(Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA) recently issued a call for expression of interest for technical studies in the framework of the reconstruction of the Douala-Yaoundé railway line.
This reconstruction is part of the regional project PCDN aimed at improving the performance of the Douala-Ndjamena Rail-Road Corridor.
According to the procurement notice, the selected consultant will carry out
a detailed study for the renewal of the current infrastructure on the Douala-Yaoundé section.
When questioned over the reasons why the call was issued by the CCAA rather than the Ministry of Transport or Camrail (the state-owned railway operator), an authorized source at the Ministry of Finance explains that it is due to the specificities of both the project and the financing provided by the World Bank.
Towards the construction of a modern airport in Kribi
(Business in Cameroon) - On February 25, 2021, Paule Assoumou Koki (photo), Director General of the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority(CCAA), paid a working visit to Kribi, the seaside town in the southern region of the country. She notably visited the city s aerodrome, a 125-hectare area consisting of a laterite runway built for light aircraft.
We came to assess the situation and see how we can upgrade this aerodrome to allow more planes to land in Kribi. We were also there to discuss with local authorities to know whether a modern airport can be developed in this city, which has good economic and tourist prospects. The Civil Aviation Authority’s mission [through this visit] is also to prepare aviation development plans, Paule Assoumou Koki said, according to the newsletter published by the Port Authority of Kribi (PAK).
(Business in Cameroon) - Oil products distribution company SEDECAM S.A plans to build an LPG filling plant in Edea, in the Littoral region of Cameroon. This is revealed in the release published by the Ministry of Environment, Nature Protection, and Sustainable Development (MINEPDED) to announce the March 1-6, 2021 public hearing in preparation for an environmental impact assessment.
SEDECAM S.A is the distributor of domestic gas brand Glocal Gaz. It is the subsidiary of Moroccan group Akwa Group, which bought (in 2018) the Glocal Gaz brand from Dane Kosan Crisplant that was operating in Cameroon since the early 2000s.
The LPG filling plant it plans to build will be the second infrastructure of that type it is building in Cameroon. The first was built in Limbe, in the Anglophone south-western region. The investment (whose amount has not been disclosed yet), will boost SEDECAM’s capacities and likely its presence in the Cameroonian market dominated by competitors such as