Cameroon striker Léandre Tawamba is part of the Saudi Pro League team for the 2018-2019 season. The striker had a brilliant season with Al-Taawon of Saudi Arabia that saw them clinched the Saudi King’s Cup after many years. This season, Tawamba has scored 20 goals and provided six assists in 27 games in the shirts…
A four-month old baby was on on Monday night killed in Muyuka, Fako Division of the South West region of Cameroon, sources have said. The family of the child has accused Cameroon soldiers of shooting the child on the head at point blank range. According to the child’s mother, the soldiers forced into her house…
Information technologies are changing the lives of many Cameroonian farmers who previously were dependent on brokers who charged fees to serve as middlemen to purchasers. Now they can use the Internet to find customers more easily and increase their income. Farmer Loic Domguia sells almost all of his produce online and through phone apps. He’s…
A delegation from the Kenyan military is sharing experience on how the Cameroon military engineering corps has taken over road construction projects in Boko Haram terrorism prone areas to use the example and develop areas of its territory threatened by Al-Shabab which they say is still a threat. The Kenyan delegation has been in Cameroon for…
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has recently issued a report on the potential impact of a no-deal Brexit on the UK’s trading partners, including developing nations. Implication Research found that in the event of a no-deal Brexit, meaning if the UK did not reach an agreement with the European Union, Cameroonian…
Cameroon’s power utility Eneo wants to make up for delay in VAT suppression on electricity bills. 80% of its 1.2 million customers should have seen their electricity bills fall since January 2019 as provided for in the 2019 Finance Act. Monthly consumption between 0 and 220 KW will now be Value Added Tax-free (VAT= 19.25%)….
EU imports from Cameroon have been extremely volatile in recent times, with the overall trend downward. However, there was a slight uptick in imports from Cameroon at the start of 2019,” according to the ITTO Tropical Timber Market (TTM) Report issued May 15. In fact, there is a growing demand for Cameroonian wood in China and…
DSX-listed Société des eaux minérales du Cameroun (Semc), subsidiary of brewer SABC, will not be shut down. This is the outcome of a shareholders’ meeting held on May 15 in Douala. “In accordance with the provisions of Article 664 of the Uniform Act on the Law of Commercial Companies and the economic initiative grouping, the…
The Ecobank Group has just published its financial report which provides data on Africa’s place in global financial flows during 2018. The document shows intra-African remittances represent 20% ($12.8 billion or XAF7,491.9 billion) of global financial flows during the period under review. With $2.15 billion (XAF1,258.4 billion), Cameroon was the first African country in terms of…
Manchester United submit bid to sign Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana as David De Gea’s replacement Manchester United have submitted a bid to sign Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana, according to reports. United have been in talks with David De Gea over a new contract but as of yet, no new deal has been agreed. De Gea…
