Cameroon

The consumer gateway into Africa’s digital economy became more dynamic during Q2 as device access, mobile onboarding and contactless payments converged. Kenya’s Finance Bill 2026 targeted smartphones through a proposed excise duty, raising affordability concerns for digital inclusion and handset distribution, while Cameroon blocked undeclared mobile devices, underscoring growing customs and compliance scrutiny. In South […]

We were informed by our colleagues in Cameroon that their presidential elections took place on 12 October 2025. Since the elections there have been serious network disruptions across the country. This is expected to continue until the results are published, which may take as long as two weeks. Please therefore expect delays in communications regarding […]

The Representative Group of the Protected Geographical Indication Penja Pepper has announced the first “Penja International Pepper Festival”, to run from 24 to 26 June in Penja, Cameroon. The event will have the theme “Let’s Discover the Authenticity of Penja Pepper” and is intended to highlight the Penja pepper, which is grown in the volcanic […]

Towards the end of September 2024, Adams & Adams Partners, Simon Brown and Nicky Garnett and Africa Practice Manager, Menzi Maboyi, travelled to Cameroon to visit our Associate Office and to hold meetings with the OAPI Director General (DG), Mr Denis Bouhoussou and his team at the OAPI Headquarters in Yaounde.. This was an opportune […]

WIPO Director General, Daren Tang, recently concluded a series of meetings culminating in his attending the Heads of Intellectual Property Offices Conference (HIPOC) of African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI). This reportedly marks the first ever visit of a WIPO DG to both Cameroon and to OAPI headquarters. As part of the visit, the DG met […]

Poivre de Penja, more colloquially referred to as Penja Pepper, is a unique tropical pepper that is cultivated on the volcanic slopes of the Mount Kupa in the Penja municipality of the Littoral region of Cameroon. Poivre de Penja is a rare and highly sort after pepper due to it cultivation and flavour notes. Poivre […]