Diaspora home
You live abroad: where to start?
Five entry points to invest, return, send money, share your skills or stay informed. Each page points to the official sources for the procedure.
Your step
Invest
Land, a business, a project: the procedures and the bodies to contact before committing money.
See how to investReturn home
Papers, customs, health, diplomas: the questions to settle and the institutions that give information.
Prepare your returnSend money
What to compare in a transfer to Cameroon and where to find independent data.
Compare before sendingStart a business in Cameroon
The support path for people setting up an activity in Cameroon.
See the path
Your country of residence
Residence rules, recognition of diplomas, taxation and money transfers depend on the country where you live. Ten country pages link to each country's official administrations.
Country pages
France, Germany, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, South Africa, Gabon.
Choose my country
How many people are concerned?
We do not publish an estimate of the number of Cameroonians abroad until we can attribute it to a dated source. The references are held by the bodies that produce them.
Statistical sources
- INS website(opens in a new tab)
National Institute of Statistics of Cameroon (INS) (in French)
Home page of the National Institute of Statistics of Cameroon, which publishes its statistics online.
- International Migrant Stock(opens in a new tab)
United Nations Population Division (DESA)
UN Population Division page devoted to estimates of the number of international migrants.
- Remittances and Migration (KNOMAD)(opens in a new tab)
World Bank, KNOMAD
World Bank page on remittances and migration, where the KNOMAD website redirects.
The members' platform
Creating an account is free. The member space gives access to the member directory, the diaspora map, opportunities and events.
A question about a procedure?
Write to the secretariat and tell us your country of residence.
