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17, November 2024
Fitch Keeps Cameroon at ‘B’ with Negative Outlook 0
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Cameroon’s long-term foreign currency issuer default rating (IDR) at ‘B’ with a negative outlook. In a note, Fitch revealed that the negative reflects political risks related to potential succession issues and structural weaknesses in public finance management (PFM). This is evidenced by weak liquidity management, late external debt payments, and accumulation […]
16, November 2024
Archbishop Andrew Nkea elevated to Commander of the National Order of Valour 0
Metropolitan Archbishop Andrew Nkea of the Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province has been elevated to Commander of the National Order of Valor. President Paul Biya made the announcement via his Foreign Affairs Minister Lejeune Mbella Mbella in the presence of Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations who is presently on […]
16, November 2024
AFCON 2025: 19 countries secure tickets for Morocco 0
With only a few matches left in the qualifiers, 19 teams have secured their places at the highly anticipated TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025, set to be held in Morocco. Friday’s results on Matchday 5 saw three more nations — securing their places in Africa’s flagship football competition with Zambia, Mali, Zimbabwe […]
16, November 2024
Vatican Secretary for Relations with States is in Yaoundé 0
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, has begun a five-day visit to Cameroon to mark the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Framework Agreement between the Holy See and the African country in 2014. According to the Secretariat of State’s Terza Loggia account on the social platform […]
16, November 2024
Youtuber Jake Paul beats Mike Tyson 0
The boos from a crowd wanting more action were growing again when Jake Paul dropped his gloves before the final bell, and bowed toward 58-year-old Mike Tyson. Paying homage to one of the biggest names in boxing history didn’t do much for the fans that filled the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys on Friday […]
15, November 2024
Southern Cameroons Crisis: 11 students and staff kidnapped in Northwest 0
On November 9, the administration of the Saint-Laurent University Institute of Ndop announced that 11 of its students and their supervisors had been kidnapped by separatist fighters in the troubled Northwest region. According to the institute’s statement, the abduction took place on Saturday, November 2, around 10 a.m., during an academic activity. “The students and […]
15, November 2024
Mike Tyson back in the ring to face Youtuber Jake Paul 0
Nearly 40 years after making his professional debut, and 19 years after being battered into retirement, a 58-year-old Mike Tyson will climb back into the ring on Friday for a Netflix-backed bout that has drawn widespread condemnation across the boxing world. Tyson, who terrorised the heavyweight division during an imperious reign in the late 1980s, is lacing up […]
14, November 2024
Biya regime moves to safeguard personal data 0
Parliament is reviewing a draft bill aiming at establishing a legal framework for the processing and protection of personal data in the country. The proposed Personal Data Protection Bill was submitted to the National Assembly in Yaounde on 13 November by Bolvine Wakata, minister delegate in the presidency responsible for relations with the lawmakers. According […]
14, November 2024
Camtel eyes 2025 as launch year for mobile financial services 0
Cameroon Telecommunications (Camtel) plans to launch mobile financial services sometime next year once it has completed a feasibility study this year, an executive said on Thursday as the state-owned operator looks to challenge Orange and MTN. Mobile operators have been expanding in financial services across Africa, where a large part of the population does not […]
19, November 2024
Yaoundé: CONAC flags corruption, production of fake certificates as most worrying issues 0
by soter • Education, Headline News, Life
Cameroon’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (CONAC) has flagged corruption and the production of fake certificates as two of the most worrying issues plaguing the country’s higher education system. At a campaign at the University of Yaoundé II to educate and sensitise the university population on the consequences of the production and use of fake certificates in […]