The Guardian Post: First English language newspaper in Cameroon to hit 3,000 editions.

Or what Francophones call ‘un journal régulier, mais qui sort des temps en temps’.  But lo, The Guardian Post had come to stay, and not only staying but contributing enormously in transforming the print media landscape to usher in a new paradigm.

From its inception, the path The Guardian Post trudged was rough and tumultuous, but the newspaper, propelled by its publisher’s determination to surmount the challenges, continued to march on. Twenty-two years down the lane, The Guardian Post is at the pinnacle of print media in Cameroon with several records and towering achievements to its credit.

Created by Ngah Christian Mbipgo, The Guardian Post, as a weekly at birth, buoyed by its outstanding style, design, middle-of-the-road editorial policy and objective approach to issues, took the print media landscape in Cameroon by storm. It quickly moved from a weekly publication to a bi-weekly and later began publishing three times a week.     

Meanwhile, in January 2016, having acquired its own printing press, The Guardian Post began publishing five times a week, becoming the first English language newspaper in the history of print media landscape in the country to do so. 

In November 2019, The Guardian Post Magazine was launched, published as a quarterly glossy magazine.     

Early 2020 saw the newspaper buying another printing press of upgraded quality to add to what it already had.         

On Sunday February 7, 2021, the Sunday edition of The Guardian Post hit the newsstands. This was a major milestone in the print media in Cameroon. This edition has been receiving acclaim from across the board.

In January 2022, the Saturday edition of The Guardian Post, dedicated purely to sports, was launched. This thus made The Guardian Post the only newspaper in Cameroon and in the entire CEMAC Subregion that publishers seven times a week.

Meanwhile, in March 2022, The Guardian Post, with its unflinching zeal to better serve its readers and advertisers, began printing in full colour. 

Today, the newspaper, which was created in 2001 with a meagre capital of 150,000 FCFA and with a one-man staff, has a personnel strength of 52, who are regularly paid.

Thorny road to success 

Nonetheless, the road covered by The Guardian Post in its 22 years of existence has been a thorny and rough one. 

Years back, it suffered unjustified suspensions by the National Communication Council, NCC. However, the suspensions by NCC only went a long way to embolden The Guardian Post to move on. 

It should be noted that after each suspension, the newspaper came back stronger, increasing its periodicity. 

Like, every other newspaper, The Guardian Post has felt the pinch of the advent of social media and citizen journalism. Nonetheless, it is innovating to surmount this hurdle by opting to be more creative, going in for incisive and in-depth reporting, which readers can’t get from the social media.

To also boost income, The Guardian Post now has a very functional website (www.theguardianpostcameroon.com), from which readers worldwide can buy the electronic version of the newspaper. 

Another major challenge that The Guardian Post has been facing is dwindling advertisement within the media sector. Even when adverts come, it takes months, even years, for the bills to be paid. This is if they will even be paid. 

Since the war in Ukraine, prices of printing materials like papers, plates, ink and other accessories have been skyrocketing, putting the newspaper in dire financial straits. 

But The Guardian Post continues to trudge on, determined to serve its teeming readers and committed advertisers with unfettered journalism. 

According to the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Ngah Christian, the media organ also has plans to move the number of pages from 12 to 16. 

With offices in Bamenda, Douala and reporters in Limbe, Buea, Kumba, Ngah added that The Guardian Post also envisages opening three more offices; one in Garoua for the North and Far North Regions, another in Bertoua to cover the East and South Regions and Bafoussam to cover the West Region. 

He also disclosed that other international bureaus will be opened in Europe (Istanbul, Turkey), Asia (Hong Kong), United Kingdom (London) and Middle East (Dubai, United Arab Emirates). 

Ngah stated that, “The Guardian Post is ready to continue giving our teeming readers, committed advertisers and other well-wishers the best quality in print journalism”.

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While some newspapers have been staggering, cutting down their regularity, The Guardian Post, which is the pioneer daily English language newspaper in the country, and the only newspaper in the entire CEMAC Subregion that is published seven times a week-Monday to Sunday, has remained steadfast and continues to publish seven times a week in colour. 

The newspaper’s unbeatable regularity is what many media pundits say enabled it to be the first English language newspaper in the annals of the print media in Cameroon to have reached the 3,000 editions landmark.

