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Paul Biya
President of the Republic of Cameroon

philemon yang
Prime Minister
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Amultipleofpeopleandculture
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TheentireAfricandiversity
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Cameroon’sminingpotentials
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TheNationalInvestmentCorporation
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Touteladiversitédel’Afrique
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Agreatcountryoffootball
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Yaoundesuscribestomodernity
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Anancientculturalheritage
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Roadinfrastructuresnumerousanddiverseinvestments
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COORDiNATORs
MuTOMbi Joseph NDOuMbe
MeTuGe eKANeY Philip
eDiTOR iN ChieF
emmanuel MbA NGONO
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eDiTORiAl sTAFF
MeTuGe eKANeY Philip
William Paul ObOuN NYebe
William’s Paul ObOuN NYebe Clotaire sOMe
suzanne ZOGO
Modeste MeFeNZA
emmanuel AWONO
serge NGOMbOuTe
Jean-bosco barthélemy AMuGu
hélène NKeNGNie
ebONA NYeTAM
sAMbA MbAllA
Joseph TChOuPA
emmanuel MbA NGONO
Jean ATANGANA
Polycarpe ATebA
Colette NJOYA
Nicomède sAMbA MbAllA
TRANslATiON
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Tel.: 77 87 92 40 / 96 38 24 85
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Ths Cameroon housing Company (siC)
Ministry of Tourism
Ministry of urban Development and housing
lawrence Chi NYAMNGOh
Dutrons KeNMOe
Fernand Kuissu
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louis AWONO
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suzannah MuKeTe
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EDITORIAL would also be appropriate to implement
entirely the law regulating urbanism promul-
gated in 2004. Meanwhile, emphasis would be
laid on the creation or the renovation of urban
waterways in all the divisional
headquarters. Finally, concrete incentive
measures would be undertaken in favour of
low cost housings. The measures underway,
implemented by the government to restructure
urban cities should be improved to
enable these cities to fully play their leading
role. With a 60% contribution to GDP, cities
appear to be real economic development
centres. The government is committed to
effectively equip Cameroonian cities so as to
enhance their capacities and role in terms of
the revival and sustainability of economic
growth.
it is within this framework that the
investment for the renovation of the Yaounde
and Douala structuring waterways can be
inscribed as well as the cleaning up projects
underway in these two metropolitans.
These investments would not have been
possible without the support of development
partners, notably the World bank, the united
Nations Development Programme (uNDP),
the belgian Technical Cooperation, and the
French Cooperation through its debt
reduction development contract (C2d), among
other measures.
The People’s Republic of China is not left out.
The support from space idea, the contractor
designated by the Chinese
government to assist Cameroon in organising
her exhibition has proven to be very essential.
The Chinese know-how in Cameroon no
longer needs to be demonstrated, notably with
the construction of the lagdo
hydro-electricity Dam on the benoué River
near Garoua, the Yaounde Conference Centre
and of the Yaounde-Warda Multipurpose
sports complex, and the recalibrating of the
Mfoundi River. There is also the
construction of the Douala waterways, the
Yaounde and Douala Gynaeco-obstetrics and
Paediatric hospitals.
let me seize this opportunity to wish a warm
welcome to all those visiting the
Cameroon stand: “Africa in miniature”, an ex-
pression commonly used by tourists to
designate the country of Roger Milla and
samuel eto’o. Cameroon’s exhibition stand is
by chance situated on the way into the African
pavilion.
After hanover (Germany) in 1998,
Aichi (Japan) in 2002 and
saragossa (spain) in 2008, here comes
the time for Ca meroon to be present at the
universal exhibition in shanghai, the People’s
Republic of China. Cameroon’s participation
in this give and take rendezvous ties with the
diplomacy of representation underscored by
his excellency Paul biya, President of the
Republic. The shanghai exhibition is placed
under the theme “better city, better life”. An
entire programme to take into account all the
related difficulties deterring African cities in
general and Cameroonian cities in particular
has been put in place. Our city dwellers are all
aspiring for a better life where access to basic
urban services is guaranteed. it is unfortunate
that Cameroonian cities are still in a constric-
ted state with slums resulting from a disorga-
nized urban development plan.
it is for this purpose that the sub-theme
chosen by Cameroon to guide this exhibition
is: “The restructuring of urban cities”. There
is an imperative need for our cities to be
restructured owing to the inadequately
controlled urban development. in fact, the
choice of this theme is a clear indication of
Cameroon’s willingness to fight against urban
deficiency and improve on the living environ-
ment and standards of citizens. For this to
happen, the restructuring of our cities is an
unavoidable process.
it should be recalled that while addressing the
people of the littoral Region in 2004 during
the October 11 electoral campaign, the
President of the Republic underscored the
urgent need to restructure our urban cities. “in
Douala, as in all of our major cities, there is
the need to introduce a more consistent
action in urban development, which presently
is done in an anarchical manner. For this, it
would be necessary to pass a new law that
would reform the land and tenure sector. it
The People’s
Republic of
China is not
left out. The
support from
Space Idea, the
contractor
designated by
the Chinese
government to
assist Came-
roon in organi-
sing her
exhibition has
proven to be
very essential.
A Consistent Urban Development
Plan

At independence, Cameroon expressed
its great ambitions in the preamble
of its Constitution : « Fier de sa di-
versité linguistique et culturelle, élément de
sa personnalité nationale qu’il contribue à
enrichir, mais profondément conscient de la
nécessité impérieuse de parfaire son unité,
le Cameroun proclame solennellement qu’il
constitue une seule et même nation, engagée
dans le même destin et affirme sa volonté
inébranlable de construire la patrie camerou-
naise sur la base de l’idéal de fraternité, de
justice et de progrès ».
situated in the Golf of Guinea, Cameroon
is in betweenWest and Central Africa.With
its triangular shape, it has a 402 km border
with the Atlantic Ocean, and has boundaries
with Chad in the north, Nigeria in the west,
the Central African Republic in the east,
Congo, Gabon and equatorial Guinea in the
south.
Given its central position in the heart of
Africa, Cameroon has all climatic, tourist,
linguistic and cultural variations of Africa.
This is why the country is considered by
some observers as a real “Africa in miniature”
The country has five natural regions
comprised of beaches and forests in the
south, the savannah in the north whereas the
west is dominated by mountains and high
lands. One of the highest summits in West
Africa, the Mount Cameroon (4070m) is
found in the southWest Region in the town
THE ENTIRE AFRICAN
DIVERSITY
Known for its human and natural resources, its football and
its music, President Paul biya’s country is a « gift from God»
on the ecological, cultural, geographical and human plans.
The country
has five natural
regions
comprise of
beaches and
forests in the
south, the
savannah in the
north whereas
the west is
dominated by
mountains and
high lands.
A Mousgoum earth house in the Far North region
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The Lobe Falls.
The unique river in the world
that empties its water directly
into the ocean

of buea.
Cameroon has two climate zones : the northern zone
characterised by a hot and dry climate.The dry season
goes from November to April and the rainy season
from May to October.The southern zone is domina-
ted by cold and hot climate with two rainy seasons
and a dry season that goes from November to
February. The famous locality of Debuncha in the
southWest Region falls within this zone.The locality
is the area with the second highest rainfall in the
world.
Cameroon has a diversified population of about
nineteen million four hundred thousand inhabitants
unequally spread out all over the national territory.
More than 40% of the population is below fourteen
years of age while those aged sixty represent only 4%
of the population. More than two hundred ethnic
groups peacefully cohabit in the country. Colonial
heritage imposed two official languages to the people,
French and english, which are used in the administra-
tion, for teaching and for daily activities.
To this plethora of languages is added religious di-
versity. Catholics, Muslims, and Protestants represent
respectively 35%, 25% and 15% of the population.
Traditional religions and the new religions occupy a
considerable position.
An ancient history
A multiple of
people and
cultures
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Fantasia in the northern region
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A presidential regime :
The President of the Republic is elected by universal suffrage for a
seven year term. he is at the head of the executive power, assisted by
a Prime Minister, head of Government.
The National Assembly :
it has 180 members elected by universal suffrage for a five year term.
Administrative divisions :
10 regions, 58 divisions and 319 sub-divisions.
At independence on January 1st, 1960, AhMADOu AhiDJO was
elected as the first President of the Republic of Cameroon.
Vice-président :
• Vice-president John NGu FONChA (October 1961 - May
1965).The salomonTANDeM MuNA (May 1970 – May
1972).
• 06 November 1982: Paul biYA became the President of the
Republic by constitutional order following AMADOu
AhiDJO’s resignation as President of the Republic.
• 1992 : first multiparty elections in Cameroon.
- Capital city :Yaounde
- largest town : Douala.
- Other major cities : Maroua, bafoussam, Garoua, Nkong-
samba, bamenda, Kumba, Ngaoundere, buea, edea, ebolowa,
Kribi, bertoua, sangmélima, limbe, Dschang, Foumban...
- Main rivers : sanaga, benoue, Faro, Chari, logone, Wouri,
Dibamba, Nyong, Ntem, lobo, Dja, lobé, Moungo, Nkam.
-Waterway : 2 090 km.
- Currency : CFA Franc [1 euro (€) = 657.59 CfaF]
- Dialling code : GMT + 1
- indicatif téléphonique : + 237
- internet domain : .Cm
in 1492 the Portuguese who settled at Fernando Pô
discovered Cameroon when they sailed up the River
Wouri.They were amazed by the number of prawns found
in the river which they named Rio Dos Cameroes (River
of prawns).The word was transformed by other travellers
who visited Cameroon.Thus the spanish called it Cama-
roes, the Germans, Kamerun, the english, the Cameroons
and the French, Cameroun, from where the Republic of
Cameroon was born.
After the berlin Conference on the partition of Africa,
Cameroon became a German colony till the end of the
WWi.TheVersaillesTreaty that was signed after the war
placed Cameroon under a double protectorate: the eastern
part under France and the western part under britain.
On 1st January 1960 the French part obtained its in
dependence.
On 1st October 1961, the british part chose to join the
french part in a referendum. This saw the birth of the
Federal Republic of Cameroon. After a second referendum
of 20th May 1972, the united Republic of Cameroon
was born, which later became the Republic of Cameroon
in 1984 with a green-red-yellow flag and a golden yellow
star on the red, and a national anthem “Ô Cameroon,
cradle of our forefathers…”. Multi-party politics was
reintroduced in Cameroon in 1990 and the National
Assembly is made up of different political parties. There
are over 150 political parties and as
many associations of the civil
society.
The “Ngondo” traditional festival of the Sawa
people of the Littoral region

