June 3, 2026
Trade Policy
June 2, 2026
Introduction The government of Cameroon has gone tough on maize imports. On May 7th, the Prime Minister, Chief Dr. Joseph Dion Ngute, chaired a high-level interministerial […]
May 23, 2026
Introduction As of May 8th 2026, the Ministry of Commerce has banned all new maize import licenses and restricted the implementation of existing ones. The indefinite […]
May 23, 2026
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Download the full brief here To Cite: Kouam, H., Egbe-Njie, F., Djamo, H., Chefor, D. & Kornher, L. (2026). The Role of the AfCFTA […]
May 11, 2026
Africa will benefit more from free market reforms. For too long, free markets have been largely associated with tax cuts, but simplifying trade rules will unleash […]
May 3, 2026
Imagine a woman in Douala who wakes up before dawn, loads goods onto a bus, crosses into Nigeria or Gabon, sells what she can, and returns […]
April 29, 2026
Introduction Cameroon signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in 2018 with 43 other African countries designed to accelerate intra-African trade and enhance economic integration […]
April 28, 2026
Introduction At the 39th African Union Summit, held on February 14 and 15, 2026, in Addis Ababa, Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama reiterated the need to […]
April 28, 2026
Executive Summary The African Trade Observatory (ATO), a key instrument of the AfCFTA, provides reliable and up-to-date data to reduce information gaps and the costs of […]