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Why Every Camerounese Wants to Be a Footballer — and the Smart Ones Want to Be Professors

Until institutions reward merit consistently and protect dignity across professions, Cameroun’s youth will continue to dream narrowly — not because they lack imagination, but because they understand the system all too well. By The Independentistnews Economic Bureau In Cameroun, professions are not ranked by income or technical skill. They are ranked by perceived fairness, moral

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Finance

When the Dollar Weakens: What Ordinary People — and the Ambazonia Diaspora — Must Understand

When currencies weaken, savers without strategy lose ground. Producers, planners, and communities endure. For the Ambazonia diaspora, the challenge is not only to send help, but to send it wisely. Economic storms do not destroy nations. Misaligned priorities do. By The Independentistnews Financial Desk You don’t need to study monetary policy to know something has

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Finance

France’s Financial Woes—and Why They Matter for Ambazonia

France’s recent withdrawals from parts of the Sahel were driven by cost, unpopularity, and diminishing returns. Fiscal pressure accelerates that logic. While Cameroon is not a Sahel theatre, the principle applies: prolonged conflicts with no clear political resolution become liabilities. By the Independentistnews Financial Desk France’s latest fiscal crisis is being discussed in Europe as

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Finance Investigative report

MINFI’s Corruption Crisis: Why it Matters to Ambazonia

For Ambazonians, this is not about Cameroon’s embarrassment. It is about proof. Proof that the problem is not rebellion, but governance failure. Proof that internal reform is illusory. Proof that the internationalisation of the Ambazonian question is justified. And proof that a different political future is not only desirable—but necessary. By The Independentistnews Financial Investigation

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Book Review Finance

Beating the Mortgage Trap: A Financial Awakening for the Middle Class

Book Review: By The Independentistnews editorial desk Title: You Can Pay Your Mortgage in Half the Time Without Increasing Your Monthly PaymentsAuthor: Dr Samuel SakoDesignation: Financial Strategist In You Can Pay Your Mortgage in Half the Time Without Increasing Your Monthly Payments, Dr Samuel Sako delivers more than a personal finance manual. He presents a

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Economy Finance

The Cameroon Bank Debacle: How La République du Cameroun Tried to Economically Erase Ambazonia but Failed.

By The Ambazonian PatriotFor The Independentist. When the story of Ambazonia’s subjugation by La République du Cameroun (LRC) is finally told in full, it will reveal not just the military brutality but the economic warfare waged to destroy a thriving people. At the center of this warfare was Cameroon Bank, the economic engine of the

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Finance News

Monetary Sovereignty in West Africa: From Sankara’s Vision to Today’s Regional Realignments

By Young Jean-Pierre | Senior Correspondent – Pan-African Affairs & GeopoliticsJune 2025 – Ouagadougou / Abidjan / Abuja / Paris In the late 20th century, West Africa saw a bold experiment in independent governance and economic reform under the leadership of Thomas Sankara in Burkina Faso. His administration emphasized national ownership of resources, reduction of

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Business News

Trump’s Push for Starlink: Pressure Mounts on Yaoundé to Embrace Elon Musk’s Satellite Empire

By Colbert Gwain In a development raising serious concerns over diplomatic propriety, the United States—under the revived influence of President Donald Trump—is reportedly exerting undue pressure on African governments, particularly in Cameroon, to favour the expansion of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service. Investigative reports from ProPublica, a respected nonprofit newsroom renowned for exposing abuses

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Finance News

African Development Bank (AfDB): Sidi Ould Tah to succeed Akinwunmi Adesina as president.

The African Development Bank has voted in a Mauritanian economist Sidi Ould Tah as its new President as from september 1st. After three rounds of voting on Thursday afternoon, at the end of her Anual meeting, at the institutions head quarters in Abidjan Ivory Coast, the AfDB delegates chose the Mauritanian to replace Akinwunmi Adesina

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Business Finance News

The African Development Bank Group’s Annual Meetings for 2025, open tomorrow in the Ivorien capital Abidjan.

Amidst shifting winds of global trade, the African Developement Banks anual meetings for 2025, will begin holding from tomorrow May 26th to 30th in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, at the Bank’s headquarters, under the theme: “Making Africa’s Capital Work Better for Africa’s Development.” This strategic theme calls on African member countries to look within the continent

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