As a young man, the quest for excellent
training led him to France where he
studied in leading academic institu-
tions: lycée louis-le Grand at the institut
des hautes etudes d’Outre-Mer, the Paris
Faculty of law and the institut d’etudes
Politiques de Paris.
After an exemplary academic trail, Paul biya
took on a vocational and political career in
October 1962. he occupied the positions of
Chargé de Mission at the Presidency of the
Republic, Director of Cabinet at the Minis-
try of National education, the Ministry of
Youth and Culture, secretary General at the
Presidency of the Republic, Minister,
secretary General at the Presidency of the
Republic, Prime Minister of the united
Republic of Cameroon, and President of the
united Republic of Cameroon from
November 06, 1982.
Paul biya’s stay at the helm of the Cameroo-
nian nation is characterised by the wish to
liberalise and to modernise public life
through “rigour and moralisation”.
First of all, the putting in place of a judiciary
power that replaced the judicial authority
and which transformed Cameroon into a
modern presidential regime where there is
cohabitation between the executive, the legis-
lative and the regulatory through the Natio-
nal Audit Office, the National Anti
Corruption Commission, the National
Agency for Financial investment and the
National Governance Programme.
On the political plan, there is democratic
opening with the existence of over 150
authorised political parties. The economic
sector is marked by non-involvement of the
state in most economic sectors.
For his love for peace, Paul biya has installed
peaceful democracy summarised by the
formula: “let’s negotiate, let’s not fight”.
On the external plan, Cameroonians should
be grateful to Paul biya for the pacific
resolution of the Cameroon-Nigeria conflict
over the bakassi peninsular through a
Decision of the international Court of
Justice (iCJ) atThe hague, on 10 October
2002, and the Green Tree Accord of 12
June 2006 in NewYork.
«Cameroon is no one’s property ». This
statement by the Cameroonian head of
state equally shows his openness to inter-
national cooperation, which induces an
effective, dynamic and inclusive diplomacy.
he was the first President of the CeMAC
monetary zone to commit his country in a
pre-accord economic partnership (APe°
with the european union (eu). The rea-
lisation of his “great ambition » will en-
able him leave behind a Cameroon the
youths will be proud of.
PAUL BIYA, A DEMOCRATE AT
THE SERVICE OF PROGRESS
born in a peasant middle class family, Paul biya builds his personality in a junior seminary, in the rigour
and austerity of Catholic priests. he later left Cameroon to further his studies in France. since 1982, his
presence is leaving an indelible hallmark in the evolution of Cameroon.
«Cameroon is
no one’s pro-
perty ». This
statement by
the Cameroo-
nian Head of
state equally
shows his
openness to in-
ternational co-
operation,
which induces
an
effective, dyna-
mic and inclu-
sive diplomacy.
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Pacific resolution of the Bakasssi border conflict. A
handshake between Presidents Paul Biya and Olu-
segun Obasanjo in the presence of the former United
Nations Secretary General, Kofi ATAANNAN;

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The Cameroon and Chinese Presidential couples at
the entrance into the Unity Palace;

The distinction squarely fits the
profile of Cameroon’s First lady.
The distinction is nevertheless the
results of exceptional effort at the service of
the ill, the underprivileged, and in the fight
against illiteracy.
With the Foundation that bears her name,
the First lady is at the head of the fight for
poverty alleviation, the fight against illnesses
and human sufferings. she has received many
letters of congratulations which are sent to
her on a daily basis by many families who
have benefited from her assistance. A cry, a
tear dropped, a family in need, the First lady
is always there to give a helping hand.
During the summit of First ladies held in
Yaounde in 1996, the African synergy was
created. it has enabled the First lady to
gather positive results beyond our national
frontiers. The pan-African association of
which she is the founder, has since 2002
been at the forefront of the fight against
hiV/AiDs and the elimination of all forms
of suffering. Chantal biya has the scientific
support of Professor luc MONTAGNieR
and Professor Robert GAllOT, co-foun-
ders of the Aids virus.
in widening her field of action, the First
lady has taken into consideration violence
against women and young
girls. in this light, she
organises actions on the
field, workshops for the
training of trainers and
contractors in the Preven-
tion of the Transmission of hiV/AiDs
from mother to child (PTMC) in Conakry,
Niamey, Ouagadougou, bujumbura and ba-
mako.These actions have led to the reinfor-
cement of the sensitisation campaign for the
Prevention of the Transmission of
hiV/AiDs from Mother to Child; making
available to member states fast hiV scree-
ning tests; the putting in place of an inter-
national Centre in the like of the Chantal
biya CiRCb in Cameroon, specialised in
scientific research for the fight against
hiV/AiDs.
African synergy, which is an NGO presently,
has eighteen members, all First ladies in
Africa.
CHANTAL BIYA, THE FIRST
LADY WITH A GREAT HEART
it was with brio that Chantal biya was appointed uNesCO Good
Will Ambassador, on 14 November 2008 in Paris by the Director Ge-
neral of uNesCO, KOiChiRO MATsuuRA in recognition of her
numerous benevolent works. she became the fourth African persona-
lity o receive the prestigious title after Nelson MANDelA, Cheik
MODibO andWOle sOYiNKA.
Madam Chantal Biya
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in addition, the Cycle of friends of Cameroon
(CeRAC), founded by the First lady, is a support
tool to development and to the efforts of her illus-
trious husband. CeRAC intervenes in the sensitisa-
tion of the populations, the promotion of voluntary
hiV/AiDs screening and the training of commu-
nity leaders on initiatives to improve on the living
conditions of the populations.
The Cameroon First lady is equally involved, with
the government, in the education sector, in the
education of the youths in general and that of the
woman in particular with her “ecole des
Champions de la Fondation Chantal biya” project.
Full primary school structures are constructed in
many localities in the country.These well equipped
schools offer appropriate learning environment for
children from all social classes without any discri-
mination.
For the project to be realised, Chantal biya has
signed a partnership with the editions classiques
d’expression française (eDiCeF). books and
adapted pedagogic material, as well as libraries and
multimedia centres are offered to pupils and
teachers of the schools.
Whenever she accompanies her illustrious husband
abroad, Chantal biya takes advantage to makes
encounters with other humanitarian act ors on the
international scene, in order to send through her
ideal of love and solidarity.
CERAC, a cercle of
generous women
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Members of the Cercle of friends of Cameroon (CERAC)
Madam Chantal BIYA presenting her UNESCO
Goodwill Ambassador passport

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CAMEROON
Cameroon has a great diversity in all domains for
tourism: the relief, the climate, the wildlife, the men
and traditions. 300 beautiful tourist sites were
recently listed by the technical services of the
Ministry of Tourism.The cultures and traditions of
240 ethnic groups in the country are an attraction
for the visitor.

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The entire Cameroon tourism is made
up of beaches and picturesque bays,
large rivers with waterfalls,
mountains, crater lakes, luxurious forest
landscapes, savannahs and steppes, a rich and
varied wildlife, populations with ancient and
traditional chieftaincies with a rich cultural
patrimony. Vestiges and monuments of co-
lonialism are proofs of this prestigious
history.
From North to south, east to West, there
are goof bases for international tourists, es-
pecially those interested in exotic tourist pro-
ducts.
The present tourists lodging capacity in
Cameroon is 9581 rooms of the 5840
recommended.
Cameroon has three international airports
used by a good number of air companies
(Air France, swiss Air, Moroccan Royal Air,
Kenya Airways, KlM, ethiopian Airlines,
Virgin) and eight secondary airports.
A road network links all the Regional
headquarters to the major tourist sites, while
a railway line links the southern to the
northern part of the country.
Meanwhile there are some aspects that hin-
der Cameroon tourism to grow. These are
among other, the harassment of tourists; the
high cost to travel to Cameroon; the enclo-
sure of some tourist sites; the weakness of
certain infrastructures and the absence of
professionalism.
The Ministry of Tourism is presently to
resolve all insufficiencies by intensifying the
fight against the insecurity, of persons and
their property, mostly in urban cities; the
opening of tourist information offices for
foreigners (the Paris office is already
operational); improving on reception at
airports; easing the obtaining of visas and
improving the quality of services in tourist
establishments.
Cameroon’s
tourism riches
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Houses constructed with stones from the Mandara mountains, Far North region of Cameroon;
seCTiON
beach tourism
practiced mostly
on the Atlantic
coastlines
safari
Cultural tourism
ecotourism
Tourism for
adventure
businessTourism
and congresses
sport angling
ACTiViTies AND PlACe
limbe, Kribi, Manoka
beaches
Numerous reserves offer an
impressive variety of Afri-
can fauna (elephants, lions,
Giraffes, black rhinoceros,
buffalos, hippopotamus,
mandrills, gorillas, Os-
triches, crocodiles etc)
The wide ethnic diversity
offers a well developed craft
industry, different traditio-
nal lifestyles, a historic and
rich patrimony etc.
The KORuP National Park
has tree species of millions
of years. The DJA Forest
Reserve has been classified
by uNesCO as world heri-
tage, Mount Cameroon with
a height of 4070 m har-
bours flora dating centuries.
Dinosaurs’ footprints and
fossils in Mayo Rey in the
North Region
Mountaineering, walk in the
forests, Canoe driving on
major rivers and discovery.
Mostly in the Yaounde and
Douala metropolitans.
limbe and Kribi are also
featuring.
ird-watching, nautical sports
and equestrian, diving, crui-
sing on the Wouri and sa-
naga Rivers, The Kribi
coastline, and lake Osa
which harbours manatees.