It should be noted that the newspaper, which clocked 22 years on August 30, 2023, has many records to its credit. The Guardian Post is the only private newspaper in Cameroon that is housed in its own building. Construction of the imposing structure at the Efoulan-Lac neighbourhood in Yaounde,  began in February 2019 and by October the same year, the two-storey building, comprising a ground floor for the printing press and offices on the other floors, had been completed.

Other records include, among others: first English language newspaper in Cameroon to publish daily; first newspaper in Cameroon to publish seven times a week. The Guardian Post is among the few newspapers that own and manage its own printing press, it is among the few newspapers in Cameroon that publish a regular quarterly magazine. It is the only newspaper in Cameroon that runs an editorial in every edition. 

A few years back, The Guardian Post created another record by opening a bureau in Washington DC, to cover the United States of America and other North and South American countries. 

The Guardian Post is the only newspaper in Cameroon that survives on sales and boasts of a record 12,000 direct subscribers of its electronic version worldwide.

With a slippery media landscape where libel is criminal, The Guardian Post, in its 22 years existence, due to its professional and responsible journalism, meticulous, objective and balanced reporting, has never been dragged to court for libel or defamation. The newspaper is endowed with a cream of seasoned reporters and editors who ensure that the news published is verifiable. 

Above all, The Guardian Post is the only newspaper in Cameroon, which, for 22 years, its staff have not known salary arrears.

Difficult beginning, enormous accomplishments

The Guardian Post first hit the newsstands on August 30, 2021. At the time, many thought it was just one of those newspapers that will appear and disappear. Or what Francophones call ‘un journal régulier, mais qui sort des temps en temps’.  But lo, The Guardian Post had come to stay, and not only staying but contributing enormously in transforming the print media landscape to usher in a new paradigm.

From its inception, the path The Guardian Post trudged was rough and tumultuous, but the newspaper, propelled by its publisher’s determination to surmount the challenges, continued to march on. Twenty-two years down the lane, The Guardian Post is at the pinnacle of print media in Cameroon with several records and towering achievements to its credit.

Created by Ngah Christian Mbipgo, The Guardian Post, as a weekly at birth, buoyed by its outstanding style, design, middle-of-the-road editorial policy and objective approach to issues, took the print media landscape in Cameroon by storm. It quickly moved from a weekly publication to a bi-weekly and later began publishing three times a week.     

Meanwhile, in January 2016, having acquired its own printing press, The Guardian Post began publishing five times a week, becoming the first English language newspaper in the history of print media landscape in the country to do so. 

In November 2019, The Guardian Post Magazine was launched, published as a quarterly glossy magazine.     

Early 2020 saw the newspaper buying another printing press of upgraded quality to add to what it already had.         

On Sunday February 7, 2021, the Sunday edition of The Guardian Post hit the newsstands. This was a major milestone in the print media in Cameroon. This edition has been receiving acclaim from across the board.

In January 2022, the Saturday edition of The Guardian Post, dedicated purely to sports, was launched. This thus made The Guardian Post the only newspaper in Cameroon and in the entire CEMAC Subregion that publishers seven times a week.

Meanwhile, in March 2022, The Guardian Post, with its unflinching zeal to better serve its readers and advertisers, began printing in full colour. 

Today, the newspaper, which was created in 2001 with a meagre capital of 150,000 FCFA and with a one-man staff, has a personnel strength of 52, who are regularly paid.

Thorny road to success 

Nonetheless, the road covered by The Guardian Post in its 22 years of existence has been a thorny and rough one. 

Years back, it suffered unjustified suspensions by the National Communication Council, NCC. However, the suspensions by NCC only went a long way to embolden The Guardian Post to move on. 

It should be noted that after each suspension, the newspaper came back stronger, increasing its periodicity. 

Like, every other newspaper, The Guardian Post has felt the pinch of the advent of social media and citizen journalism. Nonetheless, it is innovating to surmount this hurdle by opting to be more creative, going in for incisive and in-depth reporting, which readers can’t get from the social media.

To also boost income, The Guardian Post now has a very functional website (www.theguardianpostcameroon.com), from which readers worldwide can buy the electronic version of the newspaper. 

