Cintia A. , Lebledparle.com
On Wednesday 15 January, the Minister of Finance launched the 2025 budget in Buea in the South-West region. In his speech, he clearly set out the government’s priorities, which he said were aimed at boosting economic productivity. “Support for Made in Cameroon, opening up production basins, strengthening the energy supply and modernising the road network” were the productivity-boosting measures announced by the Finance Minister on 15 January in Buea, at the launch of the 2025 budget. Read all about it in Défis Actuels.
On page 5 of this morning’s edition, Le Drapeau reports on the same news. According to it, the Minister of Finance, Louis Paul Motaze, officially launched the State’s budget operations for the 2025 financial year in Buea on 15 January 2025. “With an overall budget of CFAF 7,317.7 billion, this budget aims to accelerate structuring projects, strengthen decentralisation and respond to social and security challenges throughout Cameroon…”.
Le Financier d’Afrique also reports on the launch of the 2025 budget, citing Minfi directives. According to the paper, the focus will be on import-substitution, developing transport infrastructure and opening up production basins, strengthening energy capacities, restoring the financial balance of the electricity sector and continuing to pay off the State’s domestic debt, among other things.
The Info TV television channel, based in the Efoulan district, has made remarkable progress since it was launched at the end of 2019. In just a few years, it has become one of the best television channels in Cameroon. The channel’s founder, Dieudonné Mveng, has probably played a key role in this success, contributing his expertise and vision to develop the channel. The newspaper Le Témoin reported this morning.
Cameroon Tribune takes a look at the cocoa and coffee sectors and reports that, in a favourable context, particularly for the cocoa market, the Head of State, Paul Biya, last Tuesday revitalised the dedicated Development Fund. Expanded missions, reformed management bodies and increased resources are just some of the changes introduced by the decree reorganising and operating the FODECC. Read more on page 2.
On the occasion of World Braille Day, Coco Bertin, President of the Club des jeunes aveugles habilités du Cameroun, gives a mixed assessment of the inclusion of disabled people in the world of work. While progress has been made, thanks in particular to legislation and increased awareness, many challenges remain, particularly in terms of accessibility and adaptation of workstations. In a statement recently made public, the Cameroon Human Rights Commission (CDHC) deplores the fact that the normative and institutional framework has not evolved to fully guarantee the rights of visually impaired people. It therefore calls on the government to take concrete measures to improve accessibility in transport, education and health. Echos Santé reports on this in today’s edition.
“Presidential election 2025: Kamto plays with fire” is the headline in the newspaper Repères. With this headline, it explains that the MRC leader, sensing his imminent defeat, is “flooding the media and social networks with unfounded recriminations about gross manipulation of the electoral roll. Desperate, he clumsily denounced collusion between Elecam and the government in power. In so doing, it is raising the spectre of serious dangers arising from unnecessary electoral crises. This is a highly strategic issue, just a few months away from the elections scheduled for October 2025″.
This concludes the national press review this morning. Thank you for reading and see you tomorrow for another edition.
