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Tourist Map of Buea The activity of tourism authorities in Buea and Limbe, with respect to the impending Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, can be summarized in one sentence: “upgrade existing infrastructure and add rooms to extend capacities”. Satisfied with the completion rate of 70% for all these works, the Ministry of Tourism and Liesure Delegation visiting the South West Region for this purpose, from 4 to 8 August 2016, left assured that hotels will be ready in time for the august event. The State in view of the Women’s AFCON decided to upgrade select hotels in Limbe and Buea to full four star status. Parliamentarian Flats Hotel, Buea: Full of history and symbolism These include the Parliamentarian Flats Hotel, and Mountain Hotel in Buea. At the Parliamentarian Flat, the works consist in extending the room capacity and providing inexistent infrastructures. As such, to the 30 upgraded pre-existing rooms of the Parliamentarian Flats Hotel, 46 new four-star grade rooms ar...

Natural Resources for Sustainable Development : Natural Resources for Sustainable Development: The Fundamentals of Oil, Gas, and Mining Governance, a joint course by the Natural Resource Governance Institute, the Columbia Center on Sustainable...

“A senseless strike!” Vincent Ndumu Nji, Government Delegate. Bamenda City Council Mr Government Delegate, during the traders’ strike of 12 July over increased market shed rents, you were in a conference in London. So, how did you feel when you got the information? Well, I felt a little bit worried in the sense that, you can easily agree with me that it was a senseless strike! The first thing about it is that, as a business man operating within the premises of a municipality, when you go on strike, the strike should be about something beneficial to you, because closing your shop or activities for one day causes you to lose money. Secondly, we had had a lot of discussions with the representatives of the traders of all the four markets here. All of us agreed on the necessity, given the means that are required to run this market, to bring up some of the market rents to the minimum official rates provided by the 2009 law on council fiscal revenue. So, I say it was surprising in the se...

Njikwa Council Njikwa Council area corresponds to Njikwa Sub Division in Momo Division, North West Region. Like its sister councils in Momo, it lies astride the savannah of the Western Highlands and the forest belt of the South West of Cameroon. The main town, Njikwa, lies about 64km from Bamenda, some 40 km from Mbengwi, the divisional headquarters of Momo. Njikwa Council shares its boundaries with Menchum Division in the north, Mezam Division and Mbengwi Central Sub Division in the east, Widikum Sub Division in the West and Ngie Sub Division in the South. The surface area of the Sub Division is about 685 km², for a population of 16,634. Historically, Njikwa Council used to constitute part of the defunct Momo Council Union that also included Mbengwi, Batibo, Ngie and Widikum. Today, the council executive is led by Mayor Itambi Tagyen Andrew. The council has 25 councillors Peopling and Economic Activities Njikwa is made up of 09 villages: Oshie, Ngwo, in the South, then Konda, ...

Isangele Council is located in the Ndian Division in South West Region. It is privileged to be among the 18 councils out of 360 with a female mayor at their helm. It is also privileged to be located at the border, at the crossroads between Cameroon and Nigeria. As such, its population is a melting pot of ethnicities, not only from these two nations, but also from other West African countries attracted to its rich fisheries. A building scheme in Isangele: Solving the housing problem. Created on june 29, 1977, this Council 765 km² Isangele Council has a population of 5,000 inhabitants and is governed by a council of 22, under the leadership of Caroline Offiong Usim. It is bounded in the north by Mundemba council, in the south by Kombo Abedimo council, in the west by the Atlantic Ocean  and in the east by Ekondo Titi and Kombo Itindi council areas. This is the parent council of the Bakassi Area, with offshoots being the Kombo Itindi and Idabato Councils. The main settle...

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Kekem Council to host 9 Billion CFA cocoa processing plant Following the laying of the foundation stone, by the Minister of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Louis Paul Motaze, of a cocoa transformation plant in Kekem Council, it can be argued that this council has turned on a new leaf in its drive towards industrialisation, diversity and development. The factory, which will be the first of its kind in the country, is located precisely in Fondjomoko neighbourhood near the town of Kekem in the Upper Nkam Division, West Region and is being sponsored by Emmanuel Neossi, through his company, Neo Industry S.A. The 9 billion CFA worth plant will be constructed by a Swiss company, Bühler, which specialises plant and food processing technologies and advanced materials. According to the technical specifications of the processing plant, it will have a capacity of 4 tonnes of cocoa seeds processed per hour, employing 825 staff in permanent positions, in addition to thousands of...