Connected Camero(o/u)n

Connected Camero(o/u)n ban ©Goethe-Institut Kamerun

« Connected Camero(o/u)n » is a project that provides a platform for exchange and networking for organisations, associations and start-ups active in the fields of education, the arts and digital technology in Cameroon. The project is being rolled out in two major complementary phases :

  • The Connected Forum, dedicated to facilitating connections and identifying synergies.
  • The pilot phase of the projects, dedicated to the implementation of collaborative initiatives between regions.
1. The Connected Forum: a space for discussion and co-creation
The Connected Forum brought together 90 organisations for training sessions, presentations, workshops and networking events. This provided an opportunity to share working methods, showcase best practices and foster new collaborations.
The result: a unique ecosystem linking several regions of Cameroon and eight pre-planned collaborative projects.

2. The project pilot phase (February – October 2026)
This second phase puts into action the partnerships identified during the forum.
34 organisations, 15 projects, 8 regions: a collective effort with a shared ambition — to make a lasting impact on communities.
Each project brings together at least two organisations from two different regions, working together on a shared initiative tailored to local circumstances.

« Connected Camero(o/u)n » is a project run by the Goethe-Institut Kamerun, supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, and implemented by around thirty local stakeholders committed to the development of their communities.
 
Our vision: to create an ecosystem that connects regions, where organisations support one another and work together to develop projects with a significant impact on the community.

THE PROJECTS

8th edition Forum des Danses Urbaines (BNC Forum)

The Forum de Danse Urbaine (BNC Forum) serves as a driver of expression, social cohesion, and inclusion for Cameroonian youth. It acts as a tool for preventing juvenile delinquency and school violence by transforming urban cultures (dance, graffiti, slam) into means of education, peaceful expression, and digital innovation. It is a mobile creative laboratory combining artistic training, social mediation, and digital technologies.

Organisations involved:

  • Horizon Cultures
  • Parole 237
  • Lead Child Africa
  • Expresion Mentale
Targeted regions:
Southwest/Littoral/Centre

Accès pour tous

Accès pour Tous is a systems-focused inclusion initiative designed to strengthen how frontline institutions in Cameroon communicate and deliver services to hearing and visually impaired persons. The project responds to persistent structural barriers that prevent persons with sensory impairments from accessing healthcare, justice, protection services, and civic participation on equal terms. Across many public institutions, communication gaps remain one of the most critical barriers to inclusion. Police officers, healthcare providers, and social service workers often lack practical skills in Cameroon Sign Language and accessible communication methods. At the same time, persons with disabilities frequently navigate public systems that are not designed to accommodate their needs, resulting in misdiagnosis, limited protection, exclusion from decision- making spaces, and reduced trust in institutions.

Organisations involved:
  • Save a Soul Cameroon 
  • Association for the Promotion of Performing Arts 
  •  Association for Women and girls in Deaf Culture 
  • Med.IA Lab
Targeted regions: 
West/North/Centre

Bronze Memory and Empowerment of Cameroonian Communities

The BROMECC project (Bronze Memory and Empowerment of Cameroonian Communities) is part of an urgent "research-action" framework dedicated to safeguarding bronze technology in the Tikar regions of Cameroon. Faced with the imminent risk of the disappearance of the ancestral "lost wax" bronze casting technique in the Tikar plain, this initiative deploys a comprehensive strategy combining rigorous scientific documentation with on-site artisanal revitalization. The core of the project relies on an intergenerational transfer of skills, where master founders from Foumban, Bankim, and Kong transmit their manufacturing secrets to a new generation of apprentices.

Organisations involved:

  • Center for Tikar Studies 
  • Afoni Children of Hope Foundation 
  • Conseil International des Radios et Télévisions d’Expression Française 
Targeted regions:
Adamaoua/Centre
 

Building Bridges and Re-connecting People

The project, "Building Bridges and Re-connecting People" ,is a strategic intervention designed to enhance collaboration and shared identity among the fragmented communities of Cameroon’s Northwest (NW) and Southwest (SW) regions. Its primary goal is to heal deep cultural and political divisions by restoring communal belonging and mutual respect through social cohesion, culture of peace and future mitigation.


