The API brought investors and public authorities together to identify the difficulties investors face and respond to them.
Administrative procedures, access to land, taxation and infrastructure: the discussions pinpointed the constraints investors face.
Corrective measures were considered to streamline procedures and improve coordination between administrations.
Summarised from the agency’s former website: investincameroon.cm/actualites.html
The new text sets investment incentives in Cameroon and makes the API the one-stop shop for investors.
The ordinance modernises tax and customs benefits, strengthens transparency and gives investors legal certainty, in line with the national development strategy.
Centralising procedures at the API’s one-stop shop gives companies better visibility and shorter lead times.
Summarised from the agency’s former website: investincameroon.cm/actualites.html
In February 2025, the API and the ARISE group signed an agreement for the Dibamba industrial platform near Douala.
The platform aims at a complete manufacturing ecosystem, combining logistics, processing and industrial services, for companies serving regional and international markets.
Operators benefit from the incentives of Ordinance No. 2025/002 and the support of the API’s one-stop shop.
Summarised from the agency’s former website: investincameroon.cm/actualites.html
In 2025, the API supported the signing of 70 investment agreements in strategic sectors.
The agreements cover agro-industry, energy, infrastructure, manufacturing and services. As the one-stop shop, the API takes part in structuring, approving and following them up.
Part of the National Development Strategy 2030, they aim to create jobs, strengthen local value chains and reduce imports.
Summarised from the agency’s former website: investincameroon.cm/actualites.html
On the sidelines of AFCON 2025, the API led an economic mission to Morocco and signed a memorandum of understanding with AMDIE.
The delegation met the Regional Investment Centres of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Fès-Meknès and Casablanca-Settat on industrialisation, digital administration and economic zones.
The memorandum with the Moroccan Agency for Investment and Export Development (AMDIE) covers co-investment, exchange of expertise and Moroccan companies setting up in Cameroon.
Summarised from the agency’s former website: investincameroon.cm/actualites.html
CIF 2025, organised by the API, brought together the leading investment players of the subregion.
Policymakers, investors and financial partners reviewed flagship projects and opportunities in energy, agro-industry, infrastructure and economic zones.
The 2026 edition and its accreditations are presented on the Forum page.
Summarised from the agency’s former website: investincameroon.cm/actualites.html
