Highlighting the challenges of Regional Councils in the Implementation of Effective Decentralization in Cameroon
Background
Unpredictable developments of the Anglophone crisis (1) in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon and recent manifestations from several professional syndicates including teachers (2) and...
Benefits and Caveats of Cameroon’s Transition into the Electronic Visa System
Introduction
While nearly all countries in the world transited from the manual application, processing, and issuance of visas for aliens Cameroon was one of the...
Role and Relevance of the Youth in Policy-making and Governance: India, Africa and G-20
G-20 Presidency, 2023
India’s assumption of G-20 presidency for the on-going year is the one pivotal episode that offers myriad opportunities and variety of challenges...
Customers are not Always Kings: Looking Beyond Clients’ Language Used to Describe Lapses in...
In the corporate world, business owners and suppliers work hard to satisfy and to please customers. Even as they may not necessarily treat the...
Evaluating the Diaspora as the Primer For Economic Development In Cameroon
Introduction
Around the world, societies are changing, and individuals are equally migrating. According to the (I), these individuals who are living outside of their...
Regional Integration in ECCAS: Progress or Continuous Overlap?
In 1983, Heads of State from the Central African region decided to create the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) with the objective...
CEMAC ZONE: A Brief Overview of the Integration Process
With a commercial exchange rate estimated at less than 3% compared to a continental average of 17%, the Central African Economic and Monetary Community...
The different uses of ethnicity in the Constitution
With the aim of building relative equity and guaranteeing that all ethnic groups, or at least the major ethnic-regional groups, are represented and integrated...
What Should we Retain from the 36th Summit of the African Union?
From February 18 to 19, 2023 in Addis Ababa, was held the 36th ordinary session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government...
Cameroon: Assassination of Journalist Martinez Zogo, State Security in Danger?
As of January 17, 2023, the current events in Cameroon have been marked by the assassination of journalist Martinez Zogo, host of the famous...
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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...