CFCE - Centre de formalités de création d’entreprises

APME Cameroon offers technical support by bringing together all the administrations concerned (taxes, registry, treasury, APME) in a single geographical location and through one-stop shops.
(Updated on06/01/2023)

In short

  • Businesses must be established in Cameroon.
  • Cameroonian entrepreneurs in Cameroon and those in the Cameroonian diaspora are eligible for the programme.
Target countries
Target audience
Researchers & Academics
Students and recent graduates
Women entrepreneurs
Investors and Business Angels
Entrepreneurship / investment support organizations
Diaspora support organization professionals
Wanna-be entrepreneurs
Project phases
Ideation
Incubation
Acceleration
Growth
Activity sectors
Agriculture and agri-food
Commerce and handicrafts
Education
Finance and assurance
Green tech/ Environmental and urban services
Industry
Human services, health
Business services, engineering, consulting
Information and Communication Technologies/ Media
Transport, logistics
Other
Femme entrepreneuses
Women entrepreneurs
Priority

Characteristics

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  • Proposed services
  • Application process
  • Funding
  • Reviews

The Cameroon Agency for the Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises (APME) offers technical support for entrepreneurship by bringing together all the administrations concerned (taxes, registry, treasury, APME) in a single geographical location and through one-stop shops, the Business Creation Formalities Centre (CFCE).

This offer allows for the creation and operationalisation of CFCEs throughout the country, physical registration in situ in operational CFCEs, hosting, guidance and advisory support for users, as well as online registration through the digital platform www.mybusiness.cm.

The Business Creation Formalities Centres (CFCE) create more than 10,000 businesses per year and have contributed to Cameroon's progress in the Doing Business Index between 2008 and 2017, rising from 39.59 points to 47.23 points:

  • 11 operational CFCEs (01 in each Regional Capital + 01 at the Reference Pilot Incubator of Edéa;
  • Online registration operational only in 03 pilot CFCEs (Douala, Yaoundé and Garoua);
  • Creation times from 40 days to 72h and creation fees from FCFA 250.000. to about FCFA 54.624 (Warning: current average time = 30 days following some dysfunctions);
  • CFCEs have contributed to Cameroon's progress in the Doing Business Index between 2008 and 2017, going from 39.59 points to 47.23 points (despite losing rank from 163 to 166 between 2017 and 2019).

 

Service(s) proposé(s)
Financing strategy
Business Development Assistance
Business plan and implementation plan
Communication, marketing and sales consulting
Strategy consulting
Legal, administrative and HR consulting
Diagnosis and business model
Business registration
Market study
Training
Internationalization
Organization, recruitment support
Partnerships
Other services proposed by the organization

Entrepreneurs interested in this offer can go directly to the CFCE or register online through the platform www.mybusiness.cm

Delay for answers to applications
72 hours
Difficulty level
1 (very easy)
Time required to prepare your application
1 day
Average acceptance rate
95%
Application mode
Online
Je candidate
Includes funding
No
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