(Business in Cameroon) - Lyrebird Capital Company Limited (LCCL) will no longer receive 400,000 hectares for industrial cassava production in Nanga-Eboko The presidency has blocked the process of acquiring this land according to a confidential letter from Minister of Domains "Based on the information from the letter dated April 5 from the Minister of State and Secretary-General of the Presidency I inform you that following high-level instructions the terms of my correspondence from December 12 granting you a special waiver for a provisional concession on approximately 400,000 hectares in Nanga-Eboko have been retracted," Eyébé Ayissi wrote This government decision comes after the project was revealed on March 27 the prefect of the Haute Sanaga department and municipal leaders from Nanga-Eboko and Minta to a meeting on April 2 to discuss the cassava project and the special waivers granted to LCCL The leaked letter from Eyébé Ayissi raised concerns about the company's legitimacy and its lack of public recognition The project sparked public outrage due to the vast land area intended for LCCL and traditional authorities of Nanga-Eboko it is unacceptable to approve a project that cedes 400,000 hectares of our 700,000-hectare district to a fictitious or any company The people are closely watching the outcomes of the April 2 meeting Social peace is a hallmark of this administrative unit." The government's reversal aims to prevent public unrest and opposition from environmental NGOs such as Neo Industry's cocoa project in the South Region and Herakles Farms' oil palm project in the South-West Region highlighted the local population's determination to protect their land with the help of international NGOs Neo Industry’s provisional concession of 26,000 hectares was canceled in 2021 after a five-year struggle and Herakles Farms abandoned its 20,000-hectare palm oil project due to NGO pressure the Lyrebird project involved a land area twenty times larger Kribi Bitumen Plant Set to Start Construction in 2025 with Government Backing CEMAC Bond Market Hits CFA 8.45 Trillion in March 2025, Interest Rates Drop Cameroon’s Timber Output Projected to Rise in 2025 Despite Higher Export Taxes Central Africa Stock Exchange Sees 98% Drop in Trading Value in Q1 2025 Every week the economy and investment news from Cameroon Mboa Paris Trains 30 Young Cameroonians to Boost Tech and Entrepreneurship Cameroon Audit Targets Former Officials for Mismanagement in Agricultural Project Camwater Seeks Global Bids to Launch Bottled Water Lines in Five Cities Bafoussam Workshop Highlights Benefits of Cameroon-EU Trade Agreement Cameroon Could Reach 350,100 Tons of Cotton in 2025 (Beac) Paul Biya Appoints Johnny Razack as Chair of Cameroon’s National Investment Company Cameroon Refuses Work Visa Renewal for Casino and Super U Boss Over Toxic Workplace Claims Cameroon Joins Global Charter to Fight Illegal Fishing The search for passengers of a plane that crashed Wednesday in a forest in central Cameroon has ended state-run television reported Thursday.  Efforts to locate the aircraft chartered by Cameroon Oil Transportation Company (COTCO) were coordinated by the prefect of Upper Sanaga Only the body of a woman has been identified out of the 11 deceased "The air traffic services lost radio contact with an aircraft flying from Yaounde to Nsimalen-Dompta-Belabo-Yaounde-Nsimalen on Wednesday said Transport Minister Jean Ernest Massena Ngalle Bibehe.  the aircraft was found in a forest not far from Nanga Eboko around 150 kilometers (93 miles) northeast of the capital Yaounde.  Two crew members and nine passengers were on board the former Secretary General of the Chantal Biya Foundation Наслаждайтесь азартом на любом устройстве! Скачайте мобильное приложение Vavada kz и играйте без блокировок Начните с приветственного бонуса и открывайте для себя турниры Offer your company and your employees the best information Take advantage of our preferential rates reserved for professionals Discover our digital subscription offers to find Cameroon-Tribune at home The information was reported yesterday May 11 by the Minister of Transport The statement indicates that the plane was on the Yaoundé-Nsimalen-Dompta-Belabo-Yaoundé-Nsimalen route when it crashed in the forest Ernest Massena Ngalle Bibehe said that the rescue forces have already been sent to the scene to help the victims The population is also invited to give a hand Pending confirmation from official sources various reports indicate that the aircraft belongs to a company that manages the Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline There is little chance of finding survivors (Business in Cameroon) - Albert Nanga Dang the Prefect of the Haute Sanaga department is set to chair a crucial meeting on April 2 This assembly is intended to facilitate dialog and exchange information with traditional authorities and administrative and municipal leaders from the districts of Nanga-Eboko and Minta A communication issued by the Prefect on March 27 indicates the meeting will focus on an industrial cassava cultivation project in the Nanga-Eboko and Minta districts and special permissions granted to Lyrebird Capital Company LTD regarding this initiative the Prefect of Haute Sanaga issued a decree naming members to an ad-hoc committee and securing the land requested by Lyrebird Capital Company Ltd disclosed that the land in question for this agro-industrial project encompasses an area of 400,000 hectares chairman of the board of the Cameroonian Cassava and Real Estate Company (Socamfi SA) and representative of Lyrebird Capital Company Limited and referencing the findings of an investigative mission conducted on November 22 which confirmed the traditional authorities' consent for the project Minister Eyebe Ayissi expressed his preliminary agreement He noted this consent is for the provisional concession procedure requested on a national land parcel of approximately 400,000 hectares distributed across 12 groups in the Nanga-Eboko district subject to their availability and peaceful occupation The project's revelation has led to considerable indignation on social media particularly concerning the requested land size a university scholar and native of the area to approve a project that would hand over 400,000 hectares of land in Nanga-Eboko to what he implies is a fictitious company or any company at all The community remains highly attentive to the outcomes of the scheduled meeting emphasizing the importance of social peace in the administrative unit Investigation into the company requesting such a large area for cassava cultivation shows that Lyrebird Capital Limited Although the last financial statements from this company were reported in January 2022 being listed as both dissolved and active with only two directors sharing the full name of Lyrebird Capital Company Limited involved in the Cameroonian project but no direct connection to Jean Baptiste Nganda has been established Nganda Jean Baptiste has a notable background in agriculture in the region having served as a regional delegate of the Chamber of Agriculture for the Center and later as the departmental president of the National Association of Cocoa and Coffee Producers (ANPCC) in 2012 In an interview five years ago with Agri TV he discussed a large-scale cassava production project with partners mentioning that his cooperative controls 25,000 hectares and the industrial project could generate 10,000 direct and 3,000 indirect jobs This revelation about the cassava production project recalls past controversies over industrial projects by Neo Industry (cacao) in the Southern region and Herakles Farms (palm oil) in the Southwest region The former's temporary concession of 26,000 hectares was canceled in 2021 after a five-year struggle between the community and the state while the latter withdrew under pressure from environmental NGOs and advocacy for local community interests after starting its palm oil plantations in the Southwest region based on a 20,000-hectare concession from the State of Cameroon The current project involves an area 20 times larger highlighting its significant scale and potential impact announces that instructions have been given for the launch of three rice production agropoles in Nkoteng during a field visit in the central region; this in the framework of a prospecting mission in order to launch a program to promote rice farming in five regions of Cameroon the programme should help the country boost its production