To improve the business climate and its ranking in the next Doing Business report, Gabon recently announced the promulgation of a law on the simplification of the creation of Limited Liability Companies (Sarl) in the Gabonese Republic. This constitutes an incentive for the creation of commercial enterprises capable of generating wealth, jobs and a more...
During a press conference on Sunday morning, the Association of Young Economic operators presented a plan to support businesses after the covid-19 crisis. The joint covid-19 crisis intervention and management plan takes into account several potential risks to which companies are exposed. More than 60,000 businesses have been closed since the onset of the disease,...
In the Open Budget Survey 2019 established by the International Budget Partnership, Chad scores 0 out of 100 compared to public participation in the budget process. Transparency alone is not enough to improve governance in Chad. With inclusive public participation, the results may be better than they are today. The Open Budget Survey assessed, in...
The Minister of Finance and Budget of the Central African Republic has praised efforts made in digitizing the civil service despite the low penetration of internet in the country. Henrie-Marie Donda believes that with the digital economy, the CAR can better raise revenue needed for development projects. On the origins of Patapaye, a Government oriented...
It was at the end of the CCA Bank’s board of directors held on April 28 that the news came. André Alexis Megudjou is the new managing director of the banking establishment; he replaces Charlotte Chekep Kouecheu, who has reached the end of his term, in this position. Before this appointment, the man held the...
“Délices” is a startup specialized in the transformation of dates. It is the initiative of a group of young women whose ambition is to enhance and promote local dates all over the world. The idea is to publicize the Chadian palm groves and promote the dates produced in the Chadian oasis system through products processed...
Gabon, like other countries on the continent, calls for the cancellation of the debt of African countries without distinction of category. The announcement was officially made by Prime Minister Julien Nkoghe Bekale . Gabon is in favor of the total elimination of the debt of the countries of the continent without distinction of category, as...
In Meyo Kye and Eboro, two localities bordering Cameroon, a food product transfer dock and a standing cattle processing area will be built. The construction work, which is expected to last one month, is the initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture as part of a project to guarantee food and health security in the country....
Strengthening of health systems, response to factors of vulnerability, strengthening of resource mobilization, promotion of the private sector are, among others, the points on which the African Consultative Group calls for rapid and effective intervention Bretton Woods institutions The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank now know what African countries would need from...
The Minister of Public Health, Professor Mahamoud Youssouf Khayal, made a press conference this Sunday to give more details on the government’s efforts in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. The budget for the disease contingency plan has been revised upwards, thanks to the support of partners. Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic, the...
Malfunctions observed in the operation of this system raise fears of a fall in customs revenue due to the unsuitability of the new system based on Korean technology UNIPASS. Will Cameroonian authorities have the courage or the necessary foresight to question the new customs system which has been operational since April 6, 2020 at the...
The Chadian Head of State, Idriss Deby Itno, has instituted by decree a State of Health Emergency of 21 days over the whole of the national territory, from this April 25, 2020. The decree was read on the airwaves of national radio by Minister of Communication, Government Spokesperson, Oumar Yaya Hissein. The declaration of a...
Finance and Budget Minister Hamid Tahir Nguilin hosted a press conference this Saturday. He clarified the message to the nation from the President of the Republic, Idriss Deby Itno, and gave an update on the economic and financial situation in Chad. Since its appearance, the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted world trade and created a psychosis...
The terms of the moratorium on maturities of corporate bank loans were detailed by the Ministry of Economy and Finance on April 22. Aimed at companies of all sizes, this measure consists in “suspending the reimbursement of loans contracted by the company with a banking establishment over a given period” In announcing the effectiveness of...
Contrary to rumors circulating recently on social networks, the Transgabonais Operating Company (SETRAG) specifies that if it has stopped the transport of passengers in accordance with the measures decreed by the government, it continues to ensure the transport of freight in this period of health crisis, in particular to allow populations to be supplied with...
The Cameroon Subcontracting and Partnership Exchange (BSTP-CMR) wants to allay the concerns of SMEs / SMIs. In a letter sent to heads of these enterprises, the Director, Evariste Yameni, describes the situation caused by the Coronavirus as an accident which comes up when these companies and industries were, resolutely engaged in the implementation of their...
The Minister of Economy and Development Planning, Issa Doubragne has exchanged with some representatives of the agencies of the United Nations system in Chad as well as heads of banking institutions. Discussions focused on the contribution of technical and financial partners to strengthen the fight against Covid-19. Following the call of the Head of State,...
State agents will be paid this April before the end of this month. This is in compliance with the measures adopted as part of the fight against the spread of Covid-19 obliges, from April 21 they will go to the cashier. Defense and security forces will open the floor. A few days before April 25,...
