The President of the Republic, His Excellency Paul BIYA has granted an audience to Mr Stephane Fouks, Vice President of the Havas Group (a multinational advertising and public relations company). The meeting was held on Friday, 11 November 2016 at the Unity Palace.

H.E. Paul BIYA and his guest evaluated the impact of the International Economic Conference, which was organised recently in Yaounde.

In an exchange with journalists after the audience, Mr. Stephane Fouks said his host focused on the exploration of new channels to woo international investors to Cameroon.

The media mogul noted that the Head of State insisted on the need to effectively implement the resolutions of the economic conference. Mr. Fouks shared President Paul BIYA’s optimism that these measures shall greatly improve Cameroon’s perception internationally.

“Despite its challenges, Cameroon continues to march toward development if compared to other countries in the region,” he said.

It should be noted that Cameroon hosted, in May 2016, an international investors' conference, under the theme: “Investing in Cameroon, Land of Attractiveness”. The objective was to secure international investments in the industrialisation of agricultural products, the exploitation of raw materials, the development of information and communications technologies (ICTs), etc.