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The head of state has opted for tourism as
one of the pillars (cornerstones) underlying
his Great Ambitions policy for the economic
development of Cameroon and the fight
against poverty.Tourism as enunciated above
is that which has concern for the safeguard
of the national cultural values and the envi-
ronment.
in this regard, numerous opportunities are
offered to both national and international
economic operators who may be interested.
The areas include:
a The construction of big tourism com-
plexes on the atlantic coast : marinas,
swimming stations, holiday villages…
a The construction of hotels on tourism
sites and urban centres;
a The creation of amusements parks;
a exploitation of tourism sites;
a The organisation of charter flights for
Cameron destination;
a The putting in place of infrastructure
for the organisation of cruising on
some cameroon’s major rivers and atlan-
tic coast;
a The concession in the management of
state-owned hotels.
Kribi beach
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE
TOURISM SECTOR
A giraf in the WAZA ParkA giraf in the WAZA ParkA giraf in the WAZA Park

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YOU ARE ALL
WELCOME
TO CAMEROON

When to visit?This depends on the
site the tourist wants to visit.
The entire southern part of the
country is forest and has four seasons: a long
dry season that spans from January to
March, a small rainy season runs from April
to June, a small dry season from July to sep-
tember, and a long rainy season from Octo-
ber to December.
in the northern part on the contrary, two
main seasons exist: a rainy season that com-
mences in June and ends in October, and the
dry season runs throughout the other
months. however, these segmentations are
but in theory as there exist some slight dif-
ferences such as in the West region where
heavy rains are recorded from July to sep-
tember, and in the littoral where it rains al-
most all time. Aside National Parks located
in the northern part of the country and
where accessibility is difficult during the
rainy season, Cameroon can be visited the
whole year round.
A tourism visa is issued to foreigners who
wish to undertake a pleasure trip to
Cameroon at Cameroon’s diplomatic and
consular representations abroad. it has 30
days of validity non-renewable, with many
entries and exits. Tourists coming from
countries in which Cameroon has no
representation can obtain the visa at the
frontier post of entry into the country. The
same applies to tourists on holidays.
Documents needed for a tourism visa
include:
v A valid passport,
v A to and fro air ticket,
v An international vaccination card, (yel-
low fever),
v Two passport size photographs,
v A lodging certificate or hotel reserva-
tion
v A visa application form withdrawn at
the Consulates or obtained by mail on
mere request, filled and duly signed. in
this case, the tourist is advised to attach
a stamped envelope for returns. Came-
roon’s fiscal stamps are sold in the
Consulates.
Tourists from all the four corners of the globe have an opportunity to visit Cameroon where the un-
questionable hospitality of its populace is reserved at any period of their choice throughout the year on
the sole condition of fulfilling the following entry and exit formalities, simplified to the minimum.
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ENTRY FORMALITIES
INTO CAMEROON

Cameroon has high-class health structures which include
the Douala andYaounde reference hospitals, theYaounde
universityTeaching hospital as well as a good number of
other health structures spread all over the entire national
territory.
The tourist benefits from the exemption regime of the
temporal importation of objects for personal use;
jewelleries of less than 500g, clothes and linen, cat and
dog, two photo cameras of reduced size with 10 rolls of
film each, a video camera of reduced size with 10 reels, a
portable radio and television set, a portable video recorder,
a pair of binoculars, camping and sports wear, toiletries,
children’s cars, three litres of wine, a litre of an aperitif or
spirit, 500g of tobacco or 400 cigarettes or 125 cigar.
For guns and ammunitions, an importation licence is nee-
ded. For the exportation of animal products, an interna-
tional vaccination certificate against rabbies is also
required.
HEALTH
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Cameroon still blessed with animals species that
are going extinct

Douala,the economic capital of Came-
roon, which is situated two hundred
and forty kilometres fromYaounde,
is at the heart of cultures of the coastal
populations, that is the sawa culture, in spite
of the modern evolutions it has been subjec-
ted to since 1800 with the arrival of the first
German colonialists. it is thus not
surprising that the heart of the Cameroon
economy and that of the entire Central Africa
is host, each year, during the dry season, to the
Ngondo festival, just like edea, a neighbou-
ring town is host to the Mpoo festival;
two unavoidable cultural festivals of the sawa
people. Till date, the Ngondo has remained
the biggest cultural festival of the coastal peo-
ple, a real pilgrimage full of dances, carnivals,
ancestral rites, exhibitions, and especially an
impressive canoe race on the River Wouri,
which waters the coast of the economic me-
tropolis.
The sawa coastal cultures cover the regions of
littoral, the southWest in its western frontier
with Nigeria, the localities of Kribi and the
Campo frontier zones which border equato-
rial Guinea and Gabon. This area comprises
the bakokos, the bakweris, the batanga and
the Dualas and other similar populations.
incontestably, the Makossa is the dominant
musical brand of the sawa people. it is played
by artists of exceptional talents like late Fran-
cis bebey, ekambi brilliant, Grâce Decca, Ri-
chard bona and the most illustrious of all
them, Manu Dibango.
AN ANCIENT CULTURAL
HERITAGE
To cover Cameroon from south to North is to discover the
cultures of the African coast, that is, bantu cultures of the Afri-
can forests, the pygmy cultures, and cultures of the African
highlands, cultures of the great lakes of Africa, sudano-sahel
and nomad cultures.
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Manu Dibango, one of the grea-
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b
of them remain to this day, the Royal
Museum of Foumban. Then there are
many other museums scattered arround
royal palacies bali, bafut, from bafoussam
to bamoungoum to bandjoun and baleng,
etc..
like the Nguon feast in Foumban, the
peoples of the cultural sphere of grass-
fields equally organize many events and
festivals of large bill in the same manner
as the sawa honor annually the rende-vous
of Ngondo. During the dry season, peo-
ple's lives are punctuated by holding lavish
funeral ceremonies that are both cultural
and ceremonial events.
The symphonies of the
north
The visitor, who finally lands in the north,
consisting of parts of Adamawa, North
and Far North Cameroon, is engulfed in
an area of extremely diverse and complex,
cultural area where Moslems (Fulani and
Fulbes)coexist with a mixed Muslim
Fulbe (Fulani or Fulbes) and the people
who settled in these territories before
1808. This applies, inter alia to the,
Mboum, the Gbaya of Adamawa, Fali , the
Guidar, bata of the north, the Guiziga, the
Massa, the Toupouris, the Matakams of
the Mousgoum, the Moudang of the Far
North.
The diversity of ethnic groups and reli-
gions of the north meet the wide variety
of art forms, characterized by a fund-Fu-
lani Muslim cultural diversity and heritage
of "peoples and traditional societies of
northern Cameroon.
The islamo-Fulani cultural background is
still dominated by: its organization around
"lamidats" administratively well-structu-
red, each under the authority of a lamido,
his dress style, his lifestyle and his artistic
expression combining the musical instru-
ments of original Arabic, hausa and sa-
helianWest Africa as algaïta, flute, trumpet
or giant "gagahi, percussion sahel (" tal-
king drums or kalangou, drums of various
kinds, etc.).
For their part, the Mboum, the Massa,
Toupouris, the Fali, the Moudang, the Ko-
toko Mbororo, jealously guard their cultu-
ral heritage strongly steeped in ancient
traditions. harmoniously and in mutual
respect, the various peoples living in the
north are promoting their cultural identi-
ties. in lamidats, the fantasias or racing
horses always come first. A particularly ex-
citing and original show that features
horses and riders dressed in particular co-
lourful finery. The cultural wealth of the
north is also reflected in the folklore of its
many ethnic festivals that take place an-
nually and ritual manifestations, become
unmissable for the visitors.
A fertile culture
beyond the rich cultural heritage and its
many ethnic groups, Cameroon finally has
some important artistic production appre-
ciated in all areas, assessed, thanks to crea-
tivity, vitality and fertility of the genius of
its people.
in the literary field, the country produces
an abundance of contemporary literature
in english and French. The changing of
the generation of leopold Ferdinand
Oyono, Mongo beti, Francis bebey, Rene
Philombe and others is ensured. New wri-
ters are emerging on the front of the lite-
rary scene: Calixte beyala Gaston Kelman,
eugene eboda, Gaston Paul effa, leonora
Miano, Yodi Karon Godula Kossak ... in
all the cultural vitality of Cameroon re-
mains boundless. like his music and lite-
rature, painting, sculpture, her haute
couture, contemporary dance and film
have crossed many borders for ages and
make Cameroon a land of culture.
From the littoral, the visitor lands in the heart of the
equatorial forest which is equally beautiful in the bantu
culture.The bantu populations include the beti-fangs, the
yambassas, the bafias, the banens, the people of the east
region, that is, the Makas, the bamvelles, the Gbayas, the
Kunambembes,.. Mythical adventure stories characterise
the bantu cultures. Through tales, epics, fables, proverbs,
and the mvet music, the forest people retrace their past,
remember their legendary heroes, their dids and secure
their future.
The mvet is both an instrument and favoured music for
the beti-Fangs. late eno bilinga holds that through an
oral and epic tale, the mvet artist “restores a social order
of grandeur and heroism, with the aim of conquering im-
mortality …” unfortunately the great masters of the
mvet are leaving the scene without successors. Today, the
Daniel Osomo, ebo Obiang, asomo Ngono ela,Vincent
Obate and many other have been forgotten.
Just like the Makossa is the musical identity of the coastal
people, bikusi is dominant in the bantu sphere, inspite of
a rich variety of rythms and choregraphies transmitted
through generations : bassa Assiko, the xylophone (med-
zang) of the etons, the bafia dances, Mbali, lihongo, pa-
tengue, fiembe, ozila, akoultang, etc. the older generation
of musicians like Jean bikoko Aladin, Oncle Medjo Me
som Jacob, Anne-Marie Nzié, Messi Martin, elanga
Maurice, NguiniVincent, ebogo emérant are handing the
relay baton to the younger generations of artists like
Nkodo sitony, Katino, Ai jo Mamadou, Ma Joie Ayi,
lady Ponce, Ama Pierrot,Tonton ebogo, etc.
West of royal museums
From the forest area, Cameroon’s diversity extends to the
region of the high plateaux and to the mountains of the
West and the NorthWest.This is the grass field cultural
sphere, which is famous for its sculpture, its masks, its
music, its multicolour and richly embroidered traditional
costumes, its sculpted thrones, its ritual ceremonies, etc.
in the cultural sphere regions of West and Northwest,
chiefdoms play a fundamental role in the preservation and
promotion of cultural heritage. Witness the presence of
rich museums within these traditional institutions, some
dating as far back as the XVi century. The most famous
An art of the forest
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Many and varied as they can be,
disparities do not only exist
between cities but also within
cities. in a famous book entitled “Ville
Cruelle ” the renowned Cameroonian writer
Mongo beti, presents an overview of the
town of Mbalmayo during the colonial era,
structured around two centres,Tanga North
and Tanga south. This structuring was to
showcase the cleavage existing between the
first centre made up of rich people and the
second centre made up of the poor indige-
nous people in the town of Mbalmayo. To
this effect, the spatial opposition existing
between Northern Tanga and southern
Tanga is sociological.
Within the framework of the elaboration of
the typology of towns, chosen criteria could
be the population, the dominating activity
and at times, the immediate environment and
the hinterland. in Cameroon, it is easy to
distinguish the political and administrative
towns, economic towns, industrial towns,
universities and tourist towns. it is
convenient to acknowledge that the criteria
considered to erect a locality to the rank of
a town are mostly administrative. in
Cameroon, every administrative constituency
is a town. During the colonial era, localities
were occupied by political elites and hosted
public services (administrative buildings), a
tradition respected to date in the Yaoundé
(the administrative capital) and in divisional
and sub- divisional headquarters. The “civil
servant” mentality characterised by the
wearing of outfits (jackets, suits) is highly
present in administrative towns. As the
headquarters of state institutions, the capital
city of Cameroon is a symbol of the
administrative nature of Cameroonian cities.
Yaoundé is playing host to very important
meetings held notably at the Conference
Centre (fruit of the Chinese architectural
genius, which is highly solicited thanks to its
intake capacity, for the holding of many
international forums, seminars and
conferences. illustratively, starting with the
African summit (in 1996), through the
Franco-African summit of 2001, not leaving
out the numerous regional rendezvous,
notably the CeMAC (Central Africa
economic and Monetary Community),
there has never been a week without the
holding of a conference or participants
taking part in one colloquium or another
at the Conference Centre. Thanks to the
stability of its institution and its policy of
effective diplomacy, the city of Yaoundé is
hosting many diplomatic representations
and is the headquarters of many
sub-regional organizations such as the
African Organization for intellectual
Property (AOiP); the Organization for the
harmonization of business law in Africa
(OhADA) or the Organization for
Military sports in Africa (headed by a
Cameroonian).
situated some 300 kilometres away from
Yaoundé along the Wouri estuary, Douala
is not only the most populated city, but
likewise the economic engine of the
country.The international Airport and the
seaport are added value to the strategic
position of this locality, a veritable entry
and exit point of Cameroon and an
obligatory gateway for goods destined to
certain neighbouring countries or on
transit to international markets.The visitor
is able to admire the density and the variety
of the economic tissue as well as the
wealthy hotel and banking networks. Many
industries and companies are actively
operational and the main trade activity is
practiced in many markets such as what is
now known as “China Town” with the
presence of a variety of goods and pro-
ducts from China flooding the entire
country. Multinational companies such as
Nestle, les brasseries du Cameroun, Castel
or Total, international mobile enterprises
such as Orange or MTN have their
branches in Douala. here, unlike in the
other industrial and economic towns,
attitudes and habits of a great majority of
people are totally contracting with the
habits of inhabitants of other towns. The
reason for this lies is the fact that these
CAMEROON AT THE TEST OF
URBAN COSMOPOLITISM
Far from being a linear panorama, the landscape of Cameroonian cities is quite contrasting. Many factors
can explain these disparities sometimes present within the same agglomeration.
Many indus-
tries and com-
panies are
actively
operational
and the main
trade activity is
practiced in
many markets
such as what is
now known as
“China Town”
with the
presence of a
variety of
goods and pro-
ducts from
China flooding
the entire coun-
try.
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A view of the city of Douala

