Opinion: Why Cameroon's Digital Economy Needs More Than Startup Funding
The funding conversation has crowded out the harder one about the conditions that make a company viable in the first place.
Articles
The Douala-Yaoundé Motorway Expansion: Business Opportunities Along the Corridor
The corridor carries the majority of the country's domestic freight. Halving the journey changes the economics of everything sited along it.
Cameroon's Investment Code: What Foreign Companies Need to Know Before Entering the Market
The incentives are real and the qualifying process is where most entrants underestimate the timeline.
BEAC's Latest Rate Decision and What It Signals for Credit in the CEMAC Zone
The policy rate held. For businesses seeking credit in the zone, the transmission mechanism matters more than the rate itself.
Cocoa Prices at a Decade High: What It Means for Cameroonian Farmers and the Government
Cameroon is a top-five global producer. Whether a record world price reaches the farm gate depends on things the world price does not control.
The State of Fintech in Cameroon: More Than 30 Active Players, and Still No Dominant Wallet
The sector is the most crowded in the country and the least consolidated. Interoperability, not product, is what decides who survives.
Cameroon's GDP Growth in 2024: What the IMF Data Shows and What It Doesn't
Headline growth held around 4 per cent. The composition of that growth, and what it says about where the economy is actually going, is the more useful number.