February 25th, 2022
NOTI
2022 CAMEROON FREE TRADE FORUM
"Facilitating Cameroon’s Bilateral and Multilateral Trade"
Objectives
The main objective of this Free Trade Forum is to discuss strategies to facilitate Cameroon’s bilateral and multilateral trade over the next ten years. Specifically, it will be about:
- Discussing ways to accelerate a real trade integration of Cameroon at the sub-regional and regional levels through the removal of associated obstacles;
- Discussing strategies to make Cameroon a land of attractiveness and competitiveness in foreign trade within the framework of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA);
- Discussing priority measures to be implemented by the Cameroonian government to conquer markets with high development potential such as Nigeria.
- Awarding Prices to Winners of the essay competition on Free trade
Our Speakers
Dr Jacob Kotcho
Director of the Common Market , Common Market, Economic, Monetary and Financial Affairs Department , ECCAS
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Director of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises at the Ministry of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
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MUTOMBY Joseph NDUMBE
Director of Foreign Trade, Minister of Commerce of Cameroon
H.E. Mme. L. S Remawa Ahmed
Deputy High Commissioner Nigeria to Cameroon
H.E. Mr. Richard BALE
High Commissioner of Canada in Cameroon
H.E. Mr. Christophe GUILHOU
French Ambassador in Cameroon
Mme Fri ASANGA (Moderator)
Chief Executive Officer of the Denis and Lenora Foretia Foundation
Dr Jacob Kotcho
Director of the Common Market , Common Market, Economic, Monetary and Financial Affairs Department , ECCAS
Dr. Hervé Lohoue
Lead Economist, African Development Bank
Mr. Parfait EPPOH
Expert in international trade and trade facilitation and Coordinator of the Technical Secretariat of the National Committee for the Follow-up of the Implementation of the AfCFTA
Dr. Gertruida. M.G van Niekerk
Senior Lecturer, University of Limpopo
Prof. Robert NANTCHOUANG (Moderator)
Consultant Director of the Nkafu Policy Institute
Mr Innocent Anchang
CEO Trade and Investment Assistance Center.
Mme Horore Bell Bebga
Founder and CEO of LIKALO GROUP
Dr. Claude N'Kodia
Representative from BAD
Mr. Stephane OND
Director of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises at the Ministry of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Social Innovation and Handicrafts of Cameroon
Mr. Henri Kouam (Moderator)
Economic Policy Analyst, Nkafu Policy Institute
Dr Talkmore Chidede
Investment Expert at AfCFTA - African Continental Free Trade Area - Secretariat
Emmanuel K Bensah
Deputy Executive Director, AfCFTA Policy Network
Lesley Bongajum
Entrepreneur
Dr. Vera FUEIN KUM (Moderator)
Research Fellow in Economic Affairs at the Nkafu Policy Institute
Draft Agenda of the Forum
Time | Activities | Facilitators |
09:00-10:00 | Arrival and networking | Staff (Denis & Lenora Foretia Foundation) |
10:00-10:05 | Opening remarks | Mme. Fri Asanga (Chief Executive Officer of the Denis & Lenora Foretia Foundation) |
10:05-10:20 | Presentation Of the Nkafu Policy Institute and the Nkafu Open Trade Initiative (NOTI) | Dr. Odette Kibu (Senior Health Policy Analyst and Coordinator of the Nkafu Policy Institute) |
10:20-11:50 | Panel Discussion Theme: “Cameroon’s Bilateral and Multilateral Trade: Where are we today?” | Mme. Fri Asanga (CEO, Denis and Lenora Foundation.) |
11:50-12:20 | Break: Photos and Interviews of officials | Communications Department (Denis and Lenora Foretia Foundation) |
12:20-13:00 | Presentations: The State of Regional Integration in Sub-Saharan Africa The Role of AfCFTA in Promoting the Competitiveness of African Business Trade Relations between Cameroon and Nigeria |
(Deputy Director of Economic Affairs Division at the Nkafu Policy Institute)
(Economic Journalist at Royal FM, Consultant and Analyst) Mr. Victor Tibue (Diplomat, Ministry of External Relations, Cameroon) |
13:00-14:00 | Break-out Session 1: Overcoming the challenges of regional trade integration: What solutions for Cameroon? Theme: How will AfCFTA enhance Cameroon's competitiveness and trade attractiveness? Theme: Strengthening Free Trade Relations Between Cameroon and Nigeria | Professor Robert Nantchouang (Director of the Nkafu Policy Institute) Mr. Henri Kouam (Economic Policy Analyst, Nkafu Policy Institute)
(Economic Research Fellow at the Nkafu Policy Institute) |
14:00-14:30 | Awards to Winners of the essay competition on Free trade | Mr. Henri Kouam |
14:30-14:35 | Closing remarks | Mme. Jennet Mbonde |
14:35-15:00 | Photos and interviews (Part2) | Communication team (Denis and Lenora Foretia Foundation) |
15:00 | Refreshments and Departure | Participants |