By DOH JAMES SONKEY
Communication Minister and Government Spokesperson, Rene Emmanuel Sadi has tasked the team of Cameroon Insider, a new bi-weekly newspaper published in English by the Cameroon News and Publishing Corporation, SOPECAM, to work for the consolidation of peace and national unity in the country.
Speaking last July 25, 2019 at the Yaounde Conference Centre while chairing the official launching ceremony, the Minister indicated that the paper comes to implement government policy in the area of social communication.
Acknowledging that Cameroon Insider is born in a highly competitive media landscape with at least 500 newspapers, 200 radio stations and 30 television channels, Minister Rene Sadi said the creation of the newspaper “is a response to a pressing demand by English readers for the need of a paper written entirely in the English Language. That need has been met in the best possible way through the manner in which information is handled and how the national territory is covered.”
The General Manager of SOPECAM, Marie-Claire Nnana explained at the occasion that “publishing a newspaper entirely in English is not new to SOPECAM as it was on a hold for some time. But not entirely, as the daily Cameroon Tribune shared its space between French and English. However, we have come to realize that English-speaking readers deserve a publication apart, and the company has put in all it takes to ensure that Cameroon Insider is the best in quality, both in content and presentation.”
She added that “SOPECAM is on a permanent challenge of enriching its information supply by marketing specialized publications in tune with the times as it continues to benefit from the technical supervision of the Ministry of Communication and financial supervision of the Ministry of Finance.
Presenting the content of Cameroon Insider, Deputy Managing Editor, Richard Kwang Kometa said “the publication will be available on newsstands Mondays and Thursdays for a start. He said the new product joins a rich family already made up of the bilingual national daily Cameroon Tribune, Cameroon Business Today, Nyanga and Week-End Sports et Loisirs magazines.