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On October 28, 2025, the Central Bank of Central African States (BEAC) offered 800 billion XAF (1.4 billion USD) to commercial banks operating in the six countries (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Chad) of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC). This liquidity offer is a record compared to previous injection operations into the banking system of the CEMAC zone. Indeed, according to the issuing institute common to CEMAC countries, this performance comes “in a context of marked increase in the liquidity demand of commercial banks”. It is worth noting that the two operations…

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has kept Cameroon on its grey list, indicating that the country is subject to “enhanced monitoring and increased scrutiny.” This information was revealed in a note published by the institution on its website on October 24, 2025. Cameroon’s continued presence on the FATF grey list requires government authorities to “address strategic deficiencies in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT).” In its note, the FATF states that “being listed on this list does not mean that a country is subject to countermeasures, but rather that it is under enhanced monitoring.” Consequently, the…

In its 2025 economic outlook, the World Bank reveals that in 2025, Gabon’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will be 11.880 trillion CFA francs (19.8 billion USD). This represents a decrease of 780 million CFA francs (almost 1.4 million USD) compared to 2024, during which the country’s GDP had reached 12.660 trillion CFA francs (approximately 21.1...

After the official announcement of his re-election by the Cameroonian Constitutional Council on October 27, 2025, Paul Biya is first expected to focus on reviving a growth rate that averaged 3.4% in 2024, with a recognized potential of 6%, according to the Central African States Bank (BEAC). The goal is to increase it to over...

The Cameroonian Head of State, Paul Biya, has been declared re-elected with 53.66% for an eighth term of seven years. The victory of the candidate of the Democratic Rally of the Cameroonian People (RDPC) in the presidential election of October 12, 2025 was officially announced on October 27, 2025 by the Constitutional Council, which released...

In its economic outlook for the first quarter of 2025, the Cameroonian Ministry of Finance (Minfi) reveals that during the period under review, the total deposits made by customers of the 19 commercial banks operating in the country reached 8,634.1 billion XAF (15.3 billion USD). At the same time, the overall outstanding bank loans amounted...

Out of a total debt of 800 billion CFA francs (1.4 billion USD) by the end of 2024, up by 100 billion CFA francs (177 million USD) compared to the 700 billion CFA francs (1.2 billion USD), Eneo Cameroon owes 500 billion CFA francs (885 million USD) to its suppliers. This debt to suppliers was...

During the cabinet meeting on October 23, 2025 in Libreville, President Brice Clothaire Oligui Nguema warned that “the hand of the State will not tremble [for the “Transition thieves”]. They will have to answer for their actions before the justice system.” According to the official statement reporting on these discussions, “the Gabonese head of state...

On October 22, 2025 in Bangui, the Central African Prime Minister, Félix Moloua, and the French Ambassador to the Central African Republic (CAR), Bruno Foucher, signed a financing agreement estimated at around 16.4 billion CFA francs (almost $30 million USD). This agreement, supported by the French Development Agency (AFD), consists of “a budget support loan...

In 2026, the Ministry of Mines and Geological Resources of Gabon is requesting a budget of 68.12 billion CFA francs (approximately 121 million USD). This is an increase of 63.56 billion CFA francs (112 million USD) compared to the 2025 forecasts, which were 4.56 billion CFA francs (8 million USD). The request was presented on...

According to the results of a liquidity injection operation of 700 billion CFA francs (1.2 billion USD) carried out on October 7, 2025 by the Central Bank of Central African States (BEAC) in the banking system of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC), credit institutions in this sub-regional community expressed needs of...

In twelve months, from June 2024 to June 2025, the total outstanding Treasury securities increased from 6,871.7 billion CFA francs (12.02 billion USD) to 8,672.4 billion CFA francs (15.2 billion USD). This represents a 26.2% year-on-year increase. This information was made public by the Central Bank of Central African States (BEAC) in its latest report...

The Prime Minister of Cameroon, Joseph Dion Ngute, laid the foundation stone for the construction of an integrated pharmaceutical complex in Yaoundé, the capital of the country, on October 3, 2025. The cost of the project is estimated at over 530 billion CFA francs (948.7 million USD). This project is the result of a Sino-Cameroonian...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a subsidiary of the World Bank Group specializing in financing the private sector, is preparing to open an office in Libreville “in the coming weeks.” A physical presence that, according to the IFC, should “strengthen cooperation with the Gabonese authorities, ensure close monitoring of ongoing projects, and accelerate the identification...

