The Danpullo group, represented by the Director General of Nexttel, presented this afternoon in the Conference Room of Ministry of Public Health, a check of 100 million  FCFA  to Dr. Manaouda Malachi, Minister of Public Health, to beef up  the Special National Solidarity Fund for the fight against Covid-19, created on Tuesday March 31, 2020, by the President...

The President of Cameroon, Paul Biya has today opened a solidarity fund to tackle the increasing threat of the coronavirus in the country. The Prime Minister Head of Government, Joseph Dion Ngute who made the announcement also revealed that, 1 billion FCFA is the starting amount in this fund. The move comes at a time...

The African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) will make available to African countries a credit facility totaling $ 3 billion to help adapt to the financial, economic and health shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic Known as the Pandemic Trade Impact Mitigation Facility (PATIMFA), this financial support has 3 objectives at the economic level. These...

The United Bank for  Africa – UBA Cameroon has officially handed over a cheque worth 150 million  FCFA through the UBA Foundation, to the Minister of Public Health Manaouda Malachie who received this gesture on behalf of the Cameroon Government.  The Managing Director /CEO of UBA Cameroon Dominique Mahend and the Board Chairman Ekoko Mukete handed over...

The United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) today announced a donation of over  (USD14 million), through the UBA Foundation, to catalyse a comprehensive pan-African response to the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. The donation will provide significant and much needed support to Nigeria, the bank’s headquarters  and 19 other African countries, by supplying...

Cameroon’s share of the medical support promised by Chinese billionaire and Philanthropist Jack Ma has been received today. The cargo plane dispatched by the Alibaba boss earlier arrived Ethiopia where Prime Minister Abby Ahmed coordinated the onward distribution to the rest of the continent to battle a virus without borders. From the Pan-African package, Cameroon...

As Cameroon’s Coronavirus curve progresses geometrically to 56, the Association of credit Institutions APPECAM says they are getting ready to deal with shocks imposed by the pandemic. This is through a series of actions expected to keep banks and their clients afloat during the stormy ride. After examining the impact of the coronavirus on the...

Africa’s response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak received a boost today as the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the Government of Ethiopia received a consignment of medical equipment from the Jack Ma and Alibaba Foundations. The shipment included over 1.5 million laboratory diagnostic test kits and over 100 tons...

Cameroon’s Employer cartel GICAM has appreciated measures rolled out by the government to mitigate the coronavirus. But wants increased support to enterprises and households to enable them tackle the shocks from the deadly pandemic. In statement following the holding of an extra-ordinary session, the Groupement Interpatronal du Cameroun GICAM also called on companies to strictly...