To ease investment in Cameroon: UK Cameroon Chamber of Commerce unveils business guide at PROMOTE fair.

The vital document was presented during a Doing Business Roundtable hosted at the UK Pavilion at PROMOTE on Monday, June 15. The business guide was unveiled alongside a portal made available in the two official languages of Cameroon. 

It was revealed that the United Kingdom stands as a key investor in Cameroon, with trade in goods and services between both countries currently estimated at over 691 billion FCFA (£911 million). 

Cameroon, officials said, presents abundant investment opportunities across various sectors like infrastructure, energy and climate change, natural resources, and tourism. 

With the economic partnership agreement between the UK and Cameroon in full force, officials said prospects for improvement are high. However, it was disclosed that understanding the opportunities and how to navigate through the hurdles is what the business guide aims to support. 

According to the Chairman of the UKCCC, Dr Elias Pungong, the guide not only teaches how to do business in Cameroon, but also dwells on all aspects, including taxation policy, monetary policy, promising areas for investments, and the judicial system.

“The business guide tells you what is it that you need to know to do business in Cameroon. The challenges, but also the opportunities,” Dr Pungong said. 

In spite of the huge potential that the country possesses, the senior African energy expert acknowledged that well-known structural bottlenecks are currently facing the country and these include; infrastructure, energy and bureaucracy with complexities within the customs system, and taxation.

He, however, said there is hope in the horizon as the event signals strong public-private alignment and that will hope will bear fruits in no distant time. 

This, he said, follows the reassurance given to investors by the Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Paul Tasong.

Minister Tasong had earlier on, during the opening of the UK Pavilion, stressed that the private sector remains central to Cameroon’s National Development Strategy (SND30). He had mentioned that government is actively listening and addressing these systemic issues.

“We have all the challenges around including energy, infrastructure, the custom system, taxation system and the general bureaucracy around the government, around the different ministries,” Dr Pungong added. 

He detailed that Minister Tasong’s presence at the event was reassuring that government is listening and considering the input of the private sector in the 2030 development agenda. 

“…he was here, he listened to us and that some of these challenges are being addressed by the government. So, we have all those difficulties, but we still see that if you persevere, from the discussions that we had earlier today, you will have the results” Dr Pungong stated. 

The UKCCC Chairman equally asserted that the chamber’s presence at PROMOTE is to support the UK government and private sector in their investment opportunities and how they deal with Cameroon. 

“The UK government is interested in education, energy, renewable energy, clean energy, climate change, but mainly around energy, education and infrastructure,” he mentioned. 

Dr Pungong further cited infrastructural projects that have benefited from significant infrastructure in Cameroon with the likes the Yaounde-Nsimalen motorway, the Kribi-Yaounde road project amongst other projects.

“So, the UK is interested in infrastructure and they are doing a lot through the UK export financing to support the Cameroon government in building infrastructure around roads, healthcare, education, and some other sectors,” he detailed. 

 This article was first published in The Guardian Post No 3820 Wednesday, June 17, 2026