Another major challenge that The Guardian Post has been facing is dwindling advertisement within the media sector. Even when adverts come, it takes months, even years, for the bills to be paid. This is if they will even be paid. 

Since the war in Ukraine, prices of printing materials like papers, plates, ink and other accessories have been skyrocketing, putting the newspaper in dire financial straits. 

But The Guardian Post continues to trudge on, determined to serve its teeming readers and committed advertisers with unfettered journalism. 

According to the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Ngah Christian, the media organ also has plans to move the number of pages from 12 to 16. 

With offices in Bamenda, Douala and reporters in Limbe, Buea, Kumba, Ngah added that The Guardian Post also envisages opening three more offices; one in Garoua for the North and Far North Regions, another in Bertoua to cover the East and South Regions and Bafoussam to cover the West Region. 

He also disclosed that other international bureaus will be opened in Europe (Istanbul, Turkey), Asia (Hong Kong), United Kingdom (London) and Middle East (Dubai, United Arab Emirates). 

Ngah stated that, “The Guardian Post is ready to continue giving our teeming readers, committed advertisers and other well-wishers the best quality in print journalism”.

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While some newspapers have been staggering, cutting down their regularity, The Guardian Post, which is the pioneer daily English language newspaper in the country, and the only newspaper in the entire CEMAC Subregion that is published seven times a week-Monday to Sunday, has remained steadfast and continues to publish seven times a week in colour. 

The newspaper’s unbeatable regularity is what many media pundits say enabled it to be the first English language newspaper in the annals of the print media in Cameroon to have reached the 3,000 editions landmark.

It should be noted that the newspaper, which clocked 22 years on August 30, 2023, has many records to its credit. The Guardian Post is the only private newspaper in Cameroon that is housed in its own building. Construction of the imposing structure at the Efoulan-Lac neighbourhood in Yaounde,  began in February 2019 and by October the same year, the two-storey building, comprising a ground floor for the printing press and offices on the other floors, had been completed.

Other records include, among others: first English language newspaper in Cameroon to publish daily; first newspaper in Cameroon to publish seven times a week. The Guardian Post is among the few newspapers that own and manage its own printing press, it is among the few newspapers in Cameroon that publish a regular quarterly magazine. It is the only newspaper in Cameroon that runs an editorial in every edition. 

A few years back, The Guardian Post created another record by opening a bureau in Washington DC, to cover the United States of America and other North and South American countries. 

The Guardian Post is the only newspaper in Cameroon that survives on sales and boasts of a record 12,000 direct subscribers of its electronic version worldwide.

With a slippery media landscape where libel is criminal, The Guardian Post, in its 22 years existence, due to its professional and responsible journalism, meticulous, objective and balanced reporting, has never been dragged to court for libel or defamation. The newspaper is endowed with a cream of seasoned reporters and editors who ensure that the news published is verifiable. 

Above all, The Guardian Post is the only newspaper in Cameroon, which, for 22 years, its staff have not known salary arrears.

Difficult beginning, enormous accomplishments

The Guardian Post first hit the newsstands on August 30, 2021. At the time, many thought it was just one of those newspapers that will appear and disappear. Or what Francophones call ‘un journal régulier, mais qui sort des temps en temps’.  But lo, The Guardian Post had come to stay, and not only staying but contributing enormously in transforming the print media landscape to usher in a new paradigm.

From its inception, the path The Guardian Post trudged was rough and tumultuous, but the newspaper, propelled by its publisher’s determination to surmount the challenges, continued to march on. Twenty-two years down the lane, The Guardian Post is at the pinnacle of print media in Cameroon with several records and towering achievements to its credit.

Created by Ngah Christian Mbipgo, The Guardian Post, as a weekly at birth, buoyed by its outstanding style, design, middle-of-the-road editorial policy and objective approach to issues, took the print media landscape in Cameroon by storm. It quickly moved from a weekly publication to a bi-weekly and later began publishing three times a week.     

Meanwhile, in January 2016, having acquired its own printing press, The Guardian Post began publishing five times a week, becoming the first English language newspaper in the history of print media landscape in the country to do so. 

In November 2019, The Guardian Post Magazine was launched, published as a quarterly glossy magazine.     

