In the fourth quarter of 2025, Cameroon’s International Investment Position (IIP) continued to deteriorate. The net IIP declined by 342.6 billion, from -10,969.0 billion in the third quarter of 2025 to -11,311.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025, reflecting a faster increase in external liabilities than in the economy’s holdings of external financial assets.
In the fourth quarter of 2025, Cameroon’s external position improved significantly compared with the third quarter of 2025. The current account deficit narrowed from 614.8 billion in the third quarter to 381.6 billion in the fourth quarter, reflecting the combined effects of an improvement in the services balance, a decline in net primary income outflows,
On August 11,2025, the Minister of Decentalization and Local Development signed a joint Circular-letter regarding the preparation of RLAs budgets for the 2026 financial year, with the aim of providing RLAS WITH GUIDELINES ON PREPARING THEIR BUDGET. The goal is for the State to ensure compliance with current laws and regulations, as well as promote
In the second quarter of 2024, the international economic environment was marked by contrasting trends in real GDP in the various economies and contained inflation in most regions of the world. In the group of advanced economies, and according to the OECD, economic growth is estimated at 0.7%, after 0.8% in the previous quarter. In
The Minister of Finance, His Excellency LOUIS PAUL MOTAZE has signed a circular containing instructions on the execution of the Finance Laws, and the monitoring and control of the execution of the State budget and other public entities for Fiscal Year 2025. DOWNLOAD THE 2025 CIREX REFERENCE MANUAL FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BUDGETS OF THE STATES PUBLIC
The public has the right to complete, timely and useful information on how the Government collects and spends public money, i.e. the money of all Cameroonians. This prescription is made by Law N°2018/011 of 11 July 2018 on the Code of Transparency and Good Governance in the Management of Public Finances in Cameroon. Budget transparency
The publication of periodic budget execution reports is a requirement of Law N°2018/011 of 11 July 2018 on the Code of Transparency and Good Governance in Public Finance Management, which states in Article 36 that ‘Periodic reports on the budget implementation status shall be published during the year.”. This requirement is also in line with
Pursuant to the provisions of Law No. 2018/012 of 11 July 2018 on the Fiscal Regime of the State and Other Public Entities in its article 62(2), the Minister of Finance, in a circular letter dated 15 October, reminded principal, secondary and delegated authorising officers, programme managers, contracting authorities and delegated contracting authorities, etc. of
Within the framework of the management of files identified and audited under the floating debt of the State and its branches, for the 2000-2019 period, The Minister of Finance hereby informs service providers and other beneficiaries whose claims have been validated and published on the www.minfi.gov.cm and www.dgb.cm websites, that they must imperatively produce the
The Ministry of Finance’s business survey for the first quarter of 2024 shows that overall business sales declined by 2.6% compared to the previous quarter. This decline was driven by sales in the primary and tertiary sectors, dropping by 3.6% and 4.8% respectively. Conversely, turnover in the secondary sector rose by 1.9%. Overall, there has
