Cameroon celebrated its 54thNational Day on 20 May 2026 with a grand military and civilian parade along the 20thMay Boulevard, presided over by President Paul BIYA and attended by the First Lady, Mrs Chantal BIYA. This year’s celebrations, held under the theme“National Unity: Backbone of our Defence System, Bedrock of Cameroon’s Development”, highlighted national cohesion as the foundation of the country’s security architecture and the driving force behind its socio-economic progress. The event commemorates the 1972 referendum that established the Unitary State. President Paul BIYA, Commande…

His Excellency Paul BIYA, President of the Republic of Cameroon, received Lieutenant General John William Brennan Jr., Deputy Commander of United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM), at Unity Palace on the evening of 7 May 2026. Accompanying the senior American officer was Mr Robert Barney, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the United States Embassy in Yaounde. This high-level audience afforded the Cameroonian Head of State and President Donald J. Trump’s envoy an opportunity for substantive discourse. They appraised the enduring and exemplary bilateral relations between Cameroon and the United…

In a moment of transcendent spiritual significance, President Paul Biya and First Lady Chantal Biya joined His Holiness Pope Leo XIV at the Pontifical Mass celebrated in Yaounde on 18 April 2026. Surrounded by over a million faithful at Mvan 101 Airforce Base, the two leaders shared a moment of perfect communion, their presence symbolising the resplendent unity between Church and State. As the Holy Father offered the sacred liturgy with solemn grace, President Paul Biya followed keenly in quiet reverence, visibly moved by the occasion. The air resounded with hymns of praise, chiefly in local…

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you on the occasion of this historic visit, the fourth by a Supreme Pontiff, to Cameroon. The Cameroonian people thank you very much for your visit and realize what an exceptional privilege it is to welcome Your Holiness on your first tour of Africa, only a few months after your accession to the Chair of Saint Peter. They are especially grateful for your visit. On their behalf, I would like to extend a warm welcome and wishes for a pleasant stay in our country to Your Holiness and the delegation accompanying you. Your apostolic journey to Cameroon is ta…

The celebration of this sixtieth edition of the National Youth Day is once more a welcome opportunity for me to address you on the many issues that concern you. I am aware that these issues relate to your current situation, but also, and above all, to your future. They concern your difficulties, frustrations, fears and worries. They also relate to your hopes, expectations and legitimate aspirations. I am fully aware of your concerns, all the more so because, under my authority, the Government is making tireless and commendable efforts to seek appropriate solutions to them. This comes as no …

I would like to start by expressing my sincere gratitude for the kind words and warm wishes for the year 2026 that you have extended to me and to the people of Cameroon. As you know, on 9 September, Cameroon completed the term entrusted to it, with your invaluable support, to preside over the 79thsession of the United Nations General Assembly. We were able to successfully complete this mission owing to the backing and support of the entire international community. Once again, I would like to thank the authorities and government bodies that you represent, for their support. In a particularly…

During my recent swearing-in ceremony, I pledged to continue working, together with you, for the emergence of a united, stable and prosperous Cameroon. In my view, achieving this objective is a sacred duty. It is a duty to which I intend to continue devote all my time and energy, as I have in the past. I am duty-bound, given the trust you have continued to place in me since my accession to the helm of State. Moreover, you just renewed that trust in a convincing manner in the 12 October poll. To me, this is an expression of satisfaction with what we have achieved together this far, and a com…

President Paul BIYA received the Vice-President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, His Excellency Teodoro NGUEMA OBIANG MANGUE, on 19 November 2025. The Equatoguinean guest arrived in Yaounde a day earlier for a working and friendly visit. He was bearer of a congratulatory message from President Teodoro OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO following his Cameroonian counterpart’s re-election in the October 12 presidential election. President Paul BIYA and Vice-President Teodoro NGUEMA OBIANG MANGUE exchanged lengthily on a wide range of issues to reinforce the excellent and friendly cooperation ties that…

In its efforts to build a competitive and prosperous economy through the development of investment and savings, and performance objectives of its economic and social action, the Republic of Cameroon has set the following guidelines: In considered as investor according to this law, every physical or corporate body From Cameroonian or foreign origin, resident or not, who acquires an asset for the exercise of its activities in view of obtaining yields. Is considered as investment, according to this law, an asset held by an investor, in particular:

