The Advocate Cameroon

    In this Interview, Igor Yegnon, MTN Cameroon's Sales & Distribution General Manager speaks on the Giga Promo the company made to its distributors. What is the reason for this GIGA PROMO? At MTN Cameroon, we have a culture of excellence, and we support our distributors on a daily basis to enable them to give their best. At the end of all these efforts made during the year, we felt it was important to celebrate performance by rewarding all our partners for their resilience and loyalty.   What were the objectives? And the results are they satisfactory for you? Through this challenge, we wanted to stimulate the market by considerably improving the product presence at all levels of the chain with various winning mechanisms for our customers.   We obtained satisfactory results and understood that the quality of the prizes (luxury cars, motorbikes, cheques, etc.) available for grabs made it possible to further motivate the partners whose broad smile toda...

    In this Interview, Igor Yegnon, MTN Cameroon's Sales & Distribution General Manager speaks on the Giga Promo the company made to its distributors and says What is the reason for this GIGA PROMO? At MTN Cameroon, we have a culture of excellence, and we support our distributors on a daily basis to enable them to give their best. At the end of all these efforts made during the year, we felt it was important to celebrate performance by rewarding all our partners for their resilience and loyalty.   What were the objectives? And the results are they satisfactory for you? Through this challenge, we wanted to stimulate the market by considerably improving the product presence at all levels of the chain with various winning mechanisms for our customers.   We obtained satisfactory results and understood that the quality of the prizes (luxury cars, motorbikes, cheques, etc.) available for grabs made it possible to further motivate the partners whose broad ...

On March 17 the International Women's Peace Group (IWPG, Chairwoman Hyun Sook Yoon), an NGO in special consultative status with UN ECOSOC, co-hosted a side event during the 66th UNCSW with the Ministry of Women, Family and Children of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire. The theme of the event was “Strengthening Women’s Collective Voice, Leadership and Decision-Making: Peace Education for the Empowerment of Women.”There were eight speakers, including H.E. Nasseneba Toure, Minster of the Ministry of Women, Family and Children of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire; Chairwoman Hyun Sook Yoon of IWPG;H.E. Dr. Ergogie Tesfaye, Minister of the Ministry of Women and Social Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; H.E. Claudine Aoun Roukoz, President of the National Commission for Lebanese Women; H.E. Dr. Salma Al Nims, Secretary General of the Jordan National Commission for Women (JNCW); Judge Louise Otis, International Judge in Canada; Ms. Christina Turczyn, member of the National ...

  By Mbonda Lizzy Noel With Reports   The Common Action for Gender Development COMAGEND, leading feminist organization in Cameroon has joined other feminist movements globally to commemorate the sixty sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women CSW66. The event took place under the theme “Achieving gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes”. This feminist gathering that holds every year in the month of March started on the 14 th of March 2022, and runs to the 25 of March. The objective of this year’s event was to recognize women and girls’ leadership in protecting health by promoting changes in climate change and environmental policies and processes, including legislation. This particular angle of the conversation promoted by the World Health Organization resonates with the needs and aspirations of many adolescent girls and young women who continue ...

By Arrah Nyoh John With the rising rate of young girls and boys engaging in homosexual acts in the country, some Men Of God are said to be planning a move against the phenomenon. The organisers, we learnt, are planning on brandishing anti-homosexual placards, distributing flyers, pamphlets and T-shirts with anti-gay slogans. It would be recalled that in 2020 a march against homosexuality had taken place in Yaounde marking an event which the organisers dubbed "Day Against Homosexuality". The Bishops of Cameroon had also years ago condemned the ratification of the Maputo Protocol which permits States to legalize homosexuality and abortion in their countries. Sometime ago, the Catholic Women Association, CWA, in Kumbo Central Sub Division in North West Region had staged a protest march “against homosexuality, abortion and related ills”. It would be noted that homosexuality is illegal in Cameroon and culprits can be punished with jail terms ranging from six months to fi...

