This audience is taking place on the sidelines of the Economic Investment Forum called ‘ICDT INVEST DAYS’ which is being held in Yaoundé on 24 and 25 September 2024, on the initiative of the Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT) and the Investment Promotion Agency (IPA) of Cameroon. This is a platform for the promotion of investments between the Member States of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), following the 50th session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers, which Cameroon hosted on 29 and 30 August 2024.
The Minister of SMESEH received Mrs Latifa EL BOUABDELLAOUI, Director General of the Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT), to discuss the organisation of the Cotton, Clothing and Textile Exhibition that Cameroon will be hosting in the coming months; it will also be an occasion to discuss on ICDT’s support for the implementation of MINPMEESA’s priority sectors as part of the structural transformation of the Cameroonian economy (agri-food, wood processing, cotton-textile-clothing-leather) as well as the promotion of crafts.
ICDT is one of the seven (07) subsidiary organs of the OIC and Cameroon has been a member since 1974. Its objective is to promote trade between Member States; organise fairs, exhibitions and other trade events with a view to contributing to the promotion of products from Member States; encourage contacts between businessmen from Member States and offer them the opportunity to meet; organise symposiums and training seminars for participants from Member States; contribute to the dissemination of trade information and intelligence between Member States; undertake studies and research aimed at promoting trade between Member States; assist Member States in setting up national organisations or associations for the promotion of trade.
After Dakar, Nouakchott and Banjul, Yaoundé is the fourth capital to host the ICDT INVEST DAYS. The aim of these meetings is to highlight new investment opportunities in Cameroon and to strengthen economic relations between our country and the 56 other OIC Member States.