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A First Lady Who Puts the Last First. The eponymous charitable Foundation of Cameroon First Lady Chantal Biya is teaming up with the French Association of the world’s oldest international charity, the Order of Malta, to alleviate poverty and eye disease and raise life expectancies among the remotest communities of Cameroon, and, in turn, of the whole African Continent, and the world
[ 20 May 2014 | No Comment | 9,410 views]
Cameroon First Lady Chantal Biya. A First Lady Who Puts the Last First. The Bridge MAG. Image

Ophtalmo Sans Frontières (OSF), a partnership between the Chantal Biya Foundation (CBF) of Cameroon and the French Association of the Order of Malta (FAOM), is aiming to provide ophthalmic disease screenings –incorporating diagnosis, treatment, surgery, and eyewear prescription– for 80,000 people living in remote rural areas of Cameroon, by 2016.

Cameroon’s First Lady, Mrs. Chantal Biya, is very kind: a high-profile international figure whose prestigious status …

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The BIPAGA-Grab. It may be another Easter of austerity for most, but for some international investors it’s pieces of land swapping hands instead of chocolate eggs, and nowhere more so than in beach resorts such as Bipaga-Kribi in Cameroon, where hectares of sand are being sieved through exchange in Africa’s gold-panning Eldorado.
[ 20 Apr 2014 | No Comment | 6,054 views]
The Kribi Deep Sea Port. Potential 'best hub' in Central and West Africa The Bridge MAG Image

This Easter, many wealthy international land investors will be gifting partners or loved ones golden eggs in the shape of sand shares in the beach resort of Bipaga-Kribi, Cameroon.

Owning a strip of BIPAGA-Kribi –also known as “the treasure island”– is the latest trend among land investors prompt to secure some of these sandy hectares (title deeds attached) in a bid to shore up investments in …