dynamic men and women are bound to earn
their living through hard labour and efforts.
in Douala, as in limbe or edea, the constant
humid environment gives no room for laziness
as people have to be dynamic in order to earn
their daily living. beside the small number of
office workers, the majority of the popula-
tions rely on petty businesses and income
generating activities. even women are bound
to get up very early to be able to stand a pot
on their fireside.
With regards to tourist towns, Cameroon has
been qualified as “Africa in miniature” owing
to its huge tourist potential.There is a consi-
derable number of tourist attractions among
which are; the Waza park (in the Far North,
the limbe botanic garden (not far from
Douala), the “hanging rocks of Mezesse (a
locality 22 kilometres away from sangme-
lima), the ebogo tourist site, the AKOK
bekoè cave, the Nkolandom tourist wonders,
etc. With this in hand, the dynamic popula-
tion surrounding these touristic sites is relen-
tlessly challenged to think on how to render
the sites more attractive.
With regards to university towns, intelligence
related activities make up the daily agenda of
its mostly youthful constituted population. A
good illustration is the town of soa, situated
some 15 kilometres away fromYaoundé.The
housing here is dominated by student residen-
tial quarters. Apart from Yaoundé, which has
two state universities, there are other state
universities, notably; Ngaoundere, Maroua,
Douala, Dschang and buea. Private promoters
have opened higher institutions of learning in
many localities of the Republic. This is the
case with the towns of bangangté, ebolowa,
bertoua, and Nkongsamba amongst others.
These university towns are fully inhabited du-
ring schooling periods and become relatively
empty during short term and summer holi-
days as students leave to meet their respective
families.
Yaoundé and Douala, two metropolitan towns
with an estimated population of over one
million each, the eighteen secondary towns
with an estimated population of over
100.000 and the 34 towns with an estimated
population of over 10.000 to 100.000, the
balance urban network is an asset for the
development of Cameroon.
The Far North Region :
s The Maroua festival
s The Kanuri cultural week
s The feast of the cock
s The groundnut feast
The Adamawa Region :
s The Nyem-Nyem festival
The Centre Region :
s The Mbam Art
s The cassava feast (Mbalmayo)
The litoral Region :
s The Ngondo
s The Mpoo
s The Kupe
The Western Region :
s The Mendumba festival (bangangté)
s The bandjoun cultural week
s The Ngoun (Foumban)
The east Region :
s The badjuwé cultural week
s The Maka cultural week
The south Region :
s The feast of the water
s The batanga cultural week
The southWest region :
s The Mount Cameroon race or the “Race of
hope”
Other cultural events
l
s The Yaounde international theatre encounters
(ReTiC) ;
s The ecrans Noirs (the black Film festival);
s FesTel (theTelevision Film festival);
s FeNAC (National festival of Arts and Culture);
s FATeA (African festival of Theatre for Children);
s AbOKi GOMA (Festival of modern dances).
Some major
national cultural
and artistic
events
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A view of the city of Douala, the «Pagode»
f
The town of Bamenda in the North West region

large urban areas continue to grow in
Cameroon, with the natural expansion
of urban boundaries and population
growth. indeed, just over 50% per cent of the
total population of Cameroon lives in cities,
that is, about eight million inhabitants. From
1960 to 1987, the population of Cameroon
increased from 5,000,000 to 10,500,000
people and that would double in 27 years.
This population lives unequally in rural and
urban areas with an urbanization rate of 38%.
From 1950-1987, the rate of population
growth has witnessed a sharp increase, from
1.9% per cent to 2.9% percent. it is anticipa-
ted that in five years, that is in 2015 the po-
pulation of Cameroon will reach the level of
21 million inhabitants. During the same pe-
riod, 60% per cent of Cameroonians will live
in towns, when one takes into account the cur-
rent rate of urbanization measured at 5 to
6%. Many other cities in Cameroon will then
count more then one million inhabitants, be-
sides the capitalYaounde and Douala, the eco-
nomic metropolis. so, the government has set
as target to break with the chaotic develop-
ment of urban areas, identify, direct and
control the transformation of cities to be ci-
ties which are well-built, healthy, providing
frameworks conducive for the development of
the populations.
The national planning policy obeys the effec-
tive policy options.These include the organi-
zation of national space, from planning
schemes to the balanced development of rural
areas by promoting productive activities and
human settlements to reduce rural exodus.
The dynamic transformation of cities in har-
mony with the development of industry and
transport infrastructure is also part of the go-
vernmental options.
Adapting to change
since 2004, the national policy for urban de-
velopment focuses on improving urban mobi-
lity, the layout of streets, the social
development of neighbourhoods, the imple-
mentation of the "Water-reforestation-
lighting" plan. The Planning Act enacted in
2004 defines, among others, the rules of
urban planning, urbanisation, housing town
planning, construction, land development,
land use.
The implementation of this policy is the res-
ponsibility of the following structures:
a The Ministry of urban Development
and housing;
a The National Planning Committee;
a The planning unit responsible for the
preparation of master plans and urban
planning;
a Technical Advisory Committee for stu-
dies of urban infrastructure in Douala
andYaounde;
a Cameroon housing Company The so-
ciété immobilière du Cameroun (siC);
a The Mission d’aménagement et d’équi-
pement des terrains urbains et ruraux
(MAeTuR);
a National loan and housing bank in Ca-
meroon, The Crédit foncier du Came-
roun (CFC)
HARMONY AT THE HEART OF A BALANCED
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Since 2004, the
national policy
for Urban de-
velopment fo-
cuses on
improving
urban mobility,
the layout of
streets, the so-
cial develop-
ment of
neighbou-
rhoods, the im-
plementation of
the "Water-re-
forestation-
lighting" plan
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a special Council support Fund, The
special Fund for equipment and inter-
vention intercommunale (FeiCOM);
On the field, the urban planning policy is
formulated on the development of infra-
structure for priority sectors such as: educa-
tion, health, water supply, development of
road networks, management of protected
areas, sports, collection and processing of
household waste, street lighting, and urban
beautification by the creation of gardens and
public spaces.
To reflect the involvement of many actors in
urban areas, the government uses the tech-
nique of contracting. New approach to
urban policy marked by the means and skills
to a collective and concerted strategy bet-
ween the state and decentralized local go-
vernments on issues of common interest.
Over the years, the capital Yaounde happily
applies the new political development of
urban space by the creation of green spaces,
construction of buildings, embankments.
Public gardens are profoundly changing the
landscape of the city. Among the most im-
pressive green spaces include the Ahmadou
Ahidjo Park, Charles Atangana Park, st.
AnastasiaWood, situated at the heart of the
town.
Low-income houses constructed by
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under the implementation of its new
policy of good urban governance
and in concertation, consultation
with municipalities, on the use of labour-in-
tensive the state of Cameroon signed with
urban agglomerations conventions called
«City Contracts».
The "City contracts" has two main compo-
nents: the program to improve the manage-
ment and investment framework program that
deals precisely with the rehabilitation of
informal settlements.
Through the «City contracts», the Cameroo-
nian government implements its policy of
rehabilitation of informal settlements it has
practiced for decades. The successful model
in the domain has being unquestionably been
the restructuring of the Nylon district in
Douala.
in 80s with the support of the World bank.
specifically, rehabilitation programs of squat-
ter focuses on opening up the development
of roads, restructuring, sanitation and public
lighting.
For the two largest cities that are respectively
Douala and Yaounde, the first city contracts
cover the period 2000-2011. inYaounde, the
capital, the financing of investment program
under the city contract amounts to 93 billion
CFA francs over five years.
Development of the
populations
The component of rehabilitation of squatter
participates effectively in the improvement of
living conditions of populations. The pro-
gram covers eight areas: the brickyard, Messa-
Carrière, Melen, Nkol-Ndongo, Kondegui,
Mimboman, essos south Manguiers. The
achievements on the field include:
a The development of secondary and ter-
tiary roadways in settlements to improve
their access to public facilities (markets,
schools, hospitals ...);
a The establishment of drinking water;
a The establishment of networks of gar-
bage collection
a The installation of street lighting;
a enhancing safety;
a improving accessibility;
a improving economic exchanges;
a The creation of jobs.
Far from being only the construction of in-
frastructure, the rehabilitation program of set-
tlements also promotes participatory
development, empowerment and the valorisa-
tion of populations. For as beneficiaries of
development plan, residents of these settle-
ments are mobilized and involved in their im-
plementation, as they contribute to their
maintenance and monitoring their proximity.
GOVERNMENT’S ASSISTANCE
TO THE VULNERABLE IN
URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
Rural exodus which is not specific to Cameroon has led to the
population growth of our cities. People in urban cities have seen
their numbers multiply by three during the last decade; a situa-
tion that has created huge problems.These problems are unem-
ployment, juvenile delinquency with the phenomenon of street
children, poverty, rising urban crime, etc ... These are all chal-
lenges that the New Deal Government, under the leadership of
h.e President Paul biya, is trying to solve..
The materialization of this concern is perceptible through the
government policy on preventive and social assistance, social pro-
tection of the individual and implementation of national soli-
darity.
There is no doubt that the phenomenon of urbanization finds
difficulties in assisting the vulnerable in urban areas. in a context
marked by a deliberate policy of President Paul biya to ensure
better management of the underprivileged, he signed Decree
No. 0004/320 of December 8, 2004, reorganizing the govern-
ment, an act which assigned new missions to the Ministry of
social Affairs. Also, the urban underprivileged now receive spe-
cial attention from the government. The policy of national so-
lidarity aims at orphans and vulnerable children (street children),
disabled, elderly, marginal populations, and the jobless j
From words to actions
Far from being a mere declaration of intent by the Cameroonian
government, the facts are there to confirm the implementation
of this political will. in Cameroon, young people with disabili-
ties receive free education at the level of secondary education,
following a circular letter signed by the Ministers of secondary
education and social Affairs.This measure aims to improve the
integration and supervision of this category of school children.
it is also integrating in the handicap-approach in the pedagogi-
cal practice and school placements for disabled children or di-
sabled parents. eventually, the government will work towards
alleviating the costs of special education provided in private ins-
titutions, gradually acquiring the appropriate infrastructure fa-
cilities such as ramps to facilitate movement of disabled inmates.
Regarding unemployment, the Cameroonian government has
stepped up initiatives to provide its youth with jobs through
formal training, training on the job, self-job creation, support
the creation of micro-enterprises, intermediary between job
seekers and companies, and vocational training.
support structures have been created by the government. One
can cite for this purpose, the PiAAsi (integrated project to ac-
tors in the informal sector) and the National employment Fund
(NeF) etc.. seF's mission is to promote employment in the en-
tire territory of Cameroon through the following lines:
a Dissemination of information on the labor market;
a integration into the production process of Cameroon's
youth seeking their first job;
a The reintegration of retrenched workers of the public sec-
tor enterprises, quasi-public or private economic reasons.
The fields of intervention of the Cameroon government in the
leadership of vulnerable populations in urban areas are vast. it
would be difficult to enumerate. Nevertheless, the policy of re-
newal in national solidarity are hardly of the chimera. The ac-
tions are there to confirm, and this, for the welfare of the
vulnerable in urban areas.
BETTER HUMANE HABITATION
Construction of a road
in the heart of a squatter

