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The debate as to whether Cameroon should pull out of the French neocolonialism which the franc CFA represents, and create its own currency, took an interesting turn on Sunday, September 20, 2024. This was in a debate during the weekly flagship programme of Vision 4 TV in Yaounde, known as ‘Club D’Elites’. Prof Oliver Bile, […]

Amity Bank Cameroon was created in 1990 by a group of Anglophone Cameroonians, who were economic operators. It was the outcome of a Commercial Bank Project; an initiative of Lawrence Tasha, a son of the Nso land in Bui Division, Northwest Region. Lawrence Tasha, a BOBAN, is a professional banker, who lived and worked in […]

Mrs Gwendoline Abunaw, the University of Buea and London trained professional banker, has since 2017 being the General Manager of the reputed and popular commercial bank in Cameroon, Ecobank, a Pan-African bank. Not only that, she also doubles as the General Manger of “Cluster CEMAC” of the Ecobank Group, which means that she oversees the […]

However some of the banks have been recording success stories. With the coming of Africa Golden Bank, Cameroon today counts a total of eight commercial banks created with local capital, including one created by the State. They include: 1) Afriland First Bank. 2) Union Bank of Cameroon, UBC. 3) Commercial Bank Cameroun, CBC. 4) Credit […]

One of the few banks that was created with local capital, Afriland First Bank, has in the last couple of years tenaciously stayed at the upper rungs of the classification table of commercial banks, and a times occupies the first position. With the newly created commercial bank, Africa Golden Bank, having gone operational, Cameroon […]

AFRICA GOLDEN BANK has been created with local capital. The principal promoter or shareholder is the business magnate, Samuel Foyou, and other shareholders include a former Minister of Finance. A new commercial bank in Cameroon, Africa Golden Bank, has taken off with five branches; three of which are in the nation’s economic capital, Douala, one […]

AFRICA GOLDEN BANK has been created with local capital. The principal promoter or shareholder is the business magnate, Samuel Foyou, and other shareholders include a former Minister of Finance. A new commercial bank in Cameroon, Africa Golden Bank, has taken off with five branches; three of which are in the nation’s economic capital, Douala, one […]

Celestin Tawamba And Protais Ayangma Finally Merge GICAM And ECAM To Produce GECAM The decision by Tawamba and Ayangma to forcefully merge GICAM and ECAM, is also meant to settle old scores There are three cases pending in court on the controversial decision to merge GICAM and ECAM There are also indications that the Emmanuel […]

Micro Finance Controversy in Cameroon’s South President of the committee questions whether elite of South Region are prohibited from creating micro finance. Says out of over 400 micro financial institutions in Cameroon, only six are in South Region. But controversy comes from the fact that some GMs of public corporations and senior civil servants are […]

Hope In The Horizon That CDC Will Soon Fully Re-launch Production – CDC to supply raw material to a 400 billion FCFA tyre manufacturing project in Cameroon – PDG of Neptune Oil says the 400 billion for the project is already available – Gov’t promises to implement Import – Substitution Policy to help secure the […]

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Opposition Leader Says It Will Be A Disaster For Cameroon To Create Its Own Currency, When The Biya Gov’t Is Still In Power

PART 1: How Amity Bank That Was Created By A Group Of Anglophone Cameroonians, Ended Up Becoming An Affiliate Of An Ivorian Bank

Cameroon’s Commercial Banking Sector: PART 4 – Gwendoline Abunaw, An Anglophone Lady Standing Strong In The Commercial Banking Sector In The Country.

Cameroon’s Banking Sector: PART 3 – Cameroon Counts Eight Commercial Banks Created With Local Capital, Some Of Which Ran Into Crisis That Forced COBAC To Intervene

Cameroon’s Banking Sector (PART 2): Cameroon Now Counts 19 Commercial Banks, But – – – –

Cameroon’s Banking Sector: PART 1 – A New Commercial Bank, AFIRCA GOLDEN BANK, Has Gone Operation With Five Branches

Cameroon’s Banking Sector: PART 1 – A New Commercial Bank, AFIRCA GOLDEN BANK, Has Gone Operation With Five Branches

Celestin Tawamba And Protais Ayangma Finally Merge GICAM And ECAM To Produce GECAM

Composition Of Committee Working To Create A Micro Finance In South Region, Sparks Controversy

Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) Eyes Revival with Cameroon Tyre Factory Partnership

Minister Felix Mbayu Leads Another Initiative By Yaounde Based Northwest Elites To Assist IDPs

Conflict Sparks Off Between Gov’t And Football Federation Of CAR, Over Appointment Of Rigobert Song Bahanag And Assistants

Experts Say 2025 Presidential Election In Cameroon, Will Be Fought On The Social Media

Minister Felix Mbayu Leads Another Initiative By Yaounde Based Northwest Elites To Assist IDPs

Why Catholic Bishops, Are Opposed To The Possible Candidacy Of President Biya, For The 2025 Presidential Election

WWF Discloses That 238 New Species Of Wildlife, And Plants, Have Been Discovered in Cameroon’s Section Of Forests Within Congo Basin