The scope of the Investment Code includes the following activities: PREFERENCE SCHEDULES GRANTEDANDBENEFITS The basic schedule:Granted for a period of8 years to businesses that create a certain level of employment and export at least 25% of their production and / or use national resources up to at least 25% of the value of inputs, SME schedule:Granted for a period of 10 years to companies that meet the following three conditions: creation of a given level of employment; achieving a level of investment less than or equal to one billion five hundred million CFA and contribution of a Camerooni…

Since 1990, Cameroonian parliament has adopted a number of texts translating the will to liberalise public life and the economy. Also, for most economic activities, the regime of simple declaration replaced that of prior authorisation. To improve the legal and institutional frame, in a bid to create an appropriate environment to business, to attract more direct foreign investments, formalities in different administrations have been reduced very much. The charter of investment of CEMAC signed by member States on 17 December 1999 has come to reinforce this regulatory framework. To this effect,…

Cameroon's economic needs and potentials are such that there are a great variety of good investment sectors. Amongst other can be cited: Favourable conditions to investment The economy has enjoy a growth rate of 5% for some years, which has to increase;

-Ministry in charge of Relations with the Commonwealth; -Ministry in charge of Relations with the Islamic World; -Ministry of Industries, Mines and Technological Development; -Ministry  of Economy, Planning and Territorial Management; -Order of Accountants of Cameroon; -Order of barristers of Cameroon; -Groupement Interpatronal du Cameroun; -Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Crafts of Cameroon; -Movement of Cameroonian Entrepreneurs (MECAM); -Agency for the Promotion of Investments (API); -Directorate of Industrial Development; -Directorate of Foreign Economic and Financial C…

The Cameroon Investment Promotion Agency (CIPA) is a parastatal institution with legal personality and financial autonomy with headquarters in Douala. CIPA fall under the technical supervisory authority of the Ministry in charge of the Promotion of Private Investments and the financial supervisory authority of the Ministry of Finance... CIPA'S mission, in collaboration with other authorities, as well as other public and private bodies, is to contribute to the development and implementation of government policy in the field of investments promotion in Cameroon. As such, its responsibilities i…

In order to make public contracts transparent, Cameroon adopted in June 2000 a new regulation of public contracts. The most salient points are the following:

The President of the Republic, His Excellency Paul BIYA, left Yaounde early this afternoon, on Sunday, 7 June 2026, in the company of his wife, Mrs. Chantal BIYA, for a brief private stay in Europe. The Head of State is accompanied by the following officials: - Samuel MVONDO AYOLO, Minister, Director of the Civil Cabinet of the Presidency of the Republic; - Vice Admiral FOUDA Joseph, Special Adviser at the Presidency of the Republic; - Simon Pierre BIKELE, Chief of State Protocol.

The President of the Republic is the arch bearer of Cameroon's political system. Head of State, he embodies national unity. The Constitutions confers on him very important powers. He defines the policy of the Nation, watches over the respect of the Constitution, ensures through his arbitration the regular functioning of public powers.

Founding member of the OAU 10rganisation of African Unity) which later became AU, Cameroon has based its diplomacy on one of the basic principles of this pan African organisation: non-interference in the internal affairs of other States.

CFA FRANC (Communauté Financière Africaine) with a fixed parity of 0.01 FRF - 1 FRF = 100 CFA (since 12 January 1994) - 1 Dollar = 502.53 CFA (as of 19 April 2013) Health formalities: only the yellow fever vaccine is compulsory in Cameroon. Hepatitis vaccine is advised. Located between West and East Africa and stretching from the Gulf of Guinea to Lake Chad, Cameroon presents specificities in terms of its relief, climate, wildlife and vegetation which provide throughout the year various forms of tourism : sea-side tourism, mountain tourism, congress and business tourism, safari and hunting…

Cameroon has embarked on an ambitious programme for economic emergence by 2035. The President of the Republic, H.E. Paul Biya, has transformed Cameroon into a work site for economic emergence, that is, "a country that creates and distributes wealth fairly; a country that offers equal development opportunities to all; a country with strong and sustainable growth; a country with enhanced food security, in a word, a country that ensures  happiness for all." The challenges are immense and meeting them requires total and unwavering commitment from all Cameroonians in towns and villages, within an…