HOUSING An Audacious Government Policy
The fight against illegal settlements aims at restoring
the good image of Cameroon’s urban landscape.
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One of the permanent features of
African cities is the ubiquity of
slums. From Cape town to Cairo,
Dakar to Dar-es-salam, the urban land-
scape is marked by the existence of illegal
settlements where, instead of agglomerated
block walls, there are waste metal sheets and
pieces of plywood in the places of walls.
Cameroonian cities are not an exception to
this rule. in Douala, the economic metro-
polis, as in Garoua, a well planned city,
there is the existence of slums which deter
the urban décor of these cities. The sur-
prise comes from the so called chic quarters
(bastos in Yaoundé, bonanjo in Douala or
Angalé in ebolowa), with a quite striking
contrast where villas built in American ar-
chitectural types are found near huts sup-
ported by pegs.
even before the accession of the country
to international sovereignty on 1st January,
1960 (with regard to east Cameroon), the
anxiety to provide convenient accommoda-
tion for a greater number of city dwellers
was already noticeable. On 18th July 1952,
the “the Cameroon housing Company”
(sic) was created with the mission to pro-
mote housing in general and low cost hou-
sing in particular. its initial mission was to
construct garden cities.
A real impetus was initiated in the sector
in the late 1970s and during the first half
of the 1980s with the restructuring of sic,
the creation of “Credit Foncier du Came-
roun” (CFC), to fund housing operations,
and the creation of the “Mission d’Amé-
nagement et d’equipement des Terrains
urbains et Ruraux”, (MAeTuR) in 1977.
The siC-CFC-MAeTuR trio was so-
mewhat satisfactorily run until the mid-
1980s with the realization of many real
estate projects. it is then that the construc-
tion of the housing estate of biyem-Assi,
CitéVerte (Pilot and triennial projects) and
Mendong in Yaoundé, Makepé and bona-
moussadi in Douala were carried out.
smaller towns were not left out.This is the
case with ebolowa in the south, bertoua in
the east, Garoua and Maroua in the North
and Far North Regions respectively. The
sector witnessed a severe jolt due to the eco-
nomic crisis. The non completion of the
construction of the Mendong housing es-
tate, the non conformity with architectural
norms of sold lodgings are some inadequa-
cies that resulted from the economic crisis.
Public investments relating to housing wit-
nessed a remarkable slow down owing to the
scarcity of state funds.
limited in their functioning, public actors
of the housing sector who had to provide for
their needs resorted to self-financing. Res-
tricted to fund its activities on equity capital,
Maetur resorted to market at low cost price
the developed lots acquired outside the state.
inYaoundé, the Ntougou Golf and Nkomo-
Okoui housing estates are good examples.
The “société immobilière du Cameroun”
(siC) is on her part involved in renovating
the already built housing estates. This is the
case of biyem-Assi and bonamoussadi.
Thanks to a loan obtained from the “societé
pour l’habitat et le logementTerritorial en
A real impetus
was initiated in
the sector in
the late 1970s
and dur ing the
first half of the
1980s with the
restructuring of
Sic

g
Afrique” (shelter – Afrique), siC, embarked
on the building of the Mfandena residence
made up of 160 standing lodgings.The inte-
rest generated by the loan has not rendered
things easy to invest in the low cost housing
sector.
state’s action in regulating the socio-economic
sector has not been limited only to investment.
The regulation of the sector has so much be-
come a top government priority.The purpose
is to associate the private sector in the promo-
tion of housing. it is in this light that “Credit
Foncier”, for example, embarked on the gran-
ting of loans to those willing to acquire land.
The legislation regulating housing was revie-
wed, enriched and updated so as to attract pri-
vate national and foreign operators. The
following laws and regulations were enacted
to this effect:
a law N0 2004 / 003 of 21st April
2004, to regulate urbanising in
Cameroon ;
a law N° 97 / 003 of 10th January
1997 to promote real estate ;
a law N° 2001 / 020 of 18th December
2001 to organise the real estate agent
profession ;
a law N° 81 / 03 of 7th July 1984 to
set the status of joint owner of built real
estate ;
a law N° 2009 / 009 of 10th July 2009
to sell real estate to be built;
a law N° 2009 / 010 of 10th July 2009
to regulate the renting and home-buying
of real estate property.
This process led to the emergence of many
private actors in the sector, notably, la “société
immobilière de l’Afamba” (socia), or of so-
prin partnering with Tunisians operators in
Yaoundé. As of 31st March 1010, 13 agents
and 23 real estate promoters are recorded in
the Ministry of urban Development and
housing.The new government housing policy
is centred on seven main focal points :
1)- The refocusing of state roles in regula-
ting, facilitating, supervising and mostly
boosting the private sector;
2)-The setting of a framework for a public-
private partnership;
3)- The promotion of an urban develop-
ment policy based on the unconditional
planning and prevention of the anarchic
occupation of space;
4)- The appropriateness of supply and de-
mand in order to increase the regular
production of housing by absorbing new
demands that progressively contribute to
resolve the existing deficit;
5)-The unconditional fight against unsani-
tary housing;
6)- The promotion of rural housing. The
goal is to promote the settlement of po-
pulations and to limit rural exodus.
7)-The permanent search for funds through
bilateral or multilateral means. Foreign
funding does not exclude the support
from national resources whose growth is
imperatively necessary.
The state incentives to invest in the housing
sector has to also consider a certain number
of elements such as VRD (road, rail and wa-
terways and diverse networks: electricity, tele-
phone, water), the provision of land or long
term loans. A decree signed by the Prime Mi-
nister, head of Government on 28th July,
2008 laid down terms to implement the tax
regime that mostly concerns the structuring
projects of the GeneralTaxation Code.
in concrete terms, the Government has put in place a pro-
ject to built 10 000 low cost housings and to develop 50
000 building lands by 2013 intended to reduce the signi-
ficant housing deficit in Cameroon.
On 23rd December 2009, the Prime Minister, head of
Government, h.e. Philemon Yang, laid the foundation
stone to launch the initial phase of the project to construct
1 200 low cost houses at Olembe (Yaoundé). in the same
vein, a ceremony was organized on 9th February, 2010 at
Mbango – bakoko (Douala) under the auspices of
Mr. ClobertTChATAT, Minister of urban Development
and housing to lay the foundation stone to build 1 000
housings within the framework of the pilot phase of the
10 000 housings project.
China is much interested by this project. it is in this light
that a protocol agreement was signed on 18th April, 2008
between the Republic of Cameroon and the “societé Na-
tionale de Coopération internationale economique et
Technique” of shenyang for the construction of 1 500
low cost housings in Yaoundé, Douala, limbe, bamenda,
bafoussam and sangmelima.
10 000 housings
and 50 000
building lands
by 2013
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The Prime Minister, Philemon YANG, lays the foundation stone for the construction of low-income
houses in Olembe - Yaounde, december 2009
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“There is much rain in the city of
Yaounde, but there is equally much
thirst”. This statement was made by the
Regional Director of uNOh-hAbiTAT for
Africa and Arab Countries, Alioune badiane
on the seriousness of the drainage problem in
Cameroon and the challenges of the supply
of portable water. in relation to this, the Ca-
meroon government has put in place a natio-
nal strategy for appropriate drainage, outlined
in the strategic Document for Growth and
employment (sDGe).The appropriate stabi-
lisation involves the supply of portable water,
the drainage of rain water, and the evacuation
of solid and liquid waste materials. This go-
vernment strategy centres on three axes: the
cleaning-up of the urban sector seen from
the angle of waste water drainage as well as
the collection and treatment of solid waste;
the cleaning-up of rural sector centred on
the improvement of the living conditions of
the rural populations, and the cleaning-up of
hospital and school environment with as re-
sult, the systematic integration of the portable
water supply aspect and the equipping with
latrines.
in relation to the treatment of waste water,
Cameroon, for a couple of years, has under-
taken a complete rehabilitation of water tanks
in the cities of Yaounde and Douala. Two
other major projects are underway as concerns
rain water.There are theYaounde stabilisation
Project (YsP), which started in 2007, finan-
ced by the African development bank and the
Government of Cameroon. The project is to
dredge the bed of the Mfoundi and its two
tributaries, and the construction of a 5 kilo-
metre trapezoid canal.The work is carried out
by a Chinese company “China international
Water and electric-Corporation”.The objec-
tive of the project is to facilitate the flow of
rain water and to reduce flooding in urban
area and also contribute to the beautification
of the capital city and the health of residents
in Mfoundi.
Works to support are provided along the
channel consisting of the construction of par-
king lots, public parks, networks of pre-col-
lection.
The other major project underway is the
Draft urban sector Development and Water
supply (PDue). A project involving the cities
of Yaounde, Douala, bamenda, Mbalmayo
and Maroua. scheduled for five years, amoun-
ting to nearly CFA 40 billion francs for finan-
cing from the World bank, this project is
already in some slums of these cities to benefit
from new infrastructure and basic urban ser-
vices, especially supply of water.These include
the construction of new primary, secondary
and tertiary drains in some areas like New
bell. At Mbalmayo near Yaounde, develop-
ment work of drains and the cleaning and res-
haping of the river Mvolyé have been
initiated. in Maroua in the Far North, another
city facing the problem of floods, a
construction program of scuppers for the ir-
rigation of rainwater is also underway. All
these projects will also improve the health of
populations by removing as much as possible
waterborne diseases and malaria.
As for the strategy for collecting and proces-
sing solid and liquid wastes, several actions
are undertaken to cope with a steady increase
of garbage whose volume is currently
estimated at 1700 tons / day in the cities
of Yaounde and Douala and 6,000 tonnes
over the whole country.The government, has
developed a strategy for city beautification,
is acting on two levers: the development of
public-private partnership with local neigh-
bourhood associations and NGOs, and the
other with the material actors which are
national companies collection and treatment
of garbage. The Government also supports
associations of neighbourhoods.Thus under
the sanitation Project of Yaounde, nearly a
hundred leaders of community development
associations and basic framework of county
boroughs, were trained in 2009 in the
technical pre- garbage collection and organi-
zed production of compost. A fertilizer
made from degradable organic portion of
garbage and used to strengthen soil structure
in peri-urban farms. Garbage not composted
finish their race in landfills for this purpose.
This is the case in Dschang in west region
of Cameroon, where a municipal landfill,
Class 2 in europe was built in 2008 on the
site sinteug in the project urba.Cam.
similarly, the partnership between the state
and the health and safety Company of Ca-
meroon (hysacam) is increasingly being pro-
moted through a platform of understanding
based on a system of contracts between the
company and the Regional and local Autho-
rities. Apart from Yaounde and Douala, the
Company health and safety of Cameroon
collects refuse in Garoua, Ngaoundere, Ma-
roua, Kribi, bangu, bafoussam bangangté,
limbe and edea.
even if the preoccupations related to water supply do not
constitute the only aspect of the drainage in the urban area,
the management of water remains a major aspect of drai-
nage in Cameroon.
Works to sup-
port are provi-
ded a long the
channel consis-
ting of the
construction of
parking lots,
public parks,
networks of
pre-collection .
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Construction works on the Mfoundi river by China
International Water and Electric-Corporation
Stabilisation DRAINAGE:
The urgent need for water

