April 16
Cameroon: African Development Bank Projects Improve Job Opportunities for Young People in Cameroon
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has underscored the success of its program aimed at bolstering job opportunities for young people in Cameroon. Read more »
Central Africa: Cameroon - African Development Bank Bolsters Central Africa Presence With Inauguration of New Regional Office in Yaoundé
In a move that reaffirms its commitment to Central Africa's development course, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has inaugurated an ultramodern regional office building in… Read more »
December 15, 2023
Cameroon: Cameroon - African Development Bank Grants a Loan of Eur 74 Million for Electricity Sector Reforms to Facilitate Universal Access to Power
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved a loan of EUR 74.25 million to Cameroon in Abidjan on 14 December 2023 to implement the first phase of the… Read more »
November 30, 2023
Africa: Cameroon - African Development Bank Group Loans Over Eur 73 Million for Construction of a Bridge Over the River Ntem Between Campo (Cameroon) and Rio Campo (Equatorial Guinea)
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group on 29 November 2023 granted financial support of EUR 73.44 million to Cameroon for the construction of a bridge over… Read more »
October 25, 2023
Cameroon: Cameroon - African Development Bank Commits €203 Million Loan to Land-Use Development and Promotion of the Private Sector in the Far North
The African Development Bank is providing significant financial support to Cameroon for major road infrastructure works in the country's Far North. Read more »
July 14, 2023
Cameroon: Cameroon - African Development Bank Provides Ꞓ63 Million Loan to Improve Entrepreneurship and Industrial Skills
The Bank's financing will enable us to equip people with skills to meet industry needs and spur economic growth in Cameroon. Read more »
February 02, 2023
Africa: Cameroon - The Bank Trains Its Regional Member Countries On Applying the Fragility Lens
The African Development Bank's Transition States Coordination Office organized a training workshop in Yaoundé to strengthen the capacity of Regional Member Countries and… Read more »
November 11, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon - The African Development Bank Engages in Dialogue With Cameroonian Financial Institutions to Bolster Women Entrepreneurs' Access to Finance
The African Development Bank's Director General for Central Africa, Serge N'Guessan, led a delegation for a series of talks with stakeholders in the Cameroonian private sector,… Read more »
September 26, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon - New African Development Bank Funds to Develop the Port Sector and Sustainable Urban Sanitation
The African Development Bank Group has provided new funding for two ongoing major projects in Cameroon: the Develop Access Roads to the Industrial and Port Area of Kribi Project… Read more »
September 16, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon - The African Development Bank and the Government Support a Financing Agreement to Develop Agricultural Value Chains
Cameroon's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Gabriel Mbairobe and the General Manager of the Commercial Bank of Cameroon, Léandre Djummo, have signed, on… Read more »
September 06, 2022
Cameroon: Climate Change Poses a Health Challenge in Cameroon
Dr. Paul Eloundou understands the challenges posed by climate change only too well. A resident in Yaoundé and the director of one of the largest district hospitals, he is an… Read more »
July 25, 2022
Cameroon: 'We've Forgotten About the Rain.' Water Management Project Brings Relief From Flooding in Yaounde, Cameroon's Capital
Florence Latila remembers the destruction that flooding caused in Yaounde, the Cameroonian capital for over three decades from 1980. Read more »
July 12, 2022
Africa: Cameroon - African Development Bank and Government Launch Programme to Strengthen Supreme Audit Institutions
The African Development Bank and the Government of Cameroon have launched the Regional Programme to Strengthen the Mandates of Supreme Audit Institutions. The launch took place… Read more »
June 23, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon - African Development Bank Board Approves €39.6 Million Loan to Improve Access to Kribi Industrial and Port Area
On Wednesday, 22 June, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved a €39.62 million loan to Cameroon to improve road access to the industrial and port… Read more »
January 24, 2022
Kenya: International Education Day - From Kenya to Cameroon, Students Find the Root of Stem Success At Nigerian Institute
Dancan Onyango left Kenya in 2017 to study at the Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute in Nigeria and is now the proud owner of a doctorate in environmental… Read more »
October 05, 2021
Africa: Identifying Opportunities Across the Energy Value Chain - Resolving Bottlenecks and Unlocking Investments in Kenya, Tunisia, Cameroon, Guinea, Mozambique
What: The 5th Africa Energy Market Place (AEMP) Read more »
July 13, 2021
Ghana: Benin, Cameroon, Ghana and Congo Republic Underline Importance of Regional Integration to Intra-Africa Trade in Wood Products
Regional economic integration can boost trade in wood products among African countries, according to the findings of a new report produced by the African Natural Resources Centre… Read more »
June 23, 2020
Cameroon: African Development Bank Approves Eur 88 Million Loan to Cameroon to Finance COVID-19 Response
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Monday approved a EUR 88 million loan to Cameroon as direct budget support to finance the country's COVID-19 crisis… Read more »
May 06, 2020
Chad: African Development Bank Approves €40 Million in Grants for Bridge Linking Cameroon and Chad
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved grants worth €40.94 million for the construction of a bridge to connect Cameroon and Chad across the… Read more »
March 11, 2020
Cameroon: African Development Bank Launches Project to Tackle Electricity Metering Challenges
The African Development Bank and the multi-donor Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) have joined the government of Cameroon to launch an initiative to bolster the… Read more »
March 09, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank Executive Directors Visit Pioneer Member Country With $3 Billion Project Portfolio
A five-member delegation of African Development Bank Executive Directors has concluded a week-long fact-finding mission to Cameroon during which they met with the country's Prime… Read more »
February 05, 2020
Cameroon: In Cameroon, New Seed Varieties Help Cocoa Crops Bloom and Farmers Thrive
Antoine Mani Tonye sinks his thumb into the red soil to gauge how deep to plant the next seedling. The Cameroonian cocoa farmer has seen healthy yields and an improvement in his… Read more »
December 20, 2019
Africa: Getting Onboard - A New Highway Along the Nigeria-Cameroon Border Is Helping Women Commuters and Villagers All Around
Women commuters along the Nigeria-Cameroon border are breathing a sigh of relief. Read more »
October 14, 2019
Cameroon: Three Power Plants Financed By the African Development Bank to Reduce Power Cuts
For many years, Cameroon's national electricity supply has been notoriously unreliable and subject to power cuts. The last significant electric system outage, which lasted eight… Read more »
September 20, 2019
Cameroon: Yaoundé Aims for Zero Floods By 2020, Thanks to Funding From the African Development Bank
The Yaoundé Sanitation Project (PADY) has reduced the number of floods in the Cameroonian capital by five times (from 15 to 3). Read more »