Early 2020 saw the newspaper buying another printing press of upgraded quality to add to what it already had.         

On Sunday February 7, 2021, the Sunday edition of The Guardian Post hit the newsstands. This was a major milestone in the print media in Cameroon. This edition has been receiving acclaim from across the board.

In January 2022, the Saturday edition of The Guardian Post, dedicated purely to sports, was launched. This thus made The Guardian Post the only newspaper in Cameroon and in the entire CEMAC Subregion that publishers seven times a week.

Meanwhile, in March 2022, The Guardian Post, with its unflinching zeal to better serve its readers and advertisers, began printing in full colour. 

Today, the newspaper, which was created in 2001 with a meagre capital of 150,000 FCFA and with a one-man staff, has a personnel strength of 52, who are regularly paid.

Thorny road to success 

Nonetheless, the road covered by The Guardian Post in its 22 years of existence has been a thorny and rough one. 

Years back, it suffered unjustified suspensions by the National Communication Council, NCC. However, the suspensions by NCC only went a long way to embolden The Guardian Post to move on. 

It should be noted that after each suspension, the newspaper came back stronger, increasing its periodicity. 

Like, every other newspaper, The Guardian Post has felt the pinch of the advent of social media and citizen journalism. Nonetheless, it is innovating to surmount this hurdle by opting to be more creative, going in for incisive and in-depth reporting, which readers can’t get from the social media.

To also boost income, The Guardian Post now has a very functional website (www.theguardianpostcameroon.com), from which readers worldwide can buy the electronic version of the newspaper. 

Another major challenge that The Guardian Post has been facing is dwindling advertisement within the media sector. Even when adverts come, it takes months, even years, for the bills to be paid. This is if they will even be paid. 

Since the war in Ukraine, prices of printing materials like papers, plates, ink and other accessories have been skyrocketing, putting the newspaper in dire financial straits. 

But The Guardian Post continues to trudge on, determined to serve its teeming readers and committed advertisers with unfettered journalism. 

According to the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Ngah Christian, the media organ also has plans to move the number of pages from 12 to 16. 

With offices in Bamenda, Douala and reporters in Limbe, Buea, Kumba, Ngah added that The Guardian Post also envisages opening three more offices; one in Garoua for the North and Far North Regions, another in Bertoua to cover the East and South Regions and Bafoussam to cover the West Region. 

He also disclosed that other international bureaus will be opened in Europe (Istanbul, Turkey), Asia (Hong Kong), United Kingdom (London) and Middle East (Dubai, United Arab Emirates). 

Ngah stated that, “The Guardian Post is ready to continue giving our teeming readers, committed advertisers and other well-wishers the best quality in print journalism”.

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While some newspapers have been staggering, cutting down their regularity, The Guardian Post, which is the pioneer daily English language newspaper in the country, and the only newspaper in the entire CEMAC Subregion that is published seven times a week-Monday to Sunday, has remained steadfast and continues to publish seven times a week in colour. 

The newspaper’s unbeatable regularity is what many media pundits say enabled it to be the first English language newspaper in the annals of the print media in Cameroon to have reached the 3,000 editions landmark.

It should be noted that the newspaper, which clocked 22 years on August 30, 2023, has many records to its credit. The Guardian Post is the only private newspaper in Cameroon that is housed in its own building. Construction of the imposing structure at the Efoulan-Lac neighbourhood in Yaounde,  began in February 2019 and by October the same year, the two-storey building, comprising a ground floor for the printing press and offices on the other floors, had been completed.

Other records include, among others: first English language newspaper in Cameroon to publish daily; first newspaper in Cameroon to publish seven times a week. The Guardian Post is among the few newspapers that own and manage its own printing press, it is among the few newspapers in Cameroon that publish a regular quarterly magazine. It is the only newspaper in Cameroon that runs an editorial in every edition. 

A few years back, The Guardian Post created another record by opening a bureau in Washington DC, to cover the United States of America and other North and South American countries. 

The Guardian Post is the only newspaper in Cameroon that survives on sales and boasts of a record 12,000 direct subscribers of its electronic version worldwide.

