The Subcontracting and Partnership Exchange of Cameroon (SPX-CMR) organized a seminar for their benefit to enable them to learn more about this law, enacted on July 15, 2025,and the ordinance defining investment incentives.

The law governing subcontracting in Cameroon holds no more secrets for SMEs/SMIs. The Subcontracting and Partnership Exchange of Cameroon organized this seminar for their benefit on December 11 in Douala, to allow them to find out more about this law.

"We are aware that no one is supposed to be ignorant of the law. Yet we all know that many of our fellow citizens are sometimes not aware of new laws or the obligations they impose on them," affirms Evariste Yameni, the Executive Director of the SPX, the main facilitator of the seminar.

According to him, Law N°2025/010 of July 15, 2025, establishing the subcontracting regime in Cameroon,reconnects all actors involved in subcontracting activity and makes everyone aware of the importance of respecting their commitments, appropriating the law,and implementing it in all their professional and contractual acts.

"The purpose of this seminar was therefore to give SMEs/SMIs, large companies, and all participants the tools to achieve this," adds Evariste Yameni.

Subcontracting Law and Investment Incentives

Participants were treated to a global presentation of the law. The latter takes into account almost all actors likely to be involved in a subcontracting relationship:

• Client companies (Large companies), whether public, private, or foreign partners.
• Cameroonian SMEs and large companies engaged in subcontracting relationships.
• Foreign companies within the framework of partnerships or funded projects.

It has the particularity of being open to all sectors of economic activity (BTP, mines, hydrocarbons, energy, industry, ICT, services, etc.), as well as national and international structuring projects involving Cameroon.

Evariste Yameni also reminded the participants that this law now applies to any subcontracting contract concluded after its entry into force, and to all public and private contracts,including Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs).

The advantages provided for in the Ordinance of July 18, 2025, setting investment incentives, were also presented to the participants. Constant Lobe from the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Promotion Agency (APME), who led this session, presented the range of benefits that this ordinance offers to economic actors. He invited the seminar participants to capture these benefits to develop their activities.