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Potable water supply constitutes a great
challenge for the Government. until recently,
one of the linchpins of the government action
was the National Water Company of Came-
roon (sNeC). Restructured in 2004, it was
split into two independent structures: the Ca-
merounaise des eaux, responsible for distribu-
ting water and the Cameroon Water utilities
Corporation (Camwater), a company asset.
Camwater has just built at Yatto, twenty ki-
lometers from Douala, a water treatment plant
with a capacity of 50,000 m3/day and
180,000 m3/day through the holes drilled in
the Town of Douala near Massoumbou.
Other projects are in sight.These include the
construction of a plant with a capacity of
50,000 m3/day on the Mefou to increase the
production to 150,000 m3/day of water
near Yaounde. Other projects are expected in
bertoua, edea, Ngaoundere, or bangangté
Kousseri. Fifty other cities will equally benefit
from rehabilitation, strengthening and exten-
sion drinking water supply systems. Camwa-
ter intends to increase the rate of the national
coverage from the currently 35% to over 60%
in 2015. To achieve this goal, more than 200
billion CFA francs have already been mobili-
zed as equity of the company as well as by in-
ternational donors through among others the
Draft urban sector Development and Water
supply (Pdue). under the Pdue, a program to
build 70,000 social connections and approxi-
mately 1200 fire hydrants is underway since
2009.
Real efforts are being made by governments
to solve the problem of managing solid and
liquid waste under the resolutions of the 2nd
African Conference on sanitation and hy-
giene (Africasan 5) held from 16 to February
28 in Durban, south Africa, and recommen-
ded to make sanitation a priority policy.
in 2007, the budget allocated to the health sector in the
budget represented 4.7% of the GDP to the tune of over
CFA 105 billions. health costs represent between 4.1 and
4.6% of the GDP. information from the Ministry of
Public health states that the average health cost per
inhabitant stands at 33euro per year.
since 2005, in Cameroon, the World bank has been
intervening in the fight against the three major pandemics,
notably, Aids, tuberculosis and malaria. The extended
Vaccination Programme (eVP) was set up within the
framework of the Millennium Development Goals
(MDG) in order to attain vaccination coverage of at least
80% by 2013.
On the organizational plan, the Cameroon health system
is made up of reference hospitals inYaoundé and Douala
and eight regional hospitals. This health system is
rationally represented with basic health centres, district
hospitals, central and general hospitals.The private sector
is mainly made up of profit making clinics or non profit
making, charity or confessional health institutions.
On the whole, Cameroon is sub-divided into 174 district
health centres, made up of 239 district hospitals (150
from the public sector and 89 from the private sector).
Moreover, 2129 integrated health centres in charge to
provide basic medical care, basic sanitary education and
health care to pregnant women and to children are added
to enrich the health network. With regards to the health
of the mother and child, the Chinese cooperation is very
active at this level with the construction of the Yaoundé
Gyneaco- obstetrics and paediatric hospital and the
ongoing construction of a similar hospital in Douala. in
addition, the Chinese medical equipments specialized in
ophthalmology are very present in the Guider hospitals in
the North and in Mbalmayo in the Centre region. in the
profit making private sector, there are 63 clinics on the
entire territory with a total reception capacity of 2152.
Meanwhile, it should be noted that much still has to be
done to improve health coverage on the entire national
territory. Certain regions as the North and the Far North
only have 17% coverage in terms of health centres.
in 2005, the medical workforce in the public sector stood
at 9750 permanent staff and 4500 contract agents. The
private medical workforce represents about 40% of the
public workforce. 2966 medical doctors are practicing in
Cameroon (both public and private) the ratio being one
medical doctor per 5673 inhabitants, whereas theWhO
prescribed ratio is 1/ 10.000. There are about 8492
nurses, the ratio being one nurse per 1981 inhabitants,
whereas theWhO prescribed ratio is 1/ 5000.
Generally, the medical coverage is done through health
insurance services. Most of the companies of the formal
sector provide private insurance proposals to their salary
workers which are negotiated and contracted on individual
basis.
To conclude, it is noteworthy to highlight that the global
pharmaceutical products market in Cameroon is situated
between CFA 80 and 100 billions, which means that more
than half is done in the informal sector. France is the first
supplier of this market (70 %°) followed by india (17%).
HEALTHCARE IN
CAMEROON:
a major priority
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Within the framework of the
2008 financial year, a cumulated
deposit of 245, 6 billion FCFA
had been allocated to the Ministry of Public
Works for investments on road infrastructure
in Cameroon. The major projects underway
include the construction, the renovation and
the maintenance of road networks. With
regards to the 2010 financial year, priority is
given to the maintenance, extension and
protection of the road network.
The road network which is more than
50,000km with about 5000 km of tarred
road is generally in a bad state. Meanwhile,
major projects were launched while others
have been completed, notably; the renovation
of the Garoua-Figuil road, the Muea-Kumba
major highway, the strengthening of the
Ngaoundere-Garoua and the loum bridge
on the Nkam, the tarring of the ebolowa-
Ambam-Kyeossi, the bamenda-Wum road,
the Melong–Dschang road, the Yaounde–
soa road or Ngaoundere-Touboro (Came-
roon) – Moundou (Chad) Major roads.
Other projects are underway, notably, the
construction of theYaounde – Olama road,
the tarring of the Kumba-bachuo Akagbe
section under the bamenda-Mamfe-ekok
ring road project, the Obala-Nkolessong via
batchenga and the Mva’a – Konabeng roads.
With regard to the development of the road
infrastructure in the urban area, work in the
city of Yaounde include the construction of
a motorway at theYaounde Nord in-let, the
tarred canal on the downstream part of the
Mfoundi river, the construction of a roun-
dabout at the Mfoundi Divisional office, the
extension works on the Olézoa-Mess des Of-
ficiers roundabout section executed by the
China Road and bridge Corporation and the
construction of the Multipurpose sports
Complex.
illustrative works in the city of Douala in-
clude the launching of the second phase of
the extension works at the east andWest en-
trances into the city, the completion of re-
novation works at the independence square
and the opening up of the port zone, the re-
pairing of the bP Cité- Ndokotti and the
leclerc square – Deux églises roundabout
sections and the renovation of the former
bonaberi road. Moreover, the China Road
and bridge Corporation has realised many
works in the city such as the Gallieni road,
the PK10-PK14, Ndokotti Nyalla or the
CCC roundabout-shell village junction
sections on the Douala – Yaoundé high-
way.
With regards to other towns, there is the
construction of the bamenda ring road
and the renovation of the major roads in
bafoussam and Nkongsamba. since 2000,
some 1200km of new roads have been tar-
red.The objective of government authori-
ties is to tar 10 000km of the national
road network by 2015.
however, the heavy works sector has not
been neglected as many works have been
realised.This is the case, among others, of
the construction of the Makabaye bridge
(2002 – 2004), the construction of the
Ngoazik bridge (2003- 2005), the reno-
vation of theWouri bridge, the renovation
of bridges on the sanaga at ebebda and
the Noun at Foumbot, or the construction
of bridges on the Mungo and on the
Nkam river atYabassi.
Road Infrastructures
Numerous and Diverse
Investments
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Construction works on the Yaounde road

