Investment sectors

Cocoa, coffee, cotton, bananas, oil palm: a diverse agricultural base, ready to be processed locally.

A pillar of the economy, agriculture employs a large share of the workforce. From the cocoa of the Centre and South to the cotton of the North, the country offers rare agro-ecological diversity and vast, still underused arable land.

The National Development Strategy 2030 puts local processing first: mechanisation, irrigation, cold chains and agro-industrial parks, with a regional market across CEMAC.

One of the largest hydropower potentials in sub-Saharan Africa, still largely untapped.

The Sanaga basin holds a large share of the hydropower potential. The Nachtigal plant, at full capacity since 2025, strengthens supply; gas around Kribi, solar and biomass complete the mix.

Domestic demand grows with urbanisation and industry, and regional interconnections open export markets. Public-private partnerships are multiplying under a modernised regulatory framework.

The Kribi deep-water port is redrawing the logistics map of Central Africa.

The port of Kribi handles large vessels, relieves the port of Douala and serves Chad and the Central African Republic. The Yaoundé–Douala motorway, the railway and the airports are being modernised.

Construction, engineering and concessions offer wide prospects, often financed through public-private partnerships. Housing, industrial zones and public facilities follow urban growth.

Fintech, mobile services and digital government: an ecosystem growing in Douala and Yaoundé.

Douala and Yaoundé are home to start-ups, incubators and fintech and digital services companies. Electronic payments, mobile services and the digitisation of public administration shape demand.

The State is investing in fibre optics, data centres and telecommunications. The subregional market, hungry for digital services and connectivity, widens the opportunities.

From the beaches of Kribi to Mount Cameroon: varied natural and cultural sites, still little developed.

Known as “Africa in miniature”, Cameroon brings together Atlantic beaches, mountains, national parks and wildlife reserves, along with great cultural diversity.

The government is making tourism a lever for diversification by 2030. Opportunities include hotels, eco-lodges, cultural circuits and business tourism.

Industrial zones in Kribi, Douala-Bonabéri and Dibamba, for producing close to the ports.

The industrial zones of Kribi, Douala-Bonabéri and Dibamba host manufacturing and logistics. Priorities: agro-industry, wood processing, light metalworking, building materials and import substitution.

Investors benefit from the incentives of Ordinance No. 2025/002 and the API’s one-stop shop, with the aim of making Cameroon an industrial hub of CEMAC.