By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Jeune Afrique
Cameroon’s Finance Minister, Louis Paul Motaze, is considering issuing a eurobond at the beginning of 2027 to finance the state budget, as he did in January 2026. Investors, surveyed for several weeks, are showing reservations about the operation, according to Jeune Afrique.
Cameroonian minister in charge of missions at the presidency, Hamadou Moustapha, died on 11 November 2026 in Yaoundé at the age of 81 after a long illness. He entered the civil service in 1968 and spent several decades serving the state, according to Journal du Cameroun.
🇨🇲 Cameroon · Source: Journal du Cameroun ·
Ghanaian Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson is backing a reduction in fiscal savings in 2027 to finance job creation. The country recorded a primary surplus of 2.5% of GDP in 2025, against a planned 1.5%, according to Cassiel Ato Forson.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Source: MyJoyOnline ·
Ghanaian public sector workers will receive a 9% increase in their base pay from 1 January 2027, with one percentage point set aside to correct pay inequalities, Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson announced in the 2027 budget. The government plans a two-year transition to an Independent Public Emoluments Commission, according to 3News.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Source: 3News ·
The convocation of Cameroon’s electorate for the legislative and municipal elections was signed on 9 November 2026. According to Actu Cameroun, the deadline for submitting candidacies is 24 November at 23:59, ahead of a campaign that will begin on 23 January 2027 for the 7 February 2027 poll.
🇨🇲 Cameroon · Source: Actu Cameroun ·
Cameroon opens review of 2025 accounts, deficit at 1.6% of GDPThe Conference of Presidents of Cameroon’s National Assembly declared the 2025 budget settlement bill admissible, opening the review of the state’s accounts by the Finance and Budget Committee. The bill shows a revised budget of 7,735.9 billion CFA francs, revenues of 5,174.8 billion and a deficit of 535.2 billion, or 1.6% of GDP, according to the Assembly.
Sassou-N’Guesso and Erdoğan accelerate Congo-Turkey tradeCongolese President Denis Sassou-N’Guesso and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed accelerating economic trade between Congo and Turkey in Antalya on 12 November. They also discussed international mobilisation to preserve the Congo Basin, according to Les Echos du Congo-Brazzaville.The week in Africa
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