West and Central Africa Customs: The Seven Pillars of the 2019-2021 Triennial Strategic Plan

• Posted on 2018-12-26

Trade facilitation, the harmonisation of customs procedures and the dematerialisation of customs procedures are among the priority areas to be implemented over the next three years.

The World Customs Organisation's strategic plan (2016-2019) will end in June 2019. For some time now, consultation work has been initiated to craft a roadmap for the new 2019-2022 triennial strategic plan.

On 29 and 30 October, Yaounde hosted a workshop to craft a plan for the West and Central... Read more

Cameroon : A cocoa processing plant in the offing

• Posted on 2018-10-11

On 17 September 2018, an additional funding agreement was signed in Douala between the Central African Development Bank (BDEAC), the Bgfi Bank, and the Atlantic Cocoa company, an Ivorian group. The 7.24-billion FCFA agreement relates to the construction and operationalisation of a cocoa bean processing plant in Kribi, Cameroon. "This is an important project for Cameroon, the CEMAC sub-region and BDEAC," Fortunato Ofa Mbo Nchama, President of BDEAC said after signing the contract.

The... Read more

Textile development: A technical management centre in the making

• Posted on 2018-09-10

Agreements and other framework agreements are regularly signed between the Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development (MINMDT) and industry managers. "This is a necessary step in the implementation of the industrialisation master plan that continues to make important strides in its operationalisation," Minister Ernest Gbwaboubou said in Yaounde. The minister was speaking on 27 August 2018 during the signing of a new framework partnership agreement... Read more

Cooperation : Agreement on Bamboo and Rattan

• Posted on 2018-09-10

The International Organisation for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) now has its sub-regional office in Yaounde, Cameroon. This is the substance of the headquarters agreement signed on 2 September 2018 in Beijing between INBAR and Cameroon. The Cameroon Minister of External Relations, Lejeune Mbella Mbella and Dr. Hans Friederich, INBAR Director General, representing his organisation, signed the agreement at the Cameroon Embassy in China.

As a reminder, in March 2018, the President of the Republic... Read more