In Congo, the 2026 Finance Bill provides for the disappearance of the Personal Income Tax (IRPP), deemed “complex and prone to abuse” by the Minister of Finance, Christian Yoka. During a meeting with the private sector held on September 30, 2025 in Brazzaville, he announced “the replacement of the IRPP by four new taxes: Income...

In its recent report on informal cross-border trade in 2024, the National Institute of Statistics of Cameroon (INS) reveals that 50.6% of the country’s informal imports were destined for Chad. This represents a monetary value estimated at 108.8 billion CFA francs (195 million USD). With such a high level of capture of these flows, Chad...

In Cameroon, in 2024, foreign direct investments (FDI) reached 529 billion CFA francs (929 million USD). This information was revealed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in its 2024 activity report. It indicates that this performance is up by 10.8% on an annual basis. Indeed, in 2023, the country had only...

Canadian oil company ReconAfrica has just secured funding of 4.37 billion CFA francs (approximately 7.6 million USD) to support its activities in the Ngulu block, an offshore area renamed from the former C-7 block, in Gabon, covering 1,214 km² in shallow waters. This investment is the result of a production sharing contract (PSC) signed on...

In 2024, approximately 178 billion XAF (nearly 315 million USD) in non-performing loans are recorded in microfinance institutions (MFIs) operating in the six countries (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Chad) of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC). This is revealed in the 2024 annual report of the Central...

To date, the agreements concluded between Gabon and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) are estimated at over 1.7 trillion CFA francs (3 billion USD). In addition to these funds allocated to strategic projects such as local manganese processing, strengthening energy production, and modernizing the railway network, an additional 130 billion CFA francs (nearly 230 million...

According to the report on the liquidity offer of 550 billion CFA francs (371 million USD) issued on September 18, 2025 by the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) to commercial banks operating within the countries of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC), these credit institutions have expressed financial needs of 638.5...

On September 15, 2025 in Douala, Cameroon, during its traditional annual meeting with the managers of microfinance institutions (MFIs) of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), the Banking Commission of Central Africa (COBAC) recommended to its hosts “strengthening internal control within their structures”. Not without specifying that “this internal control is not only...

According to its evaluation report of candidates for the positions of commissioners of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), the Forvis Mazars firm, in charge of the selection process, has selected three Cameroonian profiles. Among them is Jacob Kotcho Bongkwaha, who came first out of the 52 candidates selected for the Common Market,...

In Equatorial Guinea, Chevron Corporation, the second largest oil company in the United States after Exxonmobil, will be responsible for transporting the gas produced in Block I to Punta Europa, a neighborhood in Malabo, the capital of the country. The information was revealed on September 12, 2025 on the official website of the Presidency of...

The Central Bank of Central African States (BEAC) recommends to the Cameroonian government a “revision of the fiscal and parafiscal framework applied to the export of Cameroonian cocoa”. The information was made public on September 10, 2025 in the June 2025 economic and statistical bulletin of the central bank. The BEAC argues that, despite the...

According to the terms of a decree signed on September 11, 2025, the President of the Republic of Cameroon, Paul Biya, authorized the Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Development (Minepat), Alamine Ousmane Mey, to conclude a financing agreement of over 66.9 billion CFA francs (approximately 119 million dollars). Through a Murabaha agreement (a mechanism,...

According to the terms of a recent international tender, the National Confederation of Cotton Producers of Cameroon (CNPC-C) is looking for a supplier for 52,000 tons of agricultural inputs, valued at around 40 billion CFA francs (70 million USD), intended for the 2025/2026 cotton campaign. Contrary to its usual practice of launching this call in...

The Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Development (Minepat), Alamine Ousmane Mey, is authorized to sign loan and financing agreements with Arab and Islamic banking institutions for a total of 42.978 billion CFA francs (approximately $75 million USD) to implement the Basic Education Support Project in Cameroon (PAEBC). This information was revealed in a series...

In Cameroon, the agri-food industry generated export revenue of 532.2 billion XAF (927 million USD) in 2024. This information was revealed by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) in the National Accounts report for 2024 that it has just published. The public body responsible for statistics management in Cameroon indicates in this document that in...

On September 15, 2025, Gabon will launch a borrowing operation of 50 billion CFA francs (89.1 million USD) on the Central African Securities Exchange (BVMAC), the financial market of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC). This new loan, called “EOG 2025 in multiple tranches 2”, will last for a period of three...