of Central African States emblem in Libreville, Gabon, in 2019.

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The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

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Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Cameroon

Chinese construction group wins €62m project in Douala

Natixis cancels Paris meeting with Cameroonian delegation at last minute

World Bank seeks to relaunch Cameroon Business Forum

Biya tasks his presidential guard with investigating Mbapou case

Rival hotel groups eye replacing Marriott on Yaoundé's luxury project

Inner circles
Cyrus Ngo'o, watchdog for Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh at Douala port

Mining minister urges president's office to move forward on Sundance arbitration

Kagame prepares for EECAS chairmanship

Société Générale presses pause on sale of Cameroon subsidiary

Paul Biya sides with British American Tobacco

SNH's legal affairs exacerbate splits in Biya's entourage

Spotlight
Perenco sees an opportunity in Norwegian firm Golar

Presidency's secretary general probes state property dealings

Intelligence services catch wind of submarine cable hack

Yaoundé's unpaid bills threaten to derail iron ore arbitration

British American Tobacco appeals to Biya for help with land dispute

Spotlight
BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

Inner circles
Françoise 'Mamy Nyanga' Puene, Yaoundé's best-connected senator

BEAC entrance exam scandal: an ongoing headache for new governor

Samuel Eto'o opponents prepare counter-attack

EU set to finance maritime surveillance system for Yaoundé

Voter registration numbers for 2025 presidential elections on the up

President Biya finally agrees to Higher Judicial Council meeting

US selects future ambassador to Cameroon

French courts quash Africa Global Logistics' claim to Autonomous Port of Douala

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Cameroon

Chinese construction group wins €62m project in Douala

Natixis cancels Paris meeting with Cameroonian delegation at last minute

World Bank seeks to relaunch Cameroon Business Forum

Biya tasks his presidential guard with investigating Mbapou case

Rival hotel groups eye replacing Marriott on Yaoundé's luxury project

Inner circles Cyrus Ngo'o, watchdog for Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh at Douala port

Mining minister urges president's office to move forward on Sundance arbitration

Kagame prepares for EECAS chairmanship

Société Générale presses pause on sale of Cameroon subsidiary

Paul Biya sides with British American Tobacco

SNH's legal affairs exacerbate splits in Biya's entourage

Spotlight Perenco sees an opportunity in Norwegian firm Golar

Presidency's secretary general probes state property dealings

Intelligence services catch wind of submarine cable hack

Yaoundé's unpaid bills threaten to derail iron ore arbitration

British American Tobacco appeals to Biya for help with land dispute

Spotlight BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

Inner circles Françoise 'Mamy Nyanga' Puene, Yaoundé's best-connected senator

BEAC entrance exam scandal: an ongoing headache for new governor

Samuel Eto'o opponents prepare counter-attack

EU set to finance maritime surveillance system for Yaoundé

Voter registration numbers for 2025 presidential elections on the up

President Biya finally agrees to Higher Judicial Council meeting

US selects future ambassador to Cameroon

French courts quash Africa Global Logistics' claim to Autonomous Port of Douala

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Inner circles
Cyrus Ngo'o, watchdog for Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh at Douala port

Spotlight
Perenco sees an opportunity in Norwegian firm Golar

Spotlight
BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

Inner circles
Françoise 'Mamy Nyanga' Puene, Yaoundé's best-connected senator