ARTICLE · 24 FEBRUARY 1998
Doing Business In Cameroon - Part I
CameroonWealth Management
BROAD SECTORS OF BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT REGULATION
The business landscape in Cameroon is as vast and varied as it is densely scattered with actual and potential opportunities. It is vast because the business opportunities are myriad. Varied because these opportunities are spread over the different sectors of activity, though unevenly. Cameroon being a developing country, the primary sector is largest while the tertiary sector is most modest. This pattern of relationship between the sectors is shifting, and shifting in favour of the primary sector.
The government regulates all the sectors. These regulations vary accordingly to activity. And, depending upon the specificity of the sector, some administration may be involved. For instance, the Ministry of Health for dealers in medicaments and pharmaceuticals ; the Ministry of Agriculture for dealers in food items ; the Ministry of Forestry for dealers in timber. The Ministry of Industrial and Commercial Development has
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