  By Dr. Ashu Nyenty (Specialist in International and Parliamentary Law) The quest by four opposition political parties at the National Assembly, to surf on a linguistic anomaly in the French version of the Standing Orders is bound to meet a legal waterloo. The most plausible    legally sound interpretation of Section 20 of the instrument, reading together the French and English versions and taking into consideration, established parliamentary practice in Cameroon, is that all fifteen members required to form a parliamentary group must be what I will call whole blood members of one political party and not a mixed blood of political allies. A couple of days ago, MPs of these parties, submitted a joint political and public declaration to the eldest member of the National Assembly announcing their intention to create a parliamentary group under the political banner of “Union for Change”. These parties are the SDF (5), PCRN (5), UDC (4) and USM (2).   That ma...

By Tarhyang Enowbikah Tabe                                                             As she continues her search for peace in the Anglophone Regions of the Country, Dr Mrs. Meg Agbor through her Organization, Changing Mentalities Empowering Groups, and CHAMEG just wrapped up a two-day skills strengthening workshop on the role of women in Negotiation and Mediation for peaceful coexistence. The participants of the workshop which was supported by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and The Network of Manyu women`s Associations –MOHWA included over 40 rural women from Akwaya, Eyumodjock, Upper Banyang and Mamfe Central Sub Divisions. The overall project aims at contributing towards the return to peace and normalcy in Manyu Division of the Southwest Region. It seeks to create social cohesion and peaceful co- habitation among the different ...

  Women have always been known to be caretakers of the family. She does everything for the good of her loved ones. They spend more time taking care of others than themselves. She is the one who always keeps the family healthy, but she has different health needs throughout each stage of her life. Balancing a career and a family is extremely stressful. Women may suffer from various health issues throughout their lives. It is important for them to take care of their health at every stage of life, from regular health problems to severe problems. To highlight women’s healthand wellbeing, distinguished panelists took part in a webinar organized by Manipal Hospitals Enterprises on the theme of "Circle of Care: Women’s Health." Journalists, women association members and people from around the world joined this session last Monday. The discussion was chaired by leading specialist such as Dr. Bhaskar Shenoy - Consultant ,Paediatrics, Dr. SuprajaChandrasekar-   Consultant ,P...

The Friedrich  Ebert Foundation is currently supporting   leading Civil Society Think Tank, Changing Mentalities Empowering Groups, CHAMEG and The Network of Manyu women`s Associations -MOHWA, in a project which aims at contributing towards the return to peace in Manyu Division of the Southwest Region. The project seeks create social cohesion and peaceful co- habitation among the different tribes living in villages. According to Her Highness Dr. Mrs. Meg Agbor, team lead of the project and CHAMEG Chief Executive Officer, the project activities will involve a solidarity street dance for peace. Other activities envisaged in the project includes, Face to face Peace discussions with the State and Non State armed groups (Distribution of the Ethical Peace Pact Flyers too), visits and distribution of at least 1,000 Women`s Ethical Peace Pact flyers in schools in Manyu division, rural communities, Churches and meeting groups. The project will also be organizing skills strength...

  By Tarhyang Enowbikah Tabe   True in their character, the staff and management of Hotel Seme Beach, Limbe have it as a tradition to celebrate Women’s Day with those who are sick and admitted in the hospitals. This year was not different as the ladies made a first stopover at the Manyemen Annex Hospital in Limbe on Friday March 5, 2022. The activity was to comfort nursing mot hers, pregnant ones and sick persons in the health facility. Basic needs were donated to the patients they met in the wards as well as supply needs for the hospital management. Speaking to the patients, the staff expressed wishes of quick recovery especially in trying times. On Women’s day proper the ladies, apart from taking part in the March Past and presenting Cultural Fashion Parade, they took the premises of the Idenau District hospital by storm. There was a visit to the wards of the hospital and then those found in the wards were spoiled with gifts from the company. Speaking to The ...

By Amos Enow There has been a recent rise of fake clinics in Kumba, economic hub and breadbasket of troubled Southwest Region currently undergoing a conflict. These clinics are alleged to be specialized in wooing victims and drugging them leading to untimely deaths. Most of the cases die from running stomach, vomiting and dehydration after consuming poisonous substances. The situation is such that the perpetrators of this crime drug their victims and when and when they feel sick, their agents will recommend the victim and help them to arrive at the fake clinic. Here, they will perform fake consultation and administer drugs the strange drug which will instead increase the damage caused leading to deaths. We also gather that there is also an extortion scam with the issuing of exorbitant medical bills to their victims. Their victims are kept in the clinics till such bills are cleared even without being fully treated or at worst case at death. Most victims include returnee ...