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The Minister of Higher Education, Jacques Fame Ndongo and the Ambassador of France to Cameroon, Christine Robichon have signed in Yaounde a financial agreement for the implementation of a support project aimed at improving the professionalization of higher education. The protocol agreement was endorsed on Monday the 8th of February and entitled "professional academic success and inclusion of young people in Cameroon." 

The 196 million FCFA will increase the adequacy of training to the labor market to promote the economic integration of young people, particularly young women. It will finance concrete and innovative solutions such as personalized support for students, the development of self-entrepreneurship, and strengthening links between universities and companies. It will be implemented in two pilot institution.

During the signing ceremony Ambassador Robichon observed that "the integration of young people is a widespread concern around the world but is of greater importance in regions with high population growth, especially in Africa". Since 1992, France has contributed 2.5 billion FCFA to the development and modernization of higher education in Cameroon-monies that have ended up in the pockets of Francophone Beti Ewondo politicians.

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09.Feb.2016

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Jean William Sollo general manager of the Cameroon Water Utilities Corporation (Camwater), was sacked on Monday after a controversial extraordinary board of directors meeting that held in Douala, the economic capital. He was replaced by Alfonso Roger Ondoua Akoa, previously Secretary General at the Yaounde City Council. 

Basile Atangana Kouna, the minister of water and energy arrived in Douala like a thief in the night and completed the installation of the new boss of Camwater. Cameroon Concord gathered the new GM has been around the Cameroonian administration and has held several positions within the territorial command.

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09.Feb.2016

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A refugee from Cameroon has been murdered in a German Asylum Camp.The 33 years old Cameroonian citizen died last week friday night. Two individuals from Ghana and Zimbabwe have been arrested in connection with the killing.

According to reports from German security sources, the said victim was found lying in the corridors of the refugee camp late at night on friday.He was subsequently evacuated to the hospital where he later died . 

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09.Feb.2016

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Vocational training is the foundation for every meaningful development and copying the good side of policies for a change in society and most especially for a better number of Cameroon’s employment performance is nothing bad, says the Minister of Employment and Vocational Training, MINEFOP, Zacharie Perevet. The Minister has vowed to transform Cameroon’s vocational training and employment sector to what holds in a partner country, South Korea where vocational training takes pride of place in the country’s growth drive. Chairing the opening ceremony of the annual conference of MINEFOP in Yaounde yesterday February 4, 2016, Minister Perevet stated that his management was committed to tapping from Korea to enhance its human resources.

Staff of the Ministry will on the theme ; « Vocational Training and Growth and Employment Promising Sectors » seek to harmonise policies and strategies that can scale up employment figures, explained Comfort Ngu Fomede, Technical Adviser N° 1. She said the Ministry was working towards directing all vocational training programmes towards the needs of the job market. Promising sectors like esthetics, wood work, industrial plumbing, electricity, automation, Information and Communication Technologies, hotel managemnt and tourism have been cited amongst the good employment specialities. She stated that the three advanced vocational training centres in Douala, Limbe and Sangmelima constructed and equipped with the support of the Korean government will train trainers and job seekers in many specialities that fall within promising sectors. The Ministry will in 2016 facilitate and promote job creation through the operationalisation of the centres. Specialities were identified in collaboration with enterprises employing job seekers, it was disclosed. 

The Minister stressed that any vocational training centre to go operational in Cameroon must henceforth answer an employment need that has been clearly identified. The professional insertion of youths into the job market is slow, according to MINEFOP estimates which stand at 30-40 per cent. This figure is beyond expectation, but Zacharie Perevet says they are working towards turning the tides. Experts are reflecting on issues like ; « Job Market and Socio-professional Insertion of Youth : Focus on Growth Promising Sectors, » « Public-Private Partnership and the Financing of Professional Training, » and « Conclusions and Prospects of the National Forum on Apprenteeship in Cameroon.» The annual conference ends today February 5, 2016 with a ceremony to wish Minister Zacharie Perevet best wishes for 2016.

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09.Feb.2016

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The Minister of Higher Education, Jacques Fame Ndongo and the Ambassador of France to Cameroon, Christine Robichon have signed in Yaounde a financial agreement for the implementation of a support project aimed at improving the professionalization of higher education. The protocol agreement was endorsed on Monday the 8th of February and entitled "professional academic success and inclusion of young people in Cameroon." 

The 196 million FCFA will increase the adequacy of training to the labor market to promote the economic integration of young people, particularly young women. It will finance concrete and innovative solutions such as personalized support for students, the development of self-entrepreneurship, and strengthening links between universities and companies. It will be implemented in two pilot institution.

During the signing ceremony Ambassador Robichon observed that "the integration of young people is a widespread concern around the world but is of greater importance in regions with high population growth, especially in Africa". Since 1992, France has contributed 2.5 billion FCFA to the development and modernization of higher education in Cameroon-monies that have ended up in the pockets of Francophone Beti Ewondo politicians.

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09.Feb.2016

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Five general managers may be unemployed soonest and also be heading to jail this youth week. Prominent on the list is the name of the general manager of the Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ART), Jean Louis Beh Mengue who was recently exposed for bad governance by the National Anti Corruption Commission, CONAC. Another GM wanted by the Special Criminal Court for mismanagement is the CEO of the Cameroon Telecommunications (Camtel),David Nkoto Emane. 

Etoundi Oyono Emmanuel, the former general manager of the Port Authority of Douala (PAD), replaced while on treatment in France has also been served a covocation from prosecutors at the Special Criminal Court. Jean William Sollo, General Manager of the Cameroon Water Utilities (Camwater) is also wanted by the Biya court for corruption and underming of relations between Cameroon and her development partners, chief among them the French Development Agency (AFD) and the European Union ( EU).  

The fifth GM cited by Cameroon Concord Intelligence Unit is Amadou Vamoulké of CRTV. The Director General of the Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV) was indicted on August 28, 2015 by the Special Criminal Court for alleged illegal benefits and opaque management of funds from the advertising of the Cameroon Marketing and Communication Agency (Cmca).  

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08.Feb.2016

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