Call For Panelists For The Nkafu Public Debates
The Nkafu Policy Institute, Think Tank at the Denis & Lenora Foretia Foundation, invites Cameroonian experts to apply for the position of PANELIST during its public debates respectively scheduled for Thursday 11th March, Wednesday 21st April, Wednesday 19th May and Wednesday 16th June 2021 at Mansel Hotel- Yaoundé from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. This public debate represents a platform par excellence for non-politicized debates, based on evidence, facts, and statistics. The objective of these debates is to give Cameroonian and African high-level experts the opportunity to objectively address a set of issues related to our country’s economic development in general and doing business in particular. [...]
Appel Aux Panélistes Pour Les Débats Publics Sur Le Nkafu
Le Nkafu Policy Institute, Think Tank de la Fondation Denis & Lenora Foretia, invite les experts camerounais à postuler pour le poste de PANELISTE lors de ses débats publics prévus respectivement les Jeudi 11 Mars, Mercredi 21 Avril, Mercredi 19 mai et Mercredi 16 juin 2021 à l’hôtel Mansel – Yaoundé de 10h00 à 13h00. Ces débats publics représentent une plate-forme par excellence pour les débats non politisés, basés sur des faits et des statistiques et de l’expérience. L’objectif de ces débats est de donner aux experts camerounais et africains de haut niveau l’occasion d’aborder objectivement un ensemble de questions liées au développement économique de notre [...]
Cameroon’s Tax System Triggers Debate at the Nkafu Policy Institute
A debate organized by the Nkafu Policy Institute at the Denis and Lenora Foretia Foundation has examined the taxes systems currently operating in Cameroon. The event that took place Thursday the 23th of January 2020 at the Mansel Hotel in Yaounde code named the Nkafu Debates brought together fiscal experts and business consultants from Cameroon and beyond to examine the best system suitable for a struggling economy like that of Camerooon.A concept note from the Yaounde bases civil society group shows that there exists a limit to which an increase in taxes leads to more government revenue according to Arthur [...]
Cameroon: Economic Experts Examine Best Path To Attain 2035 Emergence
A public debate organized by the Denis and Lenora Foretia Foundation within the framework of its Nkafu policy institute program brought together various economic experts to debate over what the best economic paradigm is, for the government of Cameroon to adopt, in order to safely land at the shores of vision 2035 emergence. The theme for the debate was “should Cameroon become a totally Free-Market Society?” that’s continuous government intervention or free market reforms.To understand the benefits and challenges of free market economies, same as for governments intervention, renown economists and researchers like Dr Louis-Marie Kakdeu of the Nkafu policy institute, and Mr Christian Amouo of Mougano Investment, argued for the [...]
Nkafu Debates 2: Media Report
CRTV-Report on the NKAFU DEBATE N°2 held in Yaoundé-Cameroon under the theme "Will Cameroon Benefit from the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement?" AMPLITUDE FM - Report on the NKAFU DEBATE N°2 held in Yaoundé-Cameroon under the theme "Will Cameroon Benefit from the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement?"
Nkafu Debates: Experts agree to disagree on whether Cameroon benefits from ACFTA
The second edition of the Nkafu debate has been held with experts disagreeing to agree on whether Cameroon will benefit from the recently ratified African Continental Free Trade Area, ACFTA. The Nkafu Debates which took place August 29, 2019, at Mansel Hotel in Yaounde was on the theme, Will Cameroon benefit from the Africa Continental Free Trade Area? The event was in line with the vision and mission of the Nkafu Policy Institute-a think tank at the Denis and Lenora Foretia Foundation, which works to catalyze the economic transformation of African countries by focusing on social entrepreneurship, science and [...]
Experts predict huge benefits for Cameroon after joining free trade zone
Since the free trade zone went operational, debate has been rife on how this initiative will benefit Africa as a whole especially countries on the continent that are less resilient. One of such public debates was organised in Yaounde yesterday by the Nkafu Policy Institute to examine the benefits of the free trade zone to Cameroon’s economy as well as its shortcomings. Dr. Okah Francoise, economist and researcher at the University of Yaounde II, backed Cameroon’s decision to ratify the free trade zone as she believes it comes at the right time. To her, the free trade zone will [...]
