NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR A VALIANT HEART No. 00059/09-09/RDPF-KUMZSE/ADN-2025.
Candidate President Bello Bouba MAÏGARI commits to the full industrialization of Cameroon with a regional industrialization plan.
Cameroon must go beyond emergence to achieve full industrialization, a crucial goal to free our country from dependence on foreign heterogeneous industries and build a *homegrown* industry that is strong and capable of meeting the real needs of Cameroonians. 🇨🇲
Currently, the industrial sector accounts for only about 13% of GDP, well below national ambitions. Technological slowdown, global competition, lack of funding, and insufficient skilled workforce hamper growth. But, more importantly, we must go beyond mere quantitative growth to build an integrated, competitive, and sustainable industry based on natural resources and local value addition.
*The path to full industrialization includes:*
1. *Consolidating a strong industrial base*, focusing on agro-industry, local processing, and technological innovation.
2. *Massive investment in infrastructure* (energy, transport, telecommunications) to reduce costs and facilitate market access.
3. *Developing a skilled workforce* through continuous training to master advanced technologies and modern methods (Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen).
4. *Promoting adapted public policies* to support industrial SMEs, secure local supply chains, and encourage solid and equitable international partnerships.
5. *Ambitious financing*, estimated at 100 trillion CFA francs according to the Vision 2050/60, especially for major projects like the Nachtigal dam, ensuring stable and renewable energy.
Cameroon faces several challenges:
- A weakening industrial base threatening the economy.
- Financial difficulties in obtaining credit for industries.
- Increased international competition.
- Slow technological development (e.g., AI still very limited).
- Poor geographic distribution of industries and lack of qualified human resources.
To meet these challenges, it is necessary to:
- Valorize local human and natural resources, enhance digitization and connected technologies to boost production.
- Continually apply improvement methodologies (Six Sigma, Lean, Kaizen).
- Reduce costs and delays and optimize transport and stock management.
- Position the country within global value chains.
- Promote reshoring and business-friendly economic policies.
Under the leadership of President Bello Bouba MAÏGARI, who embodies experience and vision, Cameroon can finally build this homegrown industry, a pillar of our economic sovereignty and a guarantee of a prosperous future for all.
The time has come to choose a leader capable of realizing this profound economic transformation so that Cameroon can master its industrial destiny!
Fraternally yours,
Dr. NDEMMANU Antoine De Padoue, Ph.D. in Social Economics.
National President of RDPF-KUMZSE.
Former Candidate in the Presidential Election of October 12, 1997.
Contact: (+237) 690 922 056 / 670 655 614.
