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Cameroon

A nation of 29.9 million with forest over four tenths of its land and two thirds of its power from renewable sources, now negotiating a new programme with the IMF.

Perfect Nations values what Cameroon owns and raises capital against it, through innovative financing for development (FfD) and super intelligence (SI).

Cameroon at a glance

What we do for Cameroon

Assets. Capital. Solutions.

Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.

  1. 01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Forest to The People.
  2. 02CapitalThe laurels3 instruments and investments on record, every one sourced.
  3. 03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Energy is furthest from reach today.

The whole logo: a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance.

01Assets · The cup · Sovereign Assets

Five assets no balance sheet counts.

Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Cameroon toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.

  • 40.7%Of the land under forest, 2024

    The Forest

    Part of the Congo Basin, the second lung of the planet: carbon and timber that can earn as they stand.

  • 65.8%Of electricity from renewable sources, 2021

    The Clean Grid

    Rivers already give two thirds of the power; every new connection can be clean.

  • 9,880 m³Renewable fresh water a person, 2022

    The Fresh Water

    Rain and rivers renewed every year: power, irrigation and drinking water.

  • 21.1%Of the land in agriculture, 2024

    The Farmland

    Land that can feed the nation and earn abroad, valued and financed against its harvest.

  • 29.9mCitizens, 2025

    The People

    41.1% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation.

02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture

Forest, rivers and a debt to refinance.

Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Cameroon owns, every line sourced.

Capital Architecture

The record in figures

  • XAF 15.6tnPublic debt stock at end June 2026, about $27 billion, monthly report of the Autonomous Amortization FundFinancial Afrik, 2026
  • 44.3%Public-sector debt, share of GDP, 31 March 2026, Ministry of FinanceCapmad, 2026
  • $689.5MIMF Extended Credit Facility and Extended Fund Facility, approved July 2021IMF, 2025
  • XAF 626bnThe PAD power plant public-private partnership, about $1.08 billionFinancial Afrik, 2026

Capital already committed

  • MultilateralCompletedExtended Credit Facility and Extended Fund Facility$689.5M

    IMF · Approved July 2021

    Three-year arrangements; the eighth reviews were completed in July 2025.

    IMF

    Source
  • MultilateralActiveResilience and Sustainability Facility$71M

    IMF · Third review completed 24 July 2025

    The third review made about $71 million available for Cameroon’s climate agenda.

    IMF

    Source
  • PrivateActiveKribi refineryXAF 540bn

    Public-private partnership

    A refinery partnership of about $882 million, carried in the public debt report.

    Government of Cameroon

    Source

The Cameroon Newswire

The Solutions Wire
Esther Mbarga, Nation Steward of Cameroon

Esther MbargaNation Steward of Cameroon · SI Researcher

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03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita

Perfect Cameroon, star by star.

Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with Cameroon in its own prices.

How Perfect Capita works
Cameroon: the seven stars of the logo, one for each basic standard of living, rising from the cup; Food is the larger centre star. Each star carries the figure for Cameroon.WATER71.4%SHELTER67.3%ENERGY25.1FOOD39.1%EDUCATION28.1HEALTH48LIVELIHOOD58.7%
25.1
Energy · furthest from reachAbout 251 kWh of electricity a person a year, against the Living Line of 1,000; 32% cook with clean fuels (2024)Ember, 2024

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The price of Perfect Cameroon

To be set with Cameroon, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Cameroon, each year.

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  • Food39.1%Not food insecure; 60.9% are moderately or severely food insecureFAO, 2024
  • Water71.4%Basic drinking water; safely managed water is not measured (lenient)WHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Shelter67.3%City dwellers outside slums; 32.7% live in slums; safely managed sanitation is not measuredUN-Habitat, 2022
  • Energy25.1About 251 kWh of electricity a person a year, against the Living Line of 1,000; 32% cook with clean fuels (2024)Ember, 2024
  • Education28.128.1% of children read a simple text by the end of primary school; 2019, datedWorld Bank, 2019
  • Health48WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
  • Livelihood58.7%Above US$4.20 a day; 41.3% live below itWorld Bank, 2021

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Cameroon. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures

Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group. Each figure links to its source.

Solutions for Perfect Cameroon

  • Solution No. 45

    River Power for Every Home

    Rivers already give Cameroon most of its power; guaranteed finance carries that clean power to every home.

    • 01The challengeCameroonians use about 251 kWh of electricity a person a year, against the Living Line of 1,000: 74.9% of the electricity a person needs is missing.
    • 02What Perfect Nations advisesCameroon should finance the lines, substations and village connections that carry its river power to every home, backed by a development bank guarantee so that private lenders can lend for longer and at lower cost. With super intelligence, river flows, demand and losses on every line can be read as they happen, so each new connection is placed where it lights the most homes for the least money.

    74.9%of the electricity a Cameroonian needs is missing

    FromPreeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect NationsRead the SolutionDiscuss this Solution
Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsCameroon

Dear Cameroon,

You hold part of the Congo Basin forest, rivers that already light two thirds of your grid, and a young nation of nearly thirty million.

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Your debt is sustainable but costly. Let the forest and the rivers carry cheaper capital than the market now offers you.

“Your forest stores the world’s carbon. Let the world pay for it in cheaper capital.”

Yours in design,Preeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

The Perfect Cameroon ReDesign Studio

One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Cameroon, taken as far toward market as you choose.

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For the Government of Cameroon, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.

  1. 01Identify the assets
  2. 02Estimate Perfect Capita
  3. 03Co-design the capital architecture
  4. 04Launch the instruments
  1. Mandate 013 hours

    The Nation Briefing

    A private session for the people who decide.

    You leave withThe gap, named and sized

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    1. 01The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through.
    2. 02Education, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained.
    3. 03The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted.
    4. 04The path to market, outlined.
    Request a Nation Briefing
  2. Mandate 023 days

    The Blueprint Lab

    Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.

    You leave withThe structure, drawn

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    1. 01The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data.
    2. 02Each of the seven standards costed in local prices.
    3. 03One financing structure, drawn with your team.
    4. 04A term sheet and the partners to approach.
    Plan a Blueprint Lab
  3. Mandate 03End to end

    The Sovereign Mandate

    Led personally by the President and CEO.

    You leave withA structure ready for market

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    1. 01A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified.
    2. 02Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan.
    3. 03The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing.
    4. 04Taken to investors and development partners, through to close.
    Discuss a Sovereign Mandate

Co-design it with us

Where Cameroonians and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

  • Writings

    Write Perfect Cameroon into being.

    Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Cameroon, published with your name.

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  • Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon

    The local leaders already building Perfect Cameroon.

    Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Cameroon already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”

  • Co-designers

    Join the community.

    Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a Co-designer of Perfect Cameroon.

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The Cameroon ReDesign Studio is open

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Sources
  1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API, last updated 8 October 2026), accessed 10 November 2026: population 2025, ages 0 to 14 2025, land area and agricultural and forest land 2024, renewable fresh water per person 2022, natural resource rents 2021, renewable electricity output 2021, electricity access and clean cooking 2024.
  2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023.
  3. IMF, PR 25/59 (March 2025), PR 25/265 (24 July 2025) and PR 26/314 (1 October 2026).
  4. Financial Afrik, CAA monthly public debt report to end June 2026; Capmad, Ministry of Finance figure to 31 March 2026.
  5. Electricity used per person: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data (2026 release), accessed 12 November 2026.
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