{"id":8138,"date":"2026-10-01T16:59:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T14:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.minpmeesa.cm\/site\/?p=8138"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:59:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T14:59:54","slug":"cameroon-eca-cooperation-putting-smes-at-the-heart-of-economic-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.minpmeesa.cm\/site\/en\/cameroon-eca-cooperation-putting-smes-at-the-heart-of-economic-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"CAMEROON\u2013ECA COOPERATION: PUTTING SMEs AT THE HEART OF ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Social Economy and Handicrafts, Achille BASSILEKIN III, received in audience on 29 September 2026 in Yaound\u00e9 Mr. Jean Luc MASTAKI NAMEGABE, Director of the Sub-Regional Office of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Discussions focused on strengthening cooperation in the SME sector, particularly through the SMEs WOOD\u2019S PARK project, which aims to establish three industrial parks dedicated to wood processing in Lomi\u00e9, Sangmelima and Ed\u00e9a.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Key areas discussed included:<\/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\/tf3\/1\/16\/1f539.png\" alt=\"&#x1f539;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> integrating SMEs into the wood value chain;<\/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\/tf3\/1\/16\/1f539.png\" alt=\"&#x1f539;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> promoting local content and subcontracting;<\/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\/tf3\/1\/16\/1f539.png\" alt=\"&#x1f539;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> developing innovative financing mechanisms 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\/tf3\/1\/16\/1f539.png\" alt=\"&#x1f539;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> leveraging Special Economic Zones (SEZs) to support industrialisation.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The meeting reflects a shared commitment to strengthening synergies for greater local processing, stronger SME participation in value chains and job creation.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Social Economy and Handicrafts, Achille BASSILEKIN III, received in audience on 29 September 2026 in Yaound\u00e9 Mr. Jean Luc MASTAKI NAMEGABE, Director of the Sub-Regional Office of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Discussions focused on strengthening cooperation in the SME sector, particularly through the SMEs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minpmeesa.cm\/site\/en\/cameroon-eca-cooperation-putting-smes-at-the-heart-of-economic-transformation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lire la suite<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u00ab\u00a0CAMEROON\u2013ECA COOPERATION: PUTTING SMEs AT THE HEART OF ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CAMEROON\u2013ECA COOPERATION: PUTTING SMEs AT THE HEART OF ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION. - MINPMEESA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.minpmeesa.cm\/site\/en\/cameroon-eca-cooperation-putting-smes-at-the-heart-of-economic-transformation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CAMEROON\u2013ECA COOPERATION: PUTTING SMEs AT THE HEART OF ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION. - MINPMEESA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Minister of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Social Economy and Handicrafts, Achille BASSILEKIN III, received in audience on 29 September 2026 in Yaound\u00e9 Mr. Jean Luc MASTAKI NAMEGABE, Director of the Sub-Regional Office of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). 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