Cameroon Archives | Africa Research Institute https://africaresearchinstitute.org/tag/cameroon Understanding Africa Today Fri, 08 May 2026 10:31:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://africaresearchinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/favicon-512x512-1-50x50.png Cameroon Archives | Africa Research Institute https://africaresearchinstitute.org/tag/cameroon 32 32 Interview with Jules Dumas Nguebou https://africaresearchinstitute.org/insights/jules-dumas-nguebou Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:18:15 +0000 https://africaresearchinstitute.org/?p=5499 In this insightful and detailed interview, Jules Dumas Nguebou discusses how participatory budgeting has developed in Cameroon to ensure that local resources are effectively mobilised to meet community needs.

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]]> In this insightful and detailed interview, Jules Dumas Nguebou discusses how participatory budgeting has developed in Cameroon, where it has enabled communities that are normally marginalised to have vital infrastructure built for their use. Participatory budgeting illustrates that significant progress can be made when local resources are effectively mobilised and demonstrates that foreign donors and the state are not required for access to water, education and employment to be improved.

Jules also discusses how participatory budgeting can help cultivate local democracy by giving groups that are normally silenced a say on the issues they face in their daily lives. However, participatory budgeting can only fulfil its potential if there is engagement, political will and an effort to educate citizens.

Jules is co-ordinator of the Society of Booklovers, a civil society organisation that has been at the forefront of the introduction and expansion of participatory budgeting in Cameroon. The organisation was one of the inspirations for our recent paper: The Booklovers, the Mayors and Citizens, which explains how participatory budgeting has developed in a country without engrained traditions of participation or public service.

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]]> Participate! Grass-roots democracy & development in Africa https://africaresearchinstitute.org/events/participate Thu, 07 Aug 2014 06:00:16 +0000 https://africaresearchinstitute.org/?p=5465 Speakers: Jules Dumas Nguebou (The Society of Booklovers, Cameroon), David Satterthwaite (IIED)

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]]> On July 10th, Africa Research Institute hosted a panel discussion entitled “Participate! Grass-roots democracy & development in Africa’. The event marked the launch of “The Booklovers, The Mayors and The Citizens”, a paper about grass-roots democracy in Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé.

The event was opened by Jules Dumas Nguebou (The Society of Booklovers, Cameroon), who spoke about his work implementing participatory budgeting in Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé. A response was given by David Satterthwaite (IIED).

Photographs, video highlights and an audio podcast from the event can be found below.

Participate: Edward Paice, David Satterthwaite, Jules Dumas Nguebou
Participate: Edward Paice, David Satterthwaite, Jules Dumas Nguebou
Participate: Edward Paice, David Satterthwaite, Jules Dumas Nguebou
Participate: Edward Paice, David Satterthwaite, Jules Dumas Nguebou
Participate! David Satterthwaite
Participate! audience
Participate! post-event
Participate! post-event
Participate! chatting

Event Highlights:

 

Event audio in full:

 

 Related content:

ARI Paper: The Booklovers, the Mayors and the Citizens

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