1949-2024. It has been 75 years since United Bank for Africa (UBA) was founded. Previously known as the French and British Bank, it has overcome thick and thin to position itself as one of the largest financial institutions in Africa. It is in such a context that an international conference was held on May 20...
The political capital of Cameroon, Yaoundé, is preparing to become the nerve center of international mining discussions with the holding of the 4th edition of the International Convention of Mines and Exhibitions of Cameroon (CIMEC), under the very high patronage of Paul Biya, president of the Republic. From May 22 to 24, 2024, the city...
AFSIC – Investing in Africa is the leading Africa focused investment conference and is held annually in London. AFSIC – Investing in Africa 2024 takes place 7th-9th October 2024 at Park Plaza Westminster. At the heart of AFSIC is dialogue focusing on nurturing investment and collaboration across the investment value chain and driving sustainable growth...
Renewable Energy is one of the hottest investment spaces in Africa and AFSIC – Investing in Africa 2024 will continue to highlight important discussions from top companies on the topic in our Sustainable Development stream sponsored by Executives in Africa and our Powering Africa stream: www.afsic.net/agenda. We’ll listen to voices from the investors: AIMS international,...
At the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, the World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB) announced an unprecedented partnership to electrify 300 million Africans over the next six years. With a $30 billion funding commitment, this strategic collaboration aims to address the pressing challenge of...
The Cameroon Investment Forum (CIF) 2024, orchestrated by the API in Douala, highlights the import-substitution policy, targeting key sectors such as rice, corn, fish, milk and oil. webbed. Initiated in 2021, this strategy aims to boost local production. Private actors, during this gathering, expressed their concerns, particularly on land challenges and agricultural financing, essential for...
Although the market capitalization of available securities increased by 36.8% over one year, efforts are still expected so that the Central African Securities Exchange (Bvmac) achieves its objectives, underlines the report on monetary policy. of the Bank of Central African States (Beac), published at the end of March 2024. To better understand the increase observed,...
Mitigating the short-term impacts of food and nutritional insecurity in targeted areas, strengthening economic, climatic and community resilience these are the outlines of the framework financing agreement signed on April 22, 2024 in Yaoundé between the State of Cameroon and the FAO, whose Director General, Qu Dongyu is visiting Cameroon. Called “ Emergency Project to Combat...
During a press conference held in Yaoundé, the Minister of Commerce, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana, announced the allocation by the Cameroonian government of quality bonuses, amounting to 2 billion FCFA, intended for cocoa producers for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 agricultural seasons. The beneficiary selection process is underway in the production regions and should be completed...