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Construction works on the Yaounde road

his excerpt from the speech of the
head of state to the Nation, Decem-
ber 31, 2005, reflects adequately the
immense wealth of the soil and subsoil of Ca-
meroon, and the political will and government
commitment to highlight the rich mineral po-
tential with the support of foreign partners.
Going back in history, 2001 marks the tur-
ning point of the same exploration and mi-
ning in our country.The new mining code has
increased the interest of investors for Came-
roon. More than 80 licenses, with very little
use, have been granted to various national and
international operators in the sector.Work on
the ground since colonial times until today re-
veal the existence of thirty kinds of minerals.
invaluable to searched.
seen in this light, Cameroon is promoted to
a bright future with great world-class mineral
deposits, including bauxite Minim Martap,
Ngaoundal, Tongo Fongo and Fokamme-
zoung Fokou, nickel, cobalt and manganese
lomié, the diamond and Mobilong limo-
koali or the iron ore at Mballam, as well as the
breasts of Kribi. A non-exhaustive list of
added reserves importances useful substances
such as limestone, sand, syenite, pozzolan, clay
... The government is, thus, through the non-
oil sector, a valuable tool for development and
the fight against poverty.
To these positive outlook that suggests a real
spring mining is grafted as a cherry on the
cake, several other key benefits: a location on
the edge of the Gulf of Guinea has become a
strategic issue, a country of contrasts, diversity
and above stable over the last thirty years,
human potential and logistics, especially its
openness to the sea which naturally streng-
thens the role of locomotive for the economy
of the Central African subregion, with the
added possibility of opening more to the huge
market offered by the neighboring Nigeria.
This potential is also its position as the
second pool of hydropower in the region, a
significant advantage in the process of indus-
trialization and economic development.
The industry, an important
argument
in the constant effort to streamline its indus-
trial takeoff, the Cameroonian government
also wants to develop the industrial sector
through three main divisions: agribusiness
with food product processing including the
establishment of the Program of economic
Conversion plantain sector (PRebAP) the
revitalization of farming sectors called cash
crops (cocoa, coffee, cotton ...), the timber
industry through the professionalization of
its transformation. This latter pole may ex-
pand with the recent establishment of edea
Technopole services Corporation, which is
a unit of production semi-finished wood-
based, with the added bonus of creating an
iTu's timber industry.
These three poles are associated with indus-
trial structural projects like Yard oil limbe,
recovery and processing of scrap, primary
processing of minerals, chemicals and petro-
chemicals (including fertilizer and cement)
and capacity expansion of aluminum
production. The set is accompanied by
ambitious infrastructure projects as ports,
railways, highways and especially a strong
desire to increase its potential energy, with
plans to build dams in the making: lom Pan-
gar Menvele, Nachtigal, Colomina the Kribi
gas project, among others. This shows how
the industrial sector in Cameroon is highly
committed to a restructuring process with its
partners, especially when the ePA is finali-
zing with the european union.
ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF UPGRADING
Our mineral resources, our geographical position are assets to develop an ambitious industrial policy in
the fields of aluminum, chemicals and shipbuilding. We have the means with Alucam sonara and the
limbe shipyard. The projects under discussion or being implemented allow for some optimism. And
this could only be a beginning, if we think of the possibilities of exploitation of our deposits of bauxite,
iron, limestone, Gas or Cobalt.
Installation of the Cameroon brewery
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A partiel view of the Douala seaport

Nuts for the production of palm oil
The Edea-based aluminium factory

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POWER SUPPLY: TOWARDS AN END OF
INCONVINIENCES
Ranked by experts as the second sub-saharan African coun-
try after the Democratic Republic of Congo with a gigantic
power supply, Cameroon has paradoxically witnessed power
supply deficit problems in recent years.This situation would
soon be under control when we take into consideration the
numerous projects underway.

ENERGY POWER SUPPLY PROJECTS
The Lom Pangar Project
Project title : Construction of a hydroelectric dam with a reservoir
capacity of 7 billion m3 at lom Pangar.
Overall objective : : increase energy supply so as to satisfy electricity
at low cost to the population, increase competiveness in enterprises
to support the economic development of the country.
Operational objective : Augment the regulation capacity of River sa-
naga. (its operational objective is to regulate the flow of sanaga to
1040 m3/sec and to increase the producible energy of existing ther-
mal plants or those to be constructed.
The lom Pangar project is located in the lom and Djerem Division
of the east Région on the sanaga River at the lom and Pangar tri-
butary.
The project is evaluated at between CFA 90 and 100 billions francs.
Financing of the project is sustained by the state of Cameroon, the
French Development Agency (AFD), the Development bank of Cen-
tral African states (bDeAC), the African Development bank,
bADeA, the Koweiti Fund, biD, bei, and the saudi Fund.
The Memve’élé Project
The building of a hydroelectric dam on the Ntem River at Memve’élé
falls. The dam will supply 201 MW between 18 and 22 hours, the-
reby avoiding the putting into service of thermal plants currently put
in use (180 billion FCFA). it goes operational in 2013 and the cost
of construction is estimated at 142.3 billion FCFA.
The Kribi Gas Plant Project
The short term construction of a gas plant in Kribi with a power sup-
ply of 150 MW with a transportation line of 225 KV was a necessity
vital for the resorption of the huge energy deficit experienced in 2008.
having witnessed some delay, Aes sONel urgently built under 12
months an oil fired power plant atYassa Dibamba costing 52 billion
with an energy evacuation post and high tension line to carry energy
on the south interconnected network. The project of KPDC has
constituted the first phase of the Kribi Gas Plant.
The Nachtigal hydroelectric dam
The hydroelectric dam of 230-250 MW at Nachtigal near Ntui is a
project whose putting into service is envisaged for 2012. The total
cost of the project including transportation lines for evacuation is
evaluated at FCFA 250 billion. is financing is envisaged by AluCAM
in partnership with the state of Cameroon. it will contribute in in-
creasing the production of aluminium by Alucam.
The Dimbamba oil-fired power station
inaugurated in January 2010 atYassa in the outskirts of Douala, the
plant constitutes the first phase of the Kribi Gas Plant.The generators
will later be converted to use natural gas, then integrated into the as-
sets of the Kribi Gas Project.
Other hydroelectric Power Projects
The construction of a hydroelectric power stations at song Mbengue
(900)MW) song Dong (280MW), Kikot (450 MW) on the sanaga
River, and the Njock on the Nyong River aim at positioning Came-
roon as a potential supplier of energy in the future regional inter-
connection of inga-lagos.
The hydroelectric plant construction at Warak on the Bini River
The building of 75 MW hydroelectric power plant atWarak on River
bini. its putting into service is slated for 2011.Cost of project inclu-
ding transportation lines is evaluated at FCFA 85 billion.
Apart from complementing energy is the north interconnection lines,
this plant will equally serve as a source in the project for the inter-
connection of Cameroon-Chad. Cameroon and Chad recently signed
a framework accord for the supply of electricity.
The Colomines Mini Plant
The dam of Gbazounbé (12MW) on the Kadey is a solution to the
energy problems of the east region (2, 25 billion francs).The project
wil also enanble the transborder energy needs of the Republic of Cen-
tral Africa.
The Chollet dam (400 to 500 MW) over the Dja on the Cameroon-
Congo border, proposed by Congo within the framework of the Cen-
tral Africa energy Pool (PeAC) will be a good example of regional
integration.
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it has been long that the President of the Republic, h.e Paul biya personally addressed
the issue relating to the “chronic power supply deficit” faced by Cameroon. A few
statistics can attest this fact. in 2008, only 46% of Cameroonians had access to
electricity. Meanwhile, according to certain estimates, the power deficit accounts for
almost 2% loss earnings in terms of the GDP.Yet, studies carried out since 2001 revealed
that demands in power supply by large scale industries in Cameroon have experienced an
8% annual average growth rate.
The deterioration in the quality of power supply and the limited results of the company
in charge of the production, transportation and distribution of power
supply in a purely economic recession context compelled Cameroonian authorities to
liberalise the power sector in 1998. An agreement was signed between the government
of Cameroon and the Applied energy system Corporation (Aes-Corps) which gave
birth to a new company - Aes-sONel - in charge of the production, transportation
and distribution of electricity in Cameroon. Cameroon has equally seen the putting in
place of other structures each with a specific mission.This is the case with the electricity
sector Regulatory Agency (ARsel), the Rural electricity Agency (AeR) and the
electricity Development Corporation (eDC) whose main mission is to promote
investment and to stabilize power supply.
Presently, the maximum production capacity stands at 974 megawatts. This capacity is
insufficient if we envisage a 3000 megawatts capacity by 2010. This justifies the short
term construction projects including the lom Pangar dam, the Yassa power station (al-
ready operational) and the Kribi gas station which foundation stone was
recently laid. Medium term projects include the construction of the Memvé ele dam,
the Nachtigal, song Mbengue,Warak, Colomines and Ndockayo power stations.
With the sum of 44 billions 614 millions FCFA allocated in the 2010
financial year budget and thanks to the support from donors, the Ministry of Water and
energy Resources is resolutely ready to address the current electricity deficit in
Cameroon.
The installation of the Chad-Cameroon pipeline

