14/05/2025
Over the past two weeks, beginning from the 29th of April to yesterday the 13th of May 2025, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cameroon to the Republic of Chad, H.E Mohaman Sani Tanimou, in the company of his immediate entourage, has been visiting a series of major and outstanding Cameroonian Enterprises operating in Chad.
On Tuesday, the 29th of April 2025, the Ambassador visited SAAR Insurance and Express Union. On Wednesday, the 30th of April, he visited Camair-Co and Tradex. Yesterday, Tuesday, the 13th of May 2025, the Ambassador visited the Autonomous Port of Douala, Njamena Branch. As at now, the remaining renowned company to be visited later is Fokou Foberd.
The purpose of the visit, according to the Ambassador was to get close acquaintance with all the major Cameroonian enterprises operating in Chad, know their location, understand the challenges they are facing as foreign companies, and encourage them to know that the Embassy is with them in all situations. He reminded the managers of these companies that he was not coming to them for any tax-related issues, or to seek any favours from them, or to request any confidential information which may be detrimental to any of the companies. Rather, he said he had written to each of them requesting for information that would enable the Embassy build a reliable database of Cameroonian companies and enterprises operating in Chad for security and diplomatic reasons. The database will also enable the embassy know at what level to intervene in the case of any problem with the administration of the host country.
During discussions, though separately, all the managers expressed similar challenges with the Chadian tax agents, residence permit, the police, customs, employment contracting systems, etc.
The Ambassador promised to channel their problems to the appropriate quarters – the Chadian Government and/or the Government of Cameroon.
On the whole, all the managers of the companies and enterprises visited, speaking on behalf of their staff and the company, expressed visible satisfaction with the initiative of the Ambassador to visit them. They all said no Ambassador has done this before since the existence of the Cameroon’s Embassy in Chad or their companies.
Immediately below are photos of the Ambassador's visit to SAAR Insurance