Day: September 14, 2023

Douala: mother of two murdered in Mabanda

The body of a woman in her late 30s with knife cuts was found outside her home in the Mabanda neighborhood in the Douala IV subdivision on Wednesday 13 September, 2023.

An alert by an inhabitant pulled a crowd of onlookers, gripped by shock including the quarter head.

“We got up with news Mitchelle was found dead with knife injuries on her stomach and throat while her two-year-old child was crying inside. There was a butcher knife next to her. No one could tell what happened,” explained the quarter head

A pathologist arrived the scene alongside gendarmerie elements.

“The medical doctor said the knife near the woman was not that used to slaughter her right from her room. From the nature of the wounds, it was a smaller knife,” the quarter head added.

Michelle’s corpse was deposited at the Bonassama District Hospital mortuary. Results of the autopsy and investigation, according to the quarter head are awaited.

In the meantime, the victim’s husband who lives in Yaounde with Michelle’s older child, is in Gendarmerie custody for interrogation. He declared he arrived in Douala after hearing the shocking news.

Inhabitants of the neighborhood testify that the deceased woman was living in the compound alone and was reportedly frequently beaten by her mother-In-law and other relatives of her husband for unclear reasons.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

FECAFOOT unveils 9-month new season calendar

Activities of the 2023-2024 football season have been unveiled by FECAFOOT in an agenda made public by the institution’s competition department indicating that the new season begins on September 30, 2023 and ends on June 20, 2024.

Going by the agenda, the league one championship begins on Saturday September 30, 2023 to April 20, 2024 with a break that will be observed between November 19-26, 2023. The second division championship begins on Saturday October 7, 2023 and runs till May 26, 2024 with a break to be observed between November 18 and November 25, 2023. As to what concerns the Women’s championship, day 1 matches have been scheduled for October 14, 2023 while the last day of play will be on April 27, 2024 with a break to be observed between December 16, 2023 to January 20, 2024.

Other tournaments have also been scheduled as follows :

Regional championships from November 16, 2023 to June 1, 2024.

National Interpools will run from June 1-20, 2024 while divisional leagues will be played from December 1, 2023 to June 1, 2024.

Beach soccer and Futsal championships will be played from January 1 to June 1, 2024 while youth leagues are scheduled for September 23, 2023 to April 30, 2024.

The men’s Cameroon cup next season will be played on March 17, 2024 while the ladies category will take place on June 1, 2024.

The season ends on June 20, 2024 with the Guinness superleague promotion tournament.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

Yaounde: retired soldier among dismsantled gang of robbers

A retired soldier, Takor Christopher has been arrested in Yaounde for allegedly being an accomplice to a gang that has been terrorizing the population of Yaounde.

The gang involving 5 members of ages between 21 and 37 were presented at the Yaounde IV central police station on Wednesday September 13, 2023. They were accompanied by two alleged accomplices, retired soldier, Takor Christopher and a woman, Abomo Stephanie.

They are suspected of robbing and killing a 65-year-old man called Tientcheu Raymond a few weeks ago in the nation’s capital.

While presenting them to the public on Wednesday, Police Commissioner, Mindjom

Christine Irene said Takor, who is the father of two of the suspects, has been covering them throughout. The two sons of Takor, Joshua and Enow, are said to be leaders of the gang.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

After coffee, MINADER to boost rice sector

The Government of Cameroon says national rice production might witness a yearly increase of 10%.

The remark was made by Gabriel Mbairobe of agriculture and rural development on Wednesday September 13 as he launched the Rice Value Chain Development Project in Yaounde in presence of Gregory Muluh Nguh, the project’s national coordinator.

This project that is expected to run for a period of 5 years, has as objective to produce 750,000 tons yearly by 2030 and will cost the state of Cameroon the sum of F CFA 122 billion,600 million to be jointly financed by the BADEA, OPEC, Kuwait, the Islamic development bank and the Cameroon government. The project will be carried out in three regions of Cameroon which are the Ndop plain, the Mbonso plain and the Tingoh valley in the North West Region, Bangourain and Santchou in the West and the Maga Basin in the Far North.

The project which is aimed at boosting rice production, will also be expected to create about 253,000 jobs.

Added to these economic advantages, the project according to Minister Gabriel Mbairobe, will also lead to the improvement of social amenities such as schools, roads, health centres and potable water.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

UBA-Cameroon strengthens its proximity with entrepreneurs

Faced with endogenous and exogenous shocks such as the security crisis in the North-West and South-West regions, the health crisis linked to Covid-19 and the Russo-Ukrainian war, SMEs trained and financed within the framework of the entrepreneurship of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), have for some time have been struggling to stay afloat. Out of more than 600 SMEs supported and having opened their accounts within the bank, more than 100 spoke freely with the executives of the pan-African bank, as part of a Meet Up. Two sessions were organized on August 25 and September 1 in Yaoundé and Douala respectively. The concept of the UBA Meet Up is an interactive listening session that aims to identify the structural problems encountered by SMEs in the context of their different sectors of activity, the resilience tips they develop to stay in business.

The objective of the approach undertaken by the banking establishment is to help better structure SMEs, by providing the tools, resources and advice necessary to meet their needs. The focus on SMEs is motivated by the fact that these economic entities constitute the driving force of the economic development of Cameroon and Africa. The interest in these organizations supported since 2015 and operating for the most part in the informal sector is further materialized by the creation of an SME department currently coordinated by Mr. Joseph Tchinda.

The holding of interactive exchanges facilitated by mentors recruited by the Tony Elumelu Foundation enabled the identification of several difficulties facing SMEs, in particular: lack of knowledge of certain banking the banking sector, products and its functioning, difficulty in accessing raw materials, structuring problems, incomprehension regarding the applicable taxation regulations, etc. At the same time, proposals were made in terms of expectations from the bank: close collaboration, improvement of customer service, flexibility of banking conditions, continued digitalization of methods of payment, the designation a dedicated team with whom they can easily access information, the reduction of paperwork when providing the services (digitalization), the streamlining of access to information, etc.

The initiative described as innovative by the Managing Director of UBA Cameroon, Jude Anele, allows the bank to better understand the realities of SMEs, to improve on quality of its services, to maintain good contact with these young businesses and support their growth.

Source: Cameroon News Agency