From North to south, east to West,
Mother Nature has grossly blessed
Cameroon endowing her with natural
and subsoil resources. And as aptly
described by geologists, her rich and
diversified unexploited minerals enable her
to be described as a hen lying on golden
eggs.
Available statistics point to the fact that the
country abounds in subsoil resources. For
instance, she is reportedly one 0f the world’s
leading cobalt deposits. Cobalt and nickel
are found in Nkamouna, in lornie east
Region.
exploitation however seems to have been
retarded following weak commodity, capital
and credit markets. Reports from the
exploitation company, Geovic Cameroon
PlC, say over six tons of physically up
graded concentrates obtained from 38 tons
of ore from Nkamouna had been shipped
to the united states of America.
Also, there exist 750 million tons of bauxite
deposits in Ngaoundal and Minim-Martap,
as well as 736 million carats of diamond
deposits in the south-eastern Mobilong
region. At Moungmamel, a locality situated
some 60 kilometres from Kribi towards
Campo, rich iron ore deposits are being
exploited by a Chinese Firm, siNOsTeel
under its programme, “China NCeii iron
Ore exploration Management Project”.
late last year, the company’s President
General Manager, TiANWeN huANG
visited the project site to appraise work on
the ground. iron ore deposits are equally
found in Mbalam and the project of
exploitation codenamed “Mbalan iron ore
project” manned by the Cameroon iron
Company (Cam iron sA) is on hand.
According to well informed sources of the
company, feasibility studies for the project
are ready and the environmental and social
assessment studies carried out present the
Management’s strategies that will enhance
social, environmental and economic
windfalls for all stakeholders while
negotiating potential impacts associated
with mining, transport and port activities.
Cameroon is immensely blessed in natural
resources! To the Minister of industries,
Mines and Technological Development,
badel Ndanga Ndinga, Cameroon is blessed
with both solid, gas and liquid minerals. As
of December 2009, Minister Ndinga
upholds that government bas issued 87
licences to companies operating in the
domain of solid minerals like coba1t
diamond, uranium, etc.
so far, only 40 per cent of the national
territory is explored and efforts are underway
to carryout an inventory of the remaining 60
per cent.
in the hydrocarbons sector, Cameroon has
huge reserves in the gas and petroleum
sectors. Although a drop in exploitation has
been witnessed of late, government is
encouraging research in these sectors to
enable new discoveries along the coastlines
of the country so as to boost production.
like a virgin, she is open to investors who
will want to win her love.
Cameroon’s mining potentials:
A Hen on “golden eggs”
Iron ore deposits
are equally
found in Mbalam
and the project
of
exploitation co-
denamed “Mba-
lan iron ore
project” manned
by the Cameroon
Iron Company
(Cam Iron SA) is
on hand.
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Cameroon’s sub-soil is rich in minerals

To enable the private sector to play its
full role, the state of Cameroon has
adopted a policy of privatization of
public enterprises. it has withdrawn market
sectors and will leave the full managerial dis-
cretion to the private sector. Thus, several
companies were privatized. some are still
waiting for buyers, according to the various
chosen modes of privatisation .
To support this policy of free enterprise, en-
trusted to facilitate, assist and supervise the
private investment in Cameroon have been
established.These include: the National Of-
fice for industrial Free Zones (ONZFi), the
industrial Zones Development and Manage-
ment Authority (MAGZi), National in-
vestment Company (sNi), the Chamber of
Commerce, industry, Mines and Crafts
(CCiMA), etc.
The government undertook the simplifica-
tion of procedures and a policy based on in-
centives and facilitations (the establishment
of an attractive and competitive code of in-
vestment).These have allowed Cameroon to
attract more investors.This policy is suppor-
ted by an ambitious set of actions. At every
level there are structures for ongoing consul-
tation between investors and the state (CieP
...) favourable tax provisions are also provided
to encourage investors. it refers mainly to the
general application and not all discrimina-
tory customs procedures incentives: the cus-
toms promotion of mining activities (the
Petroleum Code, the Gas Code, the Mining
A FERTILE GROUND FOR
INVESTORS
in order to sustain a double digit growth
and boost the country's development, a
set of incentives for investment has been
established by the Government.
These have allo-
wed Cameroon
to attract more
investors. This
policy is suppor-
ted by an ambi-
tious set of
actions. At every
level there are
structures for
ongoing consul-
tation between
investors and
the State (CIEP
...) favourable
tax provisions
are also provi-
ded to encou-
rage investors.
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Cocoa bean

Code) and the investment charter. Another
advantage, and not the least, Cameroon has
vast untapped resources, a labor-intensive,
dynamic and well educated, etc..
A governance problem
however, liberalism is committed where
the Cameroon gives all its importance and
its chances for private initiative, despite the
ups and downs of the economic crisis of
the 80s and, more recently, the internatio-
nal financial crisis. Prospects for investment
are good and the government is firmly
committed to operationalizing the strategic
national industrial area. The state inter-
venes in her triple role of strategist, facili-
tator and regulator of economic space. it
is for this reason that Cameroon has inves-
ted in infrastructure (highways, telecom-
munications, ports, airports, dams ...), all
this in order to promote a national policy
of industrial integration.
Meanwhile, Yaounde is also developing a
constructive and regular dialogue with the
private sector. Private operators are involved
in the drafting of texts related to taxes and
standards. in the same vein , the govern-
ment has established a One-stop of exter-
nal Trade Operation (GuCe), with the
possibility of "creating a company in a few
hours." Other measures, such as AsY-
CuDA, are also taken to simplify and
speed up procedures. These initiatives, to-
gether with the fight against corruption,
contribute to the improvement of gover-
nance. All these facts can say without flin-
ching that Cameroon is a country in which
to invest.
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Aluminium production to the Edea-based
aluminium factory
Chaîne d’embouteillage d’eau minérale
i

tAReAs OF COMPeTeNCe
because of its many missions, the National investment
Corporation is a key player in the Cameroonian economic
environment as indicated below.
sNi:
Public owned company with the state as sole sharehol-
ders.
Although this is a company with state Owned capital,
which helps to implement the economic, industrial and
social strategies and policies of the Cameroonian govern-
ment, it functions along the lines of a limited liability
company.
sNi:
Venture Capital Corporation
it is a venture capital company that acquires equity in new
or already existing companies that have good commercial
and financial prospects.
THE NATIONAL INVESTMENT
CORPORATION: AT THE SERVICE
OF POTENTIAL INVESTORS
Created on the heels of independence in 1964, the
National investment Corporation (sNi) is a state-
owned institution, with government as the lone sha-
reholder. its primary objective is to actively promote
productive investment with high growth potential and
profitability in all economic sectors both at national
and international level. sNi specialises in venture ca-
pital and provides strategic counselling to the state
and assists private investors in designing productive
investment.
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The building housing the National Investment
Fund – Yaounde

sNi:
Promoter of Productive Projects
initiates projects, carries out studies, sets them up
in joint ventures with previously identified techni-
cal, financial or commercial partners, whether na-
tional or international.
sNi:
Financing body
Provides support to projects that are economically
and financially viable through granting loans and,
or advances to shareholders’ current account.
sNi:
support to the private sector
it is a facilitator that receives and accompanies in-
vestors as well as technical and financial partners
who so request in the implementation of their pro-
jects, and much more.
With a multidisciplinary management staff made
up of economists, financial analysts, accountants,
business law experts, engineers etc, the National
investment Corporation has over the years built up
a network of partners made up mostly of big in-
ternational firms to help it carry out its missions.
DReAM OF iNDusTRiAl sCAle FAR-
MiNG AND iNWANT OF ARAble lAND ?
There is great investment opportunity in Came-
roon with the National investment Corporation
providing an ideal solution to your head-ache.
6.000 hectares of arable land developed and ready
for use at Ntui, some 100 km from Yaounde, ca-
pital of Cameroon and batschenga 60 km from
Yaounde, both pieces of land are good for large
scale farming, stockbreeding etc.
Cocoa pot

it was exactly 8:15a.m on Thursday 25th
March 2010, and already the numerous
newspapers sale points inYaoundé, the ca-
pital city of Cameroon, had been supplied
with newspapers by Messapresse, the national
distributor. in front of the kiosk installed near
the CityTown hall, one could see a crowd of
people that thronged to peruse over the
headlines of newspapers. saliou, a desolate
newspaper kiosk owner, could be heard
exclaiming: “some of these people are just
here to read the headlines of newspaper for
lack of money to acquire one”
Most of headlines today centre on current
issues: with the official visit of Mr. Jia Qinglin
to Cameroon, an astonished reader was heard
exclaiming: “What makes Chinese to be in
such a good shape”? Comments are made on
the age of the Chinese quest. An exclamation
from the crowd; he is 70 years old, but his
sweet face looks 10 years younger.This is seen
on the front page pictures of the “Dikalo”
weekly newspaper, or the private daily “le
Jour” or better still of the national bilingual
daily “CameroonTribune” where Jia Qinglin,
Chairman of the China senate and Paul biya,
President of the Republic of Cameroon are
warmly shaking hands. Customers are
embarrassed on what to choose in the midst
of a well-off and diversified newspapers, radio
and television sectors. beside the national
media structures, there is also the strong
presence of solid foreign channels in
Cameroon (RFi, bbC). With this foreign
competitiveness, locally based channels have
much to do in order to meet up with the
challenges.
The media sector in Cameroon was revamped
20 years ago with the emergence of pluralism.
This was thanks to law N° 90/052 of 19
December 1990, on the freedom of social
communication. This law clearly states that,
press freedom is guaranteed by the
Constitution. The implementation decree
n° 2000/158 of 3rd April 2000, to set the
conditions and modalities for the creation and
exploitation of private audiovisual
Communication enterprises was set up to
implement the 1990 law. The two main
private national television channels (Canal 2
international and spectrum TV) have been
able to conform to the law by obtaining their
licenses in 2007, as well as the private
commercial radio, sWeeT FM and
cable-distribution company,TV+.
it should be noted that, in the audiovisuel sec-
tor, the NationalTelevision CRTV which ce-
lebrated it 25 years of existence this year, now
shares the audiovisuel media landscape with
other private televisions stations.Talking to
Cameroon tribune,Thierry Ngongang, direc-
tor of the news and sports department of
sTV (spectrum Television) declared that
“Cameroon has one of the most dynamic au-
diovisual landscapes in Africa”.The multipli-
city of radio channels is done a sustained
rhythm. Cameroon today counts at over 500
newspaper titles, among which are five dailies,
a hundred of radio channels and a dozen of
televisions operating mostly under the regime
MEDIA: OPTIMUM MEDIA OFFER IN CAMEROON
The liberalization of the social communication sector paved the way for the outburst of the media
landscape which his today sufferering from its prospects and predicaments.
beside the natio-
nal media struc-
tures, there is also
the strong
presence of solid
foreign channels in
Cameroon (RFi,
bbC)
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of administrative tolerance. With the
advent of the internet about 15 years ago,
the cybernetic press has also witnessed a
certain expansion and today over 20
online news agencies can be counted in
Cameroon.
Information deficit
Meanwhile in Cameroon, there are five
trade unions of media practitioners and
over 30 media organizations for the
defence of press freedom. The collective
convention for Cameroonian journalists
was incepted on 12th November 2008.
The practising conditions of the profes-
sion of journalism in Cameroon (salary
scale, social security, etc) would help to
provide a better quality, useful and
constructive press for citizens and the
society.
in fact, the media rating has generally
witnessed a downward trend in Cameroon
for some years now.Top newspapers that
had a printing capacity of 12.000 copies
per edition around the early 90s have
today seen their printing capacity
reduced to 4000 copies. What is the
cause of this problem? “in reading
certain daily newspapers, one is largely
tempted to throw doubt on the moral
background of those involved.The entire
society is a victim, as it is difficult for her
to differentiate between the good and bad
seed from a polymorph press” as analysed
by emmanuel Mbédé, journalist, PhD in
The Head Office of the Cameroon Radio
television station in Yaounde

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