Congo-Brazzaville Owes Almost as Much as It Produces
Congo-Brazzaville debt reached 97.2 percent of GDP at end-2025, far above the CEMAC ceiling, while oil still supplies 90 percent...
September 4, 2026Topic
CEMAC
Gabon Cut Its Revenue Forecast by a Fifth and Kept Spending
The Gabon revised budget cuts revenue projections 22 percent to 3.24 trillion CFA francs while spending holds, which investors say...
September 4, 2026
Cameroon’s Regional Debt Tops CFA2 Trillion, or US$3.6 Billion
Cameroon Treasury debt on the CEMAC market reached CFA2.061 trillion at end-July 2026, with annual growth slowing sharply to 4.1%...
September 3, 2026
Washington Puts a US$7 Billion Number on Cameroon
Cameroon United States investment talks opened in Yaoundé around a US$7 billion pipeline, from a 1,080 MW dam to a...
September 1, 2026
Cameroon Paid for Roads That Are Still Unfinished
Three Cameroonian road contracts with Egypt's Arab Contractors are years late. The ministry has paid most of the invoices and...
August 24, 2026
Congo Wants 10,000 Megawatts. First It Has to Fix Its Power Company
A Congo Brazzaville electricity plan would lift capacity from about 760 megawatts to 10,000 by 2040, starting with a contract...
August 23, 2026
Paul Biya Is Back in Cameroon After Ten Weeks. The New No. 2 Job Is Empty
The Paul Biya return to Yaoundé on 20 August ended a 74-day absence, but the vice-presidency created in April 2026...
August 22, 2026
Central Africa Licences Its First Credit Rating Agency
The CEMAC credit rating licence went to Geneva Investment Corporation on 7 August. It is the first ever granted in...
August 20, 2026
Four State Firms Hold 80% of Cameroon’s On-Lent Debt
Cameroon's on-lent debt reached FCFA 845.2 billion at end-June 2026, and four state companies hold 79.5% of it, per the...
August 4, 2026