Cameroon builds local sports equipment industry with new trainers
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Cameroon’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Civic Education, MINJEC, recently certified 34 instructors in Yaoundé to expand the country’s capacity to manufacture sports equipment.
MINJEC ran the program with support from the Conference of Ministers of Youth and Sports of La Francophonie, CONFEJES. The new trainers completed a 10-day course covering both technical skills and business practices. Fifteen of the instructors specialised in ball manufacturing, while thirteen learned to make nets, and six focused on supporting young entrepreneurs.
These trainers will now share their knowledge with young people throughout Cameroon’s ten regions. The program, called the Project for the Socio-economic Integration of Young People through the Creation of Micro-enterprises for the Manufacture of Sports Equipment, PIFMAS, aims to reduce Cameroon’s reliance on imported sports equipment and build a local industry. MINJEC reports that over 500 young people have already received training in sports equipment production through the revamped PIFMAS program, which launched in 2024.
