The CEMAC zone (Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa) is expected to experience a slowdown in growth to 2.4% in 2025, compared to 2024. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) published these macroeconomic forecasts during its last annual ordinary session held on December 15 in Yaoundé, Cameroon,...

On December 13, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) approved a new program of projects totaling approximately US$1.365 billion (over 726 billion FCFA) for 12 member countries, including Cameroon. This took place during its 363rd session The 14 operations supporting development projects cover renewable energy and cross-border electricity interconnections, major transport...

The flat-rate housing tax (TFH), which will come into effect on January 2, 2026, continues to fuel debate among households and on Gabonese television. Invited on December 14 to Gabon 24, Steeve Saurel Legnongo, CEO of the Gabonese Water and Energy Company (SEEG), reassured the public and explained the details of this new tax, whose...

The 15th C2D Breakfast highlighted the financial and institutional effects produced since 2022 by component 2 of the Transfagri program. With 4 billion FCFA mobilized, 22 microfinance institutions involved, and several innovative mechanisms being tested, the State and its partners are progressively structuring the operationalization of the National Inclusive Finance Strategy (SNFI). The preparation of...

The 2023 EITI data shows a contribution of 1,237 billion FCFA from extractive industries to the national budget, dominated by oil revenues.The recently published 2023 EITI Report indicates that over 1,232.6 billion FCFA was transferred to the public treasury, corresponding to taxes, royalties, and financial obligations paid by extractive companies. This amount represents a 12.96%...

The National Economic and Financial Committee of Congo (CNEF), an internal body of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC), held its final annual session on December 8 in Brazzaville to review the economic situation within the community. Regarding Congo, the report indicates that economic activity performed well during the third quarter of 2025. The...

According to information obtained from the financial departments of several Lebanese business operators established in the Central African Republic, President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has accumulated a debt of nearly 12 billion CFA francs. But no one really knows what this money is for. No one knows if this debt is personal or if it binds the...

The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) commitment to supporting Gabon in implementing its national development policy, as well as ongoing projects in the country, was at the heart of discussions on December 6 between President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema and the President of the AfDB Group, Sidi Ould Tah. “The African Development Bank is fully committed...

This financing signed in Yaoundé, between the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises and the Cameroonian Bank for SMEs (BC-PME), intended to strengthen agricultural, pastoral and fishery production, marks a key step in the national strategy of import-substitution and modernization of local sectors. The Minister Achille Bassilekin III and the Deputy Director General of BC-PME,...