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Career advice and pathsCareer adviceEntrepreneurship and self-employmentMain programmes for youth employment / promotion of entrepreneurshipBODIES AND PROGRAMMES FOR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT / PROMOTION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1. Centres of Enterprises Creation Formalities (CFCE)
The CFCE offer a single window to simplify and facilitate the creation of businesses with capital of between CFA francs 100,000 and less than one million; beyond that, formalities are carried out by a notary. For further information go to: E-Regulations.
2. Public agencies for promoting employment and support start-ups
SME’s Promotion Agency (APME)
Head office: Yaoundé - Tsinga
Head office: Yaoundé - Tsinga
National Employment Fund (FNE)
Mission: Promoting employment.
Head office: Yaoundé (Elig-Essono) and local offices in the 10 regions.
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Head office: Yaoundé (Elig-Essono) and local offices in the 10 regions.
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Banque Camerounaise des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (BC-PME SA)
Mission: Financing SME’s and Handicraft. Head office: Yaoundé, face La Régionale Bank.
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Mission: Financing SME’s and Handicraft. Head office: Yaoundé, face La Régionale Bank.
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SME’s Promotion Agency (APME)
Mission: Cameroon’s Economic Promotion. Head office: Yaoundé, nouvelle route Bastos.
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Mission: Cameroon’s Economic Promotion. Head office: Yaoundé, nouvelle route Bastos.
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State approved Management Centers Centre de Gestion Agréée (CGA)
Association approved by the Ministry of Finance whose aim is to provide technical assistance regarding tax and accounting obligations to SMEs with an annual turnover of between CFAF 15 and 100 million.
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Association approved by the Ministry of Finance whose aim is to provide technical assistance regarding tax and accounting obligations to SMEs with an annual turnover of between CFAF 15 and 100 million.
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Skills Development Facility (MCDC) of The Secondary Education and Skills Development Support Project (SESDP)
Location: Yaoundé, Nkol-Eton behind Lycée Charles Atangana
Location: Yaoundé, Nkol-Eton behind Lycée Charles Atangana
Project to Promote Entrepreneurship and Develop Skills for industrialisation (PEAC)
For further information: https://projectsportal.afdb.org/dataportal/VProject/show/P-CM-IA0-002?lang=fr
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For further information: https://projectsportal.afdb.org/dataportal/VProject/show/P-CM-IA0-002?lang=fr
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3. Consular chambers and Employers Organisations
Cameroon Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Crafts (CCIMA)
Located in Douala, the CCIMC is a consultative organ representing the business community in the spheres of trade, industry, mines and crafts. The CCIMC is assigned the main missions of acting as a link between the business community and public authorities in the areas of consultation and representation in many domains, prominent among which is the economy.
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Located in Douala, the CCIMC is a consultative organ representing the business community in the spheres of trade, industry, mines and crafts. The CCIMC is assigned the main missions of acting as a link between the business community and public authorities in the areas of consultation and representation in many domains, prominent among which is the economy.
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Chamber of Agriculture, Fisheries, Livestock and Forest (CAPEF)
The Chamber of Agriculture is a Consular Institution whose basic mission is to ensure the representation of the interests of Farmers, Breeders and Foresters it frames. Head office: Yaoundé, SHO.
The Chamber of Agriculture is a Consular Institution whose basic mission is to ensure the representation of the interests of Farmers, Breeders and Foresters it frames. Head office: Yaoundé, SHO.
Groupement Inter-Patronal du Cameroun (GICAM)
Located in Douala, the GICAM is the leading Cameroon Employers Organisation.
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Located in Douala, the GICAM is the leading Cameroon Employers Organisation.
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Entreprises du Cameroun (E.CAM)
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4. Main Programmes for Youth Employment
Programme d’Appui à La Jeunesse Rurale et Urbaine (PAJER-U).
The PAJER-U project is implemented by the Ministry of Youth.
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The PAJER-U project is implemented by the Ministry of Youth.
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Programme de Promotion de l’Entrepreneuriat Agropastoral des Jeunes (PEA-Jeune).
Le PIPMAS promeut l’emploi et l’auto-emploi des jeunes.
Le PIPMAS promeut l’emploi et l’auto-emploi des jeunes.
Programme d’Aide au Retour et à l’Insertion des Jeunes de La Diaspora (PARU-JEDI)
Programme d’Appui aux Acteurs du Secteur Informel (PIAASI).
Governmental body from the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training.
Governmental body from the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training.
Programme de Promotion de l’Entrepreneuriat des Femmes et des Jeunes au Cameroun (PPEFJC).
Program from the OIF aiming to help the government’s actions and smeasures to create jobs for youth and women.
Program from the OIF aiming to help the government’s actions and smeasures to create jobs for youth and women.
National Incubation Program (INCUB’CAM).
Program under the purview of the Ministry of small and medium-sized enterprises, social economy and handicrafts.
Program under the purview of the Ministry of small and medium-sized enterprises, social economy and handicrafts.
National Pilot Business Nursery of Édéa
Body under the purview of the Ministry of small and medium-sized enterprises, social economy and handicrafts.
Body under the purview of the Ministry of small and medium-sized enterprises, social economy and handicrafts.
