Combating fraudulent cocoa bean exports in Cameroon

• Posted on 2024-09-25
• Exportation CACAO

The Director General of Customs (DGD), Mr. Fongod Edwin Nuvaga, signed a memo on Wednesday 11 September 2024 reminding the public about the procedures for exporting cocoa beans by land and waterways in Cameroon.

Despite the surveillance system put in place by the local authorities, statistics from the National Cocoa and Coffee Board (ONCC) show that Cameroon fraudulently exported 70,000 tonnes of cocoa beans to Nigeria, representing 26.2% of national production estimated at 266,725 tonnes... Read more

CWEIC: Indian trade mission draws to a close

• Posted on 2024-09-25

Having spent almost a week in Cameroon, the main objective of this visit by businessmen from the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) was to acquaint themselves with Cameroon's business and trade environment, as well as to create niches for collaboration between public-private sector institutions in priority sectors within the framework of Cameroon's National Development Strategy (NDS30).

At the end of this trip to Cameroon, the CII officials seized the opportunity... Read more

Port of Kribi: Arrival of first gantry crane shipment heralds a new era of competitiveness and modernity

• Posted on 2024-09-25
• IMPORTATION

On 12 September 2024, the ZHEN HUA vessel from Shanghai, China, docked at the Port of Kribi with a large shipment of five gantry cranes for the new quay under phase 2 of the port's development master plan.

This is a historic moment for the Port of Kribi, which will now have five quayside gantry cranes, each capable of handling up to 65 tonnes, as well as two yard gantry cranes capable of handling 41 tonnes.

These handling machines will make ship loading and unloading operations... Read more

AfCFTA: Reinforcing the cassava production capacities of women in Mbangassina

• Posted on 2024-09-24
• ZLECAF

The second phase of the capacity-building programme for women of the cassava sector under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is underway in Mbangassina, a village in the Centre Region of Cameroon.

This programme was launched by the Cameroon National Shippers' Council (CNSC), a technical partner of the Ministry of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Social Economy and Handicrafts (MINPMEESA). The CNSC kicked off the programme's second phase on 23 September, with... Read more