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An Introduction to Business Plans

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Source: entrepreneur.com Why is a business plan so vital to the health of your business? Read the first section of our tutorial on How to Build a Business Plan to find out.  A business plan is a written description of your business's future. That's all there is to it--a document that desribes what you plan to do and how you plan to do it. If you jot down

Proposed CEMAC/ECCAS Merger: Experts Review Legal Instruments

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By Victorine BIY, Cameroon Tribune Members of the Steering Committee to Rationalise the Economic Communities in Central Africa met in Yaounde on January 27, 2015. Countries of the Central African sub-region like many others in the world are struggling to emerge. But the stumbling block, experts say, is the multiplicity of its economic blocs. By deciding that countries of the continent be divided into economic blocs, the African Union, saw a situation whereby such countries

On évalue les offres de bourse à l’étranger

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By Sorèle GUEBEDIANG, Cameroon Tribune C’est à l’occasion des assises de la coopération académique internationale du Minesup qui se tiennent depuis mardi à Yaoundé. S’il y a un problème auquel les étudiants boursiers camerounais à l’étranger font très souvent face, c’est celui des conditions de vie et d’accueil. A ce jour, 400 étudiants camerounais sont bénéficiaires de bourses d’études. Ces offres sont issues de la coopération avec l’Algérie, l’Australie, le Bangladesh, le Canada, la Chine,

Commerce extérieur : la stratégie nationale des exportations du Cameroun en chantier

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M. Emmanuel NGANOU DJOUMESSI, Ministre de L’Economie, de la Planification et de l’Aménagement du Territoire et S.E. Mme Françoise COLLET, Ambassadeur, chef de la Délégation de l’Union Européenne au Cameroun, ont co-présidé ce jeudi  22 janvier 2015 à Yaoundé, l’atelier national de lancement de l'étude sur l'élaboration de la Stratégie Nationale des Exportations

Coopération Cameroun-BAD : « AFRICA 50 », un outil pour le développement des infrastructures

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Cette nouvelle plateforme d’investissement des infrastructures en Afrique était au centre de l’audience que  M. Emmanuel NGANOU DJOUMESSI, Ministre de l’Economie, de la Planification et de l’Aménagement du Territoire  a accordé  ce vendredi 23 janvier 2015, à la mission de la BAD conduite par M. Racine KANE, Représentant résident

Why Some CEOs and Entrepreneurs Make Horrible Leaders

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By Iman Jalali, entrepreneur.com CEOs are expected to have all the answers. Many people think they have earned this distinguished title through brilliant decision making, superb business instincts and savvy insights. But just because someone is a CEO does not mean they magically know everything or how to do everything.

Five Lessons From Mother Nature - A Leader Must Know

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By Ankur Tyagi, linkedin.com If mother nature is a teacher than lessons are always new. They are innovative beyond our imaginations and well farsighted. This not a new subject at all our ancestors, animals & other species are learning from mother nature from the beginning of life. But now our species is influencing the nature and we are competing with the rule of nature,

Ten reasons why 2015 is a crucial year for Africa

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By Caroline Kende-Robb , howwemadeitinafrica.com Africa is a critical continent to watch in 2015. The year ahead holds incredible opportunity – as well as considerable risk. Africa is poised to receive the global attention it deserves at top-level international meetings on financing for development, new global development goals and climate change. But alongside such opportunities,

Take Charge of Your Small Business Finances This Year

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By Nellie Akalp , Mother of four, serial entrepreneur, and CEO of Co, huffingtonpost.com You started a business in order to follow your passion. And even though you're fortunate to work at something you love, you still need to contend with pesky back-office tasks and financial bookkeeping.

Comment booster les exportations

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Par Michèle FOGANG, Cameroon Tribune Une étude sur le sujet lancée jeudi à Yaoundé, au cours d’un atelier présidé par le Minepat. Fort de ses richesses naturelles (pétrole, bois, cacao, café, banane, etc.), le Cameroun représente près de la moitié du potentiel économique de la zone Communauté des Etats de l’Afrique centrale (Cemac). Cependant, 80% des exportations proviennent uniquement du pétrole, du bois et de la banane,

Deux ans pour réorganiser l'exploitation du cuir

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Par Marilyne NGAMBO, Cameroon Tribune Le Minepat est en quête d’un consultant pour l’analyse de la filière cuir au Cameroun. Le secteur du cuir figure parmi les industries les plus lucratives dans le monde. Au Cameroun, de nombreux facteurs freinent sa compétitivité. Les acteurs de la filière ne parvenant pas à maximiser son fort potentiel (un cheptel de plus de 5 001 000 bovins et 8 600 600 caprins et ovins, en 2009, selon la FAO). Au ministère de l’Économie, de la Planification et de l'Aménagement du Territoire (Minepat), l’on apprend que la filière souffre du faible accès au marché, de l’absence de développement des compétences, du manque d’investissement ainsi que

Businesspeople, Educators Seek Ways to Teach Students Entrepreneurship

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By Ruth Simon, wsj.com Fewer Young People Are Starting Their Own Businesses so Educators and Others Search for New Ways to Reach Them At a time when fewer young people are starting their own businesses, some prominent businesspeople and educators are looking for ways to teach students to be more entrepreneurial. The latest initiatives often play down traditional tasks like creating a business plan in favor of preparing participants for broader challenges, such as how to get feedback from customers and knowing

How to become an extraordinary leader

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By Mary Jo Asmus, smartblogs.com The leaders I know and love are successful and well-meaning. However, they have the potential to be even more successful if they pay attention to seemingly good behaviors that can have unintended consequences. They want to help others, and they’re dedicated to the success

“Youths Are Enterprising By Default”

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By Victorine BIY, Cameroon Tribune Prof. Fondo Sikod, Economist, University of Yaounde II, Soa, spoke to Cameroon Tribune on youth entrepreneurship in Cameroon. How do you appraise the youth entrepreneurship situation in Cameroon? The youth are very enterprising because they need to survive. They are enterprising by default. They are involved in various economic activities like motorcycle taxi business, hawking, farming, and various types of odd jobs.