Using panel data from manufacturing firms in Cameroon, this study investigates the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on firms’ productivity in Cameroon. The empirical model is derived from the flexible Translog production function. The strategic complementarities between ICT-capital and organizational changes are accounted for. We estimate our model using the SystemGen...

The current note summarizes the findings of our nested Logit analysis of the use of health care services in Cameroon. The objectives of that analysis were: (i) identify the determinants of the choice of health care providers in Cameroon, and (ii) determine the compensation to the poor to get them away from traditional/self healing. For that purpose a nested Logit model was built to account for ...

Kalinzulinus gen. nov. and minutus sp. from Uganda are described illustrated. The following new species also illustrated: Thyreocephalus tanzanicus related to T. mocquerysi (Fauvel, 1903), Agaporina tanzanica fromTanzania, Chaetocinus gabonicus Gabon, C. asymetricus Bordoni, 2016 jokoensis Cameroon, persalsus Cameroon Congo. male of Nudobius quadriceps Cameron, 1929 is figured for the first time.

The persistence of French neo-colonialism has motivated the emergence new and very aggressive forms pan-Africanism in most – nay all Francophone African countries. Indeed, many Francophobic pressure groups operating countries have sought to resist their by mobilizing pan-Africanism, which a great extent, are xenophobic disruptive France’s diplomacy specific In Cameroon, for instance, several so...

background nearly every nation in the world faces shortages of health workers in remote areas. cameroon is no exception to this. the ministry of public health (moph) is currently considering several rural retention strategies to motivate qualified health personnel to practice in remote rural areas.   methods to better calibrate these mechanisms and to develop evidence-based retention strategies...

A new genus and species of the leafhopper tribe Vartini are described.  Afrovarta angelae gen. & sp. nov. are described based on specimens from Ghana, Cameroon, and Gabon.

The monotypic genus Trichobatrachus, with its sole representative, the hairy frog, Trichobatrachus robustus Boulenger, 1900, could be considered one of the most well-known frogs of Africa. Despite its broad recognition and the fact that it is considered wide-spread and locally common (Amiet & Burger 2004), surprisingly little is known about the actual distribution and the specific occurrence pa...

BACKGROUND Cancer has become a global public health problem and the search for new control measures is urgent. Investigation of plant products such as essential oils from Monodora myristica, Xylopia aethiopica and Xylopia parviflora might lead to new anticancer therapy. In this study, we have investigated the antineoplastic activity of essential oils from fruits of these plants growing in Chad ...

Cameroon belongs to the group of countries highly endemic for hepatitis C viruses. Coinfection of hepatitis C and HIV are also common due to the shared route of transmission of both viruses. In hospital settings in Cameroon, diagnosis prior to treatment of hepatitis C is based solely on the results obtained with an immunochromatographic rapid strip test (97%). This study was aimed at determinin...