Rethinking Commercial Leadership in Central Africa: Addressing the Challenges of Informality, Inequality, and Digital...
Informality, inequality, weak digital infrastructure, and limited productive financing continue to marginalize ECCAS economies, while calling for coordinated reforms to achieve inclusive and transformative...
From Market Expansion to Value Addition: Repositioning CEMAC’s Trade Strategy for Structural Transformation
Repositioning CEMAC’s trade strategy requires a decisive shift from commodity-based market participation toward value-driven production systems, where trade, industrial policy, and regional integration are...
The 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Yaoundé: a missed opportunity...
The 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization held in Yaoundé was not so successful due to failed negotiations on agriculture, e-commerce, and...
Yaoundé: The Peril of Sprawl and the Urgency of Strict Urban Discipline
By Dr Stéphane Mbiankeu Nguea
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Urban pressure: The city’s footprint has fivefold in 40 years. Forest cover dropped from 28% to 5%. Yaoundé is drowning...
Declining Development Finance: Africa’s Strategic Options Under the Next UN Secretary-General
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As global development finance becomes more uncertain and multilateral cooperation continues to evolve, there is a need for Africa to strengthen its...
Financing Development Beyond Aid: What Future for CEMAC in a Divided World?
By Dr. Salim Ahmed Vessah
As traditional development assistance faces growing constraints amid geopolitical competition, fiscal pressures, and shifting donor priorities, countries of the...
Who Governs the Future of Work? Africa’s Labour Markets in an Era of Global...
By Wirajing Muhamadu Awal Kindzeka
Africa's future prosperity will depend not only on the jobs the continent creates, but also on its ability to shape...
The UN at a Crossroads: Why Africa’s Industrial Future Depends on Inclusive Global Leadership
By Dr. Stephane Mbiankeu Nguea
Africa's aspirations for industrial transformation are unfolding at a time when the international economic and political order is undergoing...
Artificial Intelligence Potential to Prevent Online Payment Fraud in Cameroon
Harnessing artificial intelligence to combat online payment fraud in Cameroon offers a transformative pathway to strengthen financial security, enhance real-time risk detection, and build...
Advancing Regional Digital Sovereignty: Policy Responses to AI-Driven Data Colonialism in Africa
Advancing regional digital sovereignty in Africa requires coordinated policy responses to AI-driven data colonialism, ensuring that data governance, infrastructure, and innovation ecosystems are locally...
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From the WTO MC14 to Action: Building Africa’s Productive Capacity through Trade, Digitalisation and...
Africa cannot rely on trade liberalization alone to achieve economic transformation; instead, it must pair AfCFTA integration with deliberate industrial, agricultural, and digital capacity-building...
Leveraging WTO MC14 Investment Facilitation for Development to Accelerate Structural Transformation in Cameroon
Investment inflows will generate the expected level of development impact in Cameroon if the country addresses persistent challenges like regulatory inefficiencies, institutional fragmentation, and...
Rethinking Commercial Leadership in Central Africa: Addressing the Challenges of Informality, Inequality, and Digital...
Informality, inequality, weak digital infrastructure, and limited productive financing continue to marginalize ECCAS economies, while calling for coordinated reforms to achieve inclusive and transformative...
From Market Expansion to Value Addition: Repositioning CEMAC’s Trade Strategy for Structural Transformation
Repositioning CEMAC’s trade strategy requires a decisive shift from commodity-based market participation toward value-driven production systems, where trade, industrial policy, and regional integration are...
The 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Yaoundé: a missed opportunity...
The 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization held in Yaoundé was not so successful due to failed negotiations on agriculture, e-commerce, and...
Editorial Note: Perspectives on the WTO Ministerial Conference in Cameroon
By Dr. Julienne Stéphanie Mesumbe
The 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), held in Yaoundé, was an important milestone for Cameroon and...