Domestic producers get ready for partnership

Cameroon counts many ambitious companies eager to integrate into the globalized economy

With long-term sustainable development the leading priority for President Paul Biya, the Cameroon government is actively looking to increase water and energy resources. Among the targets that have been drawn up is an increase in access to drinking water from 35 percent to 60 percent by 2016 and to have 3,000 megawatts of power by 2020.

"Cameroon enjoys a total power production capacity of 1,017 megawatts, including 720 megawatts of hydroelectric power and 297.2 megawatts of thermal power," Basile Atangana Kouna, Minister of Water and Energy, explained.