Central Africa is ready for business Douala, the commercial capital of Cameroon, is a changed city these days – a giant building site scattered with cranes, excavators and other heavy lifting equipment. Concrete, tar and bricks line the city’s main artery, a testament to the ongoing construction boom of offices, conference centres and hotels for …
Countries in Central Africa ( Africa subregion) : Estimated 2012 population: 220 million approx. Name Capital Currency Official languages Area (km2) Population Angola Luanda Kwanza Portuguese 1,246,700 20,609,294 Cameroon Yaoundé Central African CFA franc French, English 475,442 20,129,878 Central African Republic Bangui Central African CFA franc Sango, French 622,984 4,576,000 Chad N'Djamena Central African CFA franc …
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) Official Website – http://www.ceeac-eccas.org HISTORY AND BACKGROUND At a summit meeting in December 1981, the leaders of the Central African Customs and Economic Union (UDEAC) agreed in principle to form a wider economic community of Central African states. ECCAS was established on 18 October 1983 by the …
Countries constituting Central Africa Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic of), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome & Principe. The great rain forest basin of the Congo River embraces most of the Central Africa. Late in the 19th century, Europeans colonized the region. The tribal kingdoms were split between France, Belgium, Portugal and …
With control of the Belgian Free State transferred from King Leopold to the Belgian republican government in 1908, all of Central Africa falls under the rule of European countries by the early twentieth century. As France, Belgium, Portugal, and (prior to 1918) Germany implement new political and economic structures to consolidate their control over Central …
