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By Imane Charioui, Director of Francophone Africa, WorldRemit Overseas migrant workers are a vital element of Cameroon’s economy, with remittance inflows contributing significantly to the country’s progress and economic growth. Globally, personal remittances to the country increased by USD $96 million in 2021, a 29% rise compared to the previous year. Imane Charioui Data from Zepz shows that its users globally sent USD $300 million to Cameroon in 2022 through its two digital money channels WorldRemit and Sendwave. Many of these personal remittances were directed to families in Cameroon, providing education, healthcare, food, and funded personal development projects. In Sub-Saharan Africa, improved access to food and overall consumption of goods and services have been linked to receiving migrant remittances, leading to higher household income. This has played a crucial role in fighting poverty, addressing food shortages, and meeting other livelihood needs. In addition, remittances cont...

Every Academic   Year the Catholic University of Cameroon, CATUC, Bamenda organizes a Cultural Week which ends with the election of   Ambassadors of the respected Higher Institution of Learning. The Cultural Week this year began on May 30 th with the Catholic Dress Day and ended on June 4 th 2023. Sanchia Sunrise, Miss CATUC 2023 The potential CATUC Ambassadors or contestants began their quest to become CATUC Ambassadors from the first day of the Cultural Week. Twelve contestants, seven female students and five males participated in the race from among which a Mr. And a Miss CATUC were eventually selected. Some of the activities that the contestants were evaluated on included; a quiz, modelling training, individual tasks and Holy Mass attendance. The selection was done by popular opinion demonstrated by voting. These activities went on throughout the week and climaxed on the D day which started with Holy Mass celebrated by the University chaplain Rev. Fr. Paul Ojong. ...

   -Mathias Ndikintum Mr. Mathias Ndikintum has declared that Noni must stick together in order to assert itself on the political landscape of Cameroon. He insists that Noni will remain an obscure entity if Noni people don’t rethink their modus operandi.   He is a Noni son from Nkor-Noni and a seasoned English Language and Literature teacher with many years of experience. He has taught in a cross section of Secondary Schools in Cameroon, prominent among which is the Our Lady of Lourdes College Mankon in Bamenda.  In an elaborate interview with Savannah Herald, Mr. Mathias Ndikintum unequivocally identified the main things that have been holding the Nkor-Noni Subdivision behind.                                        Classifying the Subdivision as the least developed in Bui Division and among the least developed in the North West Region, Mathias Ndikintum said the ex...

  Donga-Mantung is one of the Divisions of the Northwest Region of Cameroon. This Division covers a surface area of 4,279 km2. According to northwest-cameroon.com, the Division had a population of 269.931 inhabitants in 2005. However, according to ambazoniagov.org, the Division had a total population of about 337,533 inhabitants in 2001. The Administrative Head Quarters of Donga Mantung Division is Nkambe. Going by the statistics of northwest-cameroon.com which come from results presented by the Bureau Central des Recensement et Des Etudes de Populations, Institut National de la Statistique Cameroon(Web), the population density stands at 62,78 inhabitants per Square Kilometer calculated from a total population of 269.931 in 2005. The annual population change between 1987 and 2005 stood at 0.947%. The same source indicates that the various Subdivisions had the following populations in 2005. Ako – 40.349, Misaje – 22.641, Ndu – 73.955, Nkambe – 63.032 and Nwa- 69.954 which corre...