CAMEROON

Small-scale Africa. Cameroon is also sometimes referred to like this. Everything is present in this country: as well as having modern cities, you will find deserts, savannahs and tropical rainforests but also beautiful beaches and wild parks. Cameroon can be found in the ‘armpit’ of West Africa and the bordering countries are Gabon, Nigeria, Chad and Equatorial Guinea.

Climate/working climate
Cameroon does not have a summer or winter but does have a rainy and a dry season. The rainy season runs from July to October and the dry season is from November to February.

Office hours in Cameroon are different per company. Normally, eight hours a day are worked but everybody has a two hour lunch break.

Facts and figures
Capital city: Yaoundé
Area: 475,440 km², more than 11x the size of the Netherlands
Population: 16,200,000
Time zone: GMT/UTC +1
Currency: CFA Franc
Languages: French and English

Links
www.vriendenvankameroen.nl
www.cameroon.net