Organisations involved:

  • Green Partners Association 
  • Lead Child Africa 
  • Good Hope Charity Organization 
Targeted regions:
Northwest/Southwest

Démocratiser l'accès aux industries créatives

The project aims to transform the perception of artificial intelligence in Cameroon’s cultural sector, shifting it from a perceived existential threat to a responsible ally, while preserving traditional principles of production, learning, and performance. It focuses on hybrid training protocols that combine essential artistic and managerial skills with responsible AI use, reducing production costs through technological innovation, and improving visibility of cultural works via ethical digital marketing. Through pilot experimentation, artists from diverse backgrounds will test and document AI integration, creating a reproducible model of responsible digital transformation. This tripartite collaboration between Alizé Équateur, Med.IA Lab, and LIONN INITIATIVE ensures both technical and pedagogical depth, equitable dissemination between Yaoundé and Douala, and sustainable capacity building for cultural actors, particularly vulnerable youth and women.

Organisations involved:

  • Alizé Équateur
  • Med.IA Laboratory (Med.IA Lab)
  • LIONN INITIATIVE
Targeted regions:
Centre/Littoral

Digital Resilience, Entrepreneurship Access, Mentorship & Sustainability for Vulnerable Women

The project responds to the digital divide and economic exclusion affecting vulnerable women in the Centre, North - West, and Far North regions of Cameroon. It equips 60 women aged 18-35, including internally displaced persons, widows, unemployed young mothers, survivors of conflict, and low-income women, with practical digital and entrepreneurship skills

Organisations involved:

  • Heart of Hope Cameroon 
  • Universal Maidens Association Cameroon 
  • Education For All
  • Forest and Agroforestry Promoters 
Targeted regions:
Maroua/Northwest/Centre/West

Film as a tool for change

what happens when the guns all fall? Or do they even fall for a people who experienced the gruesome devastation of war? This project starts with a cinematic exploration which is entails an adaptation of Ebai Derrick’s novel: “War After the War Ends” into a film of how war affects the people under its plague and proceeds thereafter with a continues advocacy activities, monitoring and mentoring individuals on the alleviation of these impacts.

Organisations involved:

  • DAV Media
  • LA LIBERTE ARTS GROUP
  • EyaLingo
Targeted regions:
Northwest/Southwest

LEGACY

LEGACY is an innovative project designed to promote the richness of Cameroonian cultural heritage among younger generations. This initiative combines a cultural caravan, workshops in dance (both traditional and urban), oratory art, an illustrated educational book, a digital museum, and a social media awareness campaign.

Deployed across three regions of Cameroon (Centre, Littoral and West), LEGACY 2026 to increase its visibility, develop partnerships with other field stakeholders, and amplify its advocacy. This collaboration serves to reinforce the project's community impact and to promote Cameroonian culture in an innovative and collaborative manner.

Organisations involved:

  • Les Editions Associatives Kalara
  • 237 Parole
  • Art’vie
  • Horizons Cultures
Targeted regions:
Centre/Littoral/West

Mobilising Civic Action to Counter Misinformation, and Hate Online and Offline in Cameroon

This project strengthens civic engagement by equipping youth with media literacy, information verification, and digital safety skills to effectively counter misinformation and hate speech in Cameroon. Implemented in the North-West and South-West regions, it promotes inclusive civic dialogue and builds community resilience through targeted workshops and participatory forums. By fostering responsible digital behaviour and constructive engagement, the project contributes to reducing harmful narratives, restoring trust, and enhancing democratic participation. At its core, it focuses on building youth capacity, advancing inclusive civic participation, and developing sustainable responses to combat hate speech and disinformation both online and offline.

