Media Regulation : Communication Council Presents Strategic Document

A comprehensive document that contains the address and contacts of media organs in Cameroon, produced by the National Communication Council, has been handed to the Prime Minister, Head of Government, Joseph Dion Ngute. The 188-page document which contains statistics up till November 2024 was presented to the Head of Government by the President of the Council, Joseph Chebongkeng Kalabubse on January 7, 2025. 
According to the strategic document which will greatly facilitate media regulation in Cameroon, there are a total of 760 media organs in the ten regions of the country. In detail, there are 93 television stations, 129 commercial radios, 169 community radios, 232 newspapers, 72 online media outlets. The Littoral Region has the highest number of television stations (32), followed by the South West Region with 23. Going by the President of the National Communication Council, the statistics will be updated as need be given that they are conscious of the fact that some media organs might fold up and new ones will see the light of day. “We came to present to the Prime Minister a product which the National Communication Council has been able to realise in the past two years. We have been working on a media map for Cameroon. We want to announce to Cameroonians that for the first time, we now know which media operates where in the country. And we can say without being misinterpreted that we have around 760 media organs in the county today from the research we have done and the finding we have had,” Joseph Chebongkeng Kalabubse stated. <...