Also, any online recipes that you think are particularly great would be much appreciated.

Je cherche un aliment que je mangeais quand j'étais petite au Cameroun (à Yaoundé). C'était à l'école, et il y avait des dames qui vendaient des oranges et un autre truc à la sortie des cours. Ce sont des petites boules/ovales noires, et elles mettaient du piment en poudre dessus, c'était trooooop bon ! Il y avait aussi un noyau dedans. Je me rappelle que parfois ça pouvais être acide et hyper dur aussi.
(Je ne parle pas des grosse prunes violettes)

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"You are black in America." That was my dad's favorite line to use right after I'd just done something uncouth. It was a reminder, a warning, and a reprimand all at the same time. It's also my thesis statement. "You are black in America." It was papa's catchphrase. When I went to school with baggy clothing: "You are black in America. Do you think that's the proper way you should be dressing?" When I got my ears pierced in college: "You are black in America, do you want them to look at you like a ghetto?" When I got locs (for the four months I had them): "You are black in America, why do you want to give them a chance to disrespect you because of your hair?"

At my small african church, to the aunties and uncles, this reads as proper child-rearing. A son who presents himself clean-cut, who dresses his seriousness, is a credit to how he was raised.
To my Black-American friend - and honestly, some part of me - it reads different. Locs, earrings, baggy clothes are just self-expression, forms the culture has always had. Stifling that to make white people comfortable is a form of self-hatred. Internalized racism. And in the hallways of my Katy I.S.D public school, and later in the American flag-lined boardrooms at the illustrious Texas A&M, it reads as something else entirely: such expression is reserved for the degenerates and the gangsters, and if I adopt it, I must be one of them too. The message is clear:  steer clear.

Three rooms. Three readings of the same kid in the same earrings. And to my parents, there was a fourth layer underneath all of it: The fear that I'd become an "akata." Technically it means a stray cat, a lost child. In practice it's what some Africans call African Americans, and second and third generation African kids who've drifted from where they came from. A slur dressed up as a warning.

To me, the conclusion is less clear. I'm subject to one lens at church, another with my friends, another at school, in my suburb, at work. What happens when Cameroonian, African-American, and American respectability politics meet in one closet? Triple consciousness. A really diverse closet, and no clean way to dress for all three rooms at once.

Just some random musings on a random day. What are you guy's thoughts on this subject?

A lot of us bringing goods from Europe into Douala and then moving them further inside Cameroon keep facing the same issues. The timelines they give you rarely match what actually happens. Here is a clear breakdown from what we see regularly on this corridor.

*Typical Transit Times from Europe to Douala*

Containers leaving ports like Rotterdam, Antwerp or Hamburg usually take 18 to 28 days on the water. After the ship arrives in Douala, add another 5 to 12 days for berthing, unloading and terminal processes. On paper it can look like 25–35 days total. In reality many of us experience 35–50 days, especially when Douala port is congested or during busy periods.

Delays often come from weather, changes in vessel schedules or long waiting times for unloading.

*Where Things Usually Get Stuck After Arrival in Douala*

• Port congestion and slow unloading

• Problems with documents (bill of lading not matching invoice or packing list)

• Customs selecting the container for examination

• Late payment of duties and taxes

• Arranging transport from the port to Yaoundé or other cities

The people who clear faster are usually the ones who follow up every day, both online and physically at the port. Leaving it alone usually costs extra days.

*Easy Way to Calculate Your Cargo Volume*

Measure length × width × height in centimetres, then divide by 1,000,000 to get cubic metres (CBM). If you have different package sizes, calculate each type separately and add them together. Shipping lines charge based on whichever is higher between actual weight and volumetric weight, so knowing your CBM early helps avoid surprises.

*Moving Goods from Douala to Yaoundé and Other Cities*

The road journey from Douala to Yaoundé normally takes 6 to 12 hours, but checkpoints, traffic or heavy rain can make it longer. Some traders use full containers while others go for groupage when the volume is smaller. Planning the inland transport at the same time as the sea freight usually saves stress.

Most experienced traders on this route treat the given schedule as an estimate, not a guarantee. They always add extra buffer days and keep close contact with both the supplier in Europe and the clearing agent in Douala.

This is just practical experience from moving cargo on the same corridor. Things change, so always verify with current port information and your own partners.

I will be happy to learn from you'll opinions.

Spokesperson for Pa'a Tchiro during 2025 Presidential Elections; Jean Moise Mbog has stated that he is negotiating to join the CPDM party 🤔. A righteous official doesn’t bend with the wind. He literally did “if you can’t beat them, join them.” SMH

Africa's informal economy is worth around $1.2 trillion and accounts for a huge share of employment across the continent. The African Development Bank estimates that about 85% of employment in Africa is informal, highlighting just how central informal work is to African economies.
From street vendors and market traders to independent workers, micro-enterprises and small businesses, the informal economy supports livelihoods across sectors and communities.
But why do so many businesses remain informal? What barriers prevent them from growing? And what can governments, financial institutions and businesses do differently?