Organisations involved:

  • YADEF
  • Civic Watch
Targeted regions:
Northwest/Southwest
 

Mota’okole Akowa

Mota’okole Akowa is a land-based learning initiative that challenges Eurocentric education systems in Cameroon by restoring indigenous knowledge as a central pillar of learning. Rooted in ancestral wisdom, ecological practices, and cultural identity, the project repositions the land as both a source of knowledge and a space for healing, resilience, and autonomy. It promotes a shift from extractive systems toward sustainable, community-driven knowledge production.

Organisations involved:

  • SAVVY Kwata
  • BERUDA
  • Andiman Association
Targeted regions:
Southwest/Centre
 

Petits Héros, Grandes Histoires-S'exprimer pour grandir

The project “Little Heroes, Great Stories” aims to enable vulnerable children (street children, internally displaced children, and orphans), as well as children with special needs, to express themselves through art to support their growth and development.
Due to their life experiences, these children carry deep emotional burdens. Our objective is to help them externalize these emotions through artistic workshops such as drawing, theatre, and creative writing.
The project targets 25 children in the Northern region and 25 children in the Central region, aged 8 to 16.

Organisations involved:

  • Fondation Thierry Noah
  • Editions associatives Kalara
  • Zouria Théatre
Targeted regions:
Centre/North

Projet Digit'elles

Cameroon faces a paradoxical situation: while the country benefits from a youthful population (over 75% under 35) and a fast‑growing digital sector (10% annual growth), these opportunities are undermined by a dual divide—digital and gender. Vulnerable young women, especially internally displaced persons, unemployed young mothers, and poor orphans in the Centre and West regions, are excluded from the knowledge economy due to stereotypes, limited access to training and tools, socio‑economic hardships such as isolation and trauma, and a mismatch between traditional training and current labour market needs. To address this, the project targets 40 vulnerable women aged 18–35 in Yaoundé and Bafoussam, selected based on age, vulnerability, education level, and motivation, with indirect benefits extending to around 400 people including families, local businesses, and host communities

Organisations involved:

  • Association for the promotion of literacy and social development (APADES)
  • Humanitarian Response Actions (HURAC)
  • YEKI IA
Targeted regions:
Centre/West

Promoting Cultural Diversity and Tolerance Education in the Southwest, Northwest and Far North Regions of Cameroon

The project Promoting Cultural Diversity and Tolerance Education addresses escalating conflicts and identity‑based tensions in Cameroon’s Southwest, Northwest, and Far North regions, where ethnic, linguistic, and religious divisions have weakened social cohesion and disrupted education. It seeks to transform these challenges into opportunities for peacebuilding by combining education, intercultural dialogue, and community‑driven initiatives that celebrate pluralism as a source of strength. The project adopts a participatory and inclusive approach, adapting to each region’s cultural context to foster long‑term stability and peaceful coexistence

Organisations involved:

  • Revive Action Cameroon
  • Universal Maidens Association Cameroon
  • Community Humanitarian Emergency Board 
Targeted regions:
Northwest/Southwest/North

The Classroom as a Vector for Peace

This project is an initiative designed to shift peacebuilding in Cameroon from reactive intervention to proactive institutionalization within the educational sector and its surrounding communities. It seeks to establish and sustain a replicable model for non-violent conflict resolution and social cohesion by targeting three strategic entry points: teacher training, high school education, and community resilience.

Organisations involved:

  • Xhuma Africa
  • Berine and Bokwe Foundation
  • The Association for Women and Girls in Deaf Culture
  • Save a Soul Cameroon
  • Education for All
Targeted regions:
Northwest/west/Far north/Southwest

Ubuntu ecology

Ubuntu Ecology is a pilot urban waste transformation center based in Yaoundé and Dshang, addressing the growing challenge of plastic and metal waste through a pragmatic, locally driven approach. The project is implemented through a collaboration between MYPIOLE, ANDIMAN, and CLECO, combining sustainable innovation, community awareness, and technical expertise. It establishes a small-scale community workshop where waste is transformed into useful products while providing hands-on training to youth, vulnerable women, and internally displaced persons.

Organisations involved:

  • Clean Energy Consortium (Cleco)
  • Association Andiman
  • Mpiole
Targeted regions:
Centre/West

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