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AfDB Urges Cameroon to Hit 15% Tax Target by 2028 for Growth
Business in Cameroon
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July 30, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - The Cameroonian government projects its tax-to-GDP ratio will increase from 13.6% in 2023 to 14.4% over the 2025-2027 period, a goal encouraged by the African Development Bank (AfDB). The AfDB also urges Cameroon to...
W/African youth strategise to reshape regional agriculture, food value systems
The Point
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The two-day sub-regional forum courtesy of Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the Community Action Platform on Environment and Development (CAPED), was held on the theme - "Feeding the Future: Youth-Led Solutions for Resilient...
Diageo reportedly set to review US$2B stake in East African Breweries
Food Business Africa Magazine
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July 30, 2025
KENYA – Diageo Plc, the British multinational alcoholic beverage firm, has initiated a strategic review of its majority ownership in East African Breweries Ltd. (EABL), according to a report by Bloomberg. The company, known globally for its...
Cameroon: Main Opposition Candidate Barred from Elections
Human Rights Watch
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July 30, 2025
(Nairobi) – The decision by Cameroon’s electoral board to exclude Maurice Kamto, a key opposition leader and challenger to incumbent President Paul Biya, from the country’s upcoming presidential elections raises concerns about the credibility of...
Women’s AfroBasket: Unbeaten D’Tigress await quarterfinal foe as Cameroon, Angola battle for last-8 slot
Premium Times
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July 30, 2025
Nigeria’s D’Tigress will learn their quarter-final opponent today (Wednesday) at the ongoing FIBA Women’s AfroBasket 2025, as Cameroon face off against Angola in a high-stakes playoff in Abidjan. The six-time African queens have been flawless in...
Morocco lodges complaint to CAF after WAFCON final loss to Nigeria’
Zambian Observer
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July 30, 2025
The Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has filed an official complaint to the Confederation of African Football (CAF), citing “refereeing injustices” during the final of the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), which saw Nigeria’s Super...
Chad adopts bold circular economy roadmap with AfDB support
Business Hallmark
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July 29, 2025
Chad, long associated with climate challenges and humanitarian crises, is taking a decisive step toward sustainable growth with the launch of its first Circular Economy Roadmap. Backed by the African Development Bank’s Circular Economy Facility...
Again, Super Falcons rule Africa
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 30, 2025
Last Saturday at the Olympic Stadium in Rabat, Morocco, Africa’s perennial soccer queens, the Super Falcons of Nigeria, fought their way to the 10th triumph of the 13th edition of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). The nail-biting final...
D’Tigress await Angola, Cameroon as 2025 Afrobasket enters quarterfinals
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 30, 2025
Tinubu’s Super Falcons largesse boosts team’s morale Defending Champions, D’Tigress of Nigeria will know their quarterfinal opponents today when Cameroon takes on Angola in the playoffs round. The Nigerian girls booked their quarterfinal spot...
Bryan Mbeumo Reveals Conversation With Head Coach Ruben Amorim Played Key Role in Decision To Join Manchester United
Latestly
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July 29, 2025
Mumbai, July 30: Bryan Mbeumo opened up about his potential move to Manchester United, revealing that head coach Ruben Amorim's project at Old Trafford was the one that drew him in the most. In the ongoing summer transfer window, Mbeumo became...
Nigeria’s D’Tigress to face Angola or Cameroon after playoffs in 2025 Afrobasket quarter-final
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 29, 2025
Defending Champions Nigeria’s D’Tigress will on Wednesday know their quarter-final opponent when Cameroon takes on Angola in the playoffs round. The Nigerian girls booked their quarter-final spot after securing their second straight triumph at the...
Cameroon hails health cooperation with China for half a century
Cameroon Concord News
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July 29, 2025
As early as six in the morning, Marceline Mbo had already taken her seat in a makeshift but comprehensive Chinese clinic outside Saint Brigitte Health Center in Afanoya, a village on the outskirts of Yaounde, Cameroon’s capital. The mother of...
Cameroon: UN experts urge action on mercury pollution, corporate accountability in gold mining
International Service for Human Rights
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July 29, 2025
A group of UN Special Procedures – including the Working Group on Business and Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur on adequate food, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to water and sanitation, Toxics, among others – have sent a communication...
Report: ISWAP earning $191m annually from taxing farmers, fishers in Lake Chad region
The Cable
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July 28, 2025
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a jihadist terrorist group, reportedly earns about $191 million (about N291 billion) annually largely from taxes levied on fishers and livestock owners using its string of controlled islands in the...
Cameroon: Alert on an attempted attack on Hervé Mbapou’s life by Paul Biya’s special advisor
Sene News
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July 29, 2025
Cameroonian journalist Rémy Ngono published an alert on his social media networks this Monday, signaling a threat against activist Hervé Mbapou. In his message, he claims that masked men in uniform have been sent to eliminate him. He specifically...
Cameroon Behind 81% of CEMAC’s MFIs Non-Performing Loans, Report Says
Business in Cameroon
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July 29, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - Microfinance non-performing loans in the CEMAC region reached 178 billion CFA francs, up 14 billion CFA francs, or 8.9%, year-on-year in 2024. This deterioration in the loan portfolio of microfinance institutions, or MFIs,...
Boosted by Dangote Refinery Exports, Nigeria Leads W/Africa with $18.4bn Intra-African Trade
This Day
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July 29, 2025
Nume Ekeghe Nigeria emerged as the leading intra-African trading nation in West Africa in 2024, recording approximately $18.4 billion in trade with other African countries, a sharp rise from $8.1 billion in 2023. This is according to the newly...
Cameroon Presidential Election 2025: 35 Appeals Filed with the Constitutional Council
Cameroon Online
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July 29, 2025
CameroonOnline.ORG | The race toward Cameroon’s October 12, 2025, presidential election has taken a new legal turn. As of July 28, 2025, the Constitutional Council has officially received 35 appeals from candidates whose nominations were rejected...
Feature: Cameroon hails health cooperation with China for half a century
Xinhua News Agency
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by Arison Tamfu, Wang Ze YAOUNDE, July 29 (Xinhua) -- As early as six in the morning, Marceline Mbo had already taken her seat in a makeshift but comprehensive Chinese clinic outside Saint Brigitte Health Center in Afanoya, a village on the...
Unsung Heroes And Heroines of Nigeria’s 10th WAFCON Title Win
Prompt News Online
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July 29, 2025
By Harry Awurumibe who was in Morocco When the history of Nigeria’s Super Falcons CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) 10th title win in far away Rabat, Morocco, will be written, few individuals who worked behind-the-scene to make sure the...