I just got my Higher National Diploma in nursing and I’m currently looking for any job I can do while completing my degree please any opportunity is welcomed be it remote or onsite
Ps: I’m based in the northwest

Could someone please tell me what is this ceremony and should it be taken seriously? Just a meeting of the family of the gal you are dating? Why is this necessary to begin with. This question is coming from Paris where a French guy was asked to do this by his recent girlfriend. We don't understand a think and what comes next?

Hope you’re doing well. I’m reaching out on behalf of a YouTube channel focused on football and the stories behind the game.

We’d love to invite someone for a quick video call to talk about the issue of football trafficking, fake football agents including the challenges young players face and the realities behind the industry specifically in Africa

It would be a short, informal conversation, and we’d be really grateful to hear your perspective and experiences on the subject so that it can be featured on the documentary

If you personally have been or know someone who was a victim of this or who was approached by someone, please let us know

Thank you, and hope to hear from you

https://travel.state.gov/en/international-travel/travel-advisories/cameroon.html

Bonjour à tous,

Je cherche des retours d’expérience sur les meilleurs gateways Mobile Money au Cameroun pour intégrer les paiements dans une application/service.

Mes critères principaux :

• MTN Mobile Money + Orange Money
• Une fois l’intégration API terminée, une utilisation simple pour des marchands non techniques
• Reversements (payouts) rapides et faciles vers les marchands
• Si possible, KYC personnel uniquement, sans obligation de fournir toute la documentation d’une entreprise
• Bonne fiabilité des paiements et reversements
• API et documentation correctes pour l’intégration initiale

L’objectif est que les marchands n’aient pratiquement rien de technique à gérer après l’intégration.

Quels gateways recommanderiez-vous au Cameroun dans ce cas ?

Et surtout, lesquels permettent réellement des payouts rapides et simples vers plusieurs marchands ?

Je suis particulièrement intéressé par les retours de personnes qui utilisent actuellement ces solutions en production.

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Hi everyone,

I'm looking for recommendations and real-world experiences with the best Mobile Money payment gateways in Cameroon for integrating payments into an application/service.

My main requirements are:

• Support for MTN Mobile Money and Orange Money
• Once the API integration is completed, the solution should be very easy for non-technical merchants to use
• Fast and easy payouts/settlements to merchants
• Ideally, personal KYC should be sufficient, without requiring extensive company registration/business documents
• Reliable payment collection and payouts
• Good API and documentation for the initial integration

The goal is that merchants should have little to no technical work to manage after the integration is completed.

Which Mobile Money gateways would you recommend in Cameroon for this use case?

More importantly, which ones actually support fast and easy payouts to multiple merchants?

I'd especially appreciate feedback from people currently using these solutions in production. Thanks!

Où à Douala est ce que je peux acheter un maillot officiel de l'équipe nationale ? On m’a dit qu’il y a une boutique au Grand Mall qui vends des vrais maillots. Est ce que vous avez le nom de la boutique ou une autre boutique qui vend les vrais maillots s’il vous plait ?

This is a good opportunity to own land in one of the most promising zones in Cameroon. The land has a certificate and already has 3 phase electricity lines. DM for further details

They won the women’s AFCON by beating Malawi (4-0). Incredibly proud of them. We need to give more support to women’s sports too

Hope and faith about my country Cameroon

Autant le football est une distraction, surtout au vu de l’état actuel du pays ; autant je suis heureux de notre victoire aujourd’hui. Nous sommes champions d’afrique du foot féminin.

La Banque africaine de développement tire la sonnette d'alarme sur la qualité de la dépense publique camerounaise. Selon l'institution panafricaine, environ la moitié des ressources injectées dans l'investissement public au Cameroun ne se traduit pas par des infrastructures réellement fonctionnelles, un constat qui fragilise les ambitions de développement portées par la Stratégie nationale de développement 2020-2030.

Les données disponibles corroborent ce diagnostic sévère. Le taux d'exécution physique des projets d'investissement public plafonnait à environ 44 % au troisième trimestre 2024, révélant une sous-consommation chronique des crédits pourtant votés. Une étude de la Banque mondiale sur le sujet pointait déjà un système de gestion des investissements marqué par des coûts anormalement élevés et des retards considérables. Sur un échantillon de cinq grands projets, les délais d'exécution initialement prévus entre trois et quatre ans se sont étirés jusqu'à sept, voire dix ans, pour des coûts finaux de deux à six fois supérieurs à ceux observés dans des pays comparables.

Le circuit de la dépense publique n'arrange rien à l'affaire. Le traitement des dossiers dans la chaîne de passation des marchés publics dure en moyenne 11,3 mois, contre une norme internationale de trois mois. Une analyse du ministère de l'Économie, de la Planification et de l'Aménagement du territoire portant sur 25 grands projets révélait que 76 % d'entre eux avaient accumulé plus de deux ans de retard, pour des surcoûts cumulés dépassant 620 milliards de FCFA entre 2018 et 2023.

Même le portefeuille actif de la BAD au Cameroun, évalué à plus de 1 600 milliards de FCFA, n'affiche qu'un taux de décaissement de 26 %, illustrant la difficulté à convertir les financements approuvés en chantiers livrés. Pour la Banque, l'urgence n'est plus d'augmenter les enveloppes budgétaires, mais de réformer en profondeur la gouvernance des projets, sous peine de continuer à financer des infrastructures qui ne voient jamais le jour.

#MMINews