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Cameroon may replace imported flour in bread making

Cameroon may replace imported flour in bread making

Cameroon may replace imported flour with Cassava, mai ze and sweet potatoes which could be used with wheat flour in proportions in bre a d making, officials disclosed to PANA after their meeting with bakers.
These materials, which could be used in proportions of between 5 and 15 per cent with wheat flour, are being considered [...]

March 12 2010 | Posted in Business, English, Headlines | Read More »

German investor interested in Cameroon’s energy sector

German investor interested in Cameroon’s energy sector

Prime Minister, Philemon Yang, yesterday had discussions with the Director of the German Energy Company « EnBW Energy Baden-Wurttemberg AG».
The Director of the German Energy Company, « EnBW Energie Baden-Wurttemberg AG », Stefan Liebing is in Cameroon for exploratory discussions about the fields of cooperation in the energy sector, including natural gas. Stefan Liebing, accompanied [...]

March 12 2010 | Posted in Business, English | Read More »

Drogba named African footballer of the year

Drogba named African footballer of the year

Thursday, beating Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o and Ghana’s Michael Essien for the 2009 award.
The announcement came on the Chelsea striker’s 32nd birthday and it is his second award, after he also won in 2006.
Drogba helped his country through a convincing World Cup qualifying campaign in 2009, during which he scored five goals as the Ivorians finished [...]

March 12 2010 | Posted in English, Headlines, Sports | Read More »

Afriland First Bank of Cameroon acquire 80% shares in Intermarket Bank

Afriland First Bank of Cameroon acquire 80% shares in Intermarket Bank

The Bank of Zambia has approved the acquisation of 80% shareholding in Intermarket Bank to Afriland First Bank Group of Cameroon. The bank has also announced plans to significantly increase the capital of the bank by expanding to rural areas, focusing on lending to small and medium enterprises, agriculture and corporate banking institutions.
Joseph Toubi, Intermarket [...]

March 11 2010 | Posted in Business, English | Read More »

Alex Song – from zero to hero

Alex Song – from zero to hero

“One Song, we’ve only got one Song.”
This is a delightful little ditty sung by the Arsenal faithful, but also hard proof of the fact that young players can vastly improve, if given the chance. A couple of years ago the suggestion of such a chant for Alex Song would have been scoffed at. The [...]

March 11 2010 | Posted in English, Headlines, Sports | Read More »

SDF Women Strategize towards leadership roles

SDF Women Strategize towards leadership roles

Bamenda meeting mobilize and empower them to check marginalization.
Women of the opposition Social Democratic Front Party (SDF), have gone the extra mile after the 2010 International Women’s Day to mobilize and empower themselves towards leadership roles within the party and in the nation. In effect; the creation of an SDF women’s movement is on [...]

March 11 2010 | Posted in English, Headlines, Politique | Read More »

Buea: UB Honours Late Professor Azeyeh

Buea: UB Honours Late Professor Azeyeh

The University of Buea honoured another eminent Professor who passed on.
Grief and heavy faces took the air 5th March 2010 when the remains of late Professor Albert Azeyeh, Dean of the Faculty of Arts in the University of Buea, were exposed at the Amphi 750 for academic honours. Professor Azeyeh, stroke by a malaise [...]

March 10 2010 | Posted in English, Society | Read More »

CAF player of the year: Emmanuel Adebayor roots for Samuel Eto’o

CAF player of the year: Emmanuel Adebayor roots for Samuel Eto’o

The Glo-CAF Player of the Year awards ceremony is two days away, and tension has begun to mount in Accra, Ghana, where the African football ‘Oscars’ will be taking place. Local and foreign media, as well as guests, have been converging in the west African city to grace the event where Africa’s top player of [...]

March 10 2010 | Posted in English, Headlines, Sports | Read More »

India, Africa unveil action plan to boost ties

India, Africa unveil action plan to boost ties

Two years after their first summit, India and Africa Wednesday launched an ambitious action plan that includes closer cooperation in agriculture and setting up new training institutes by New Delhi in areas ranging from foreign trade to education and IT.
The action plan was launched at a formal ceremony attended by the 15-member delegation of the [...]

March 10 2010 | Posted in Business, English | Read More »

Nine drown in Cameroon shipwreck

Nine drown in Cameroon shipwreck

At least nine people have drowned and 15 were missing on Wednesday after a small boat capsized off Cameroon’s coast while on its way to neighbouring Nigeria, a gendarmerie officer said.
About 60 people, mostly traders with their merchandise, were on board the vessel before it sank in high seas Sunday night off southwest Cameroon, [...]

March 10 2010 | Posted in English, General, Headlines | Read More »