{"id":7517,"date":"2025-12-18T13:33:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.minpmeesa.cm\/site\/?p=7517"},"modified":"2025-12-18T13:35:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:35:05","slug":"national-forum-on-sme-financing-rethinking-cameroons-economic-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.minpmeesa.cm\/site\/en\/national-forum-on-sme-financing-rethinking-cameroons-economic-future\/","title":{"rendered":"National Forum on SME Financing: Rethinking Cameroon\u2019s Economic Future."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">On December 17, 2025, Cameroon takes a major step forward with the National Forum on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) Financing, initiated by MINPMEESA.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a context of structural economic transformation and the promotion of the import-substitution policy, this forum aims to rethink SME financing, recognizing SMEs as the backbone of the national economy (99.8% of businesses).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t42\/1\/16\/1f50e.png\" alt=\"&#x1f50e;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> Key objectives of the Forum:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t33\/1\/16\/2705.png\" alt=\"&#x2705;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> Identify innovative and context-adapted financing solutions for SMEs<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t33\/1\/16\/2705.png\" alt=\"&#x2705;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> Highlight 3 alternative financing mechanisms beyond bank credit<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t33\/1\/16\/2705.png\" alt=\"&#x2705;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> Develop a roadmap of 10 priority actions over 3 to 5 years<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t33\/1\/16\/2705.png\" alt=\"&#x2705;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> Strengthen competitiveness and support Cameroon\u2019s industrialization<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img 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