CM14 in Yaoundé: MINPMEESA at the heart of a structured advocacy to put SMEs back at the center of global trade.

On the sidelines of the WTO Ministerial Conference on March 27, 2026, Cameroon’s Minister of SMEs, Social Economy, and Handicrafts, Achille Bassilekin III, led a high-level ministerial panel alongside Switzerland and Costa Rica .

Organized by the International Trade Centre (ITC) in Geneva, the session focused oncommon challenges faced by SMEs in global trade and highlighted concrete olutions to improve market access, financing, digital transformation, and green transition.

“SMEs represent 99.8% of our economic fabric,” Minister Bassilekin emphasized, underlining their central role in Cameroon’s growth and development. This session also sets the stage for the 2nd Global Ministerial Conference on SMEs in 2027, strengthening Cameroon’s voice in international trade.