With a slippery media landscape where libel is criminal, The Guardian Post, in its 22 years existence, due to its professional and responsible journalism, meticulous, objective and balanced reporting, has never been dragged to court for libel or defamation. The newspaper is endowed with a cream of seasoned reporters and editors who ensure that the news published is verifiable. 

Above all, The Guardian Post is the only newspaper in Cameroon, which, for 22 years, its staff have not known salary arrears.

Difficult beginning, enormous accomplishments

The Guardian Post first hit the newsstands on August 30, 2021. At the time, many thought it was just one of those newspapers that will appear and disappear. Or what Francophones call ‘un journal régulier, mais qui sort des temps en temps’.  But lo, The Guardian Post had come to stay, and not only staying but contributing enormously in transforming the print media landscape to usher in a new paradigm.

From its inception, the path The Guardian Post trudged was rough and tumultuous, but the newspaper, propelled by its publisher’s determination to surmount the challenges, continued to march on. Twenty-two years down the lane, The Guardian Post is at the pinnacle of print media in Cameroon with several records and towering achievements to its credit.

Created by Ngah Christian Mbipgo, The Guardian Post, as a weekly at birth, buoyed by its outstanding style, design, middle-of-the-road editorial policy and objective approach to issues, took the print media landscape in Cameroon by storm. It quickly moved from a weekly publication to a bi-weekly and later began publishing three times a week.     

Meanwhile, in January 2016, having acquired its own printing press, The Guardian Post began publishing five times a week, becoming the first English language newspaper in the history of print media landscape in the country to do so. 

In November 2019, The Guardian Post Magazine was launched, published as a quarterly glossy magazine.     

Early 2020 saw the newspaper buying another printing press of upgraded quality to add to what it already had.         

On Sunday February 7, 2021, the Sunday edition of The Guardian Post hit the newsstands. This was a major milestone in the print media in Cameroon. This edition has been receiving acclaim from across the board.

In January 2022, the Saturday edition of The Guardian Post, dedicated purely to sports, was launched. This thus made The Guardian Post the only newspaper in Cameroon and in the entire CEMAC Subregion that publishers seven times a week.

Meanwhile, in March 2022, The Guardian Post, with its unflinching zeal to better serve its readers and advertisers, began printing in full colour. 

Today, the newspaper, which was created in 2001 with a meagre capital of 150,000 FCFA and with a one-man staff, has a personnel strength of 52, who are regularly paid.

Thorny road to success 

Nonetheless, the road covered by The Guardian Post in its 22 years of existence has been a thorny and rough one. 

Years back, it suffered unjustified suspensions by the National Communication Council, NCC. However, the suspensions by NCC only went a long way to embolden The Guardian Post to move on. 

It should be noted that after each suspension, the newspaper came back stronger, increasing its periodicity. 

Like, every other newspaper, The Guardian Post has felt the pinch of the advent of social media and citizen journalism. Nonetheless, it is innovating to surmount this hurdle by opting to be more creative, going in for incisive and in-depth reporting, which readers can’t get from the social media.

To also boost income, The Guardian Post now has a very functional website (www.theguardianpostcameroon.com), from which readers worldwide can buy the electronic version of the newspaper. 

Another major challenge that The Guardian Post has been facing is dwindling advertisement within the media sector. Even when adverts come, it takes months, even years, for the bills to be paid. This is if they will even be paid. 

Since the war in Ukraine, prices of printing materials like papers, plates, ink and other accessories have been skyrocketing, putting the newspaper in dire financial straits. 

But The Guardian Post continues to trudge on, determined to serve its teeming readers and committed advertisers with unfettered journalism. 

According to the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Ngah Christian, the media organ also has plans to move the number of pages from 12 to 16. 

With offices in Bamenda, Douala and reporters in Limbe, Buea, Kumba, Ngah added that The Guardian Post also envisages opening three more offices; one in Garoua for the North and Far North Regions, another in Bertoua to cover the East and South Regions and Bafoussam to cover the West Region. 

He also disclosed that other international bureaus will be opened in Europe (Istanbul, Turkey), Asia (Hong Kong), United Kingdom (London) and Middle East (Dubai, United Arab Emirates). 

Ngah stated that, “The Guardian Post is ready to continue giving our teeming readers, committed advertisers and other well-wishers the best quality in print journalism”.