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Deal #1159 Version #51597

Cameroon

Created at

2013-08-16

Last update

2022-01-27

Last full update

2024-04-09

Number of total jobs created

Jobs created (total)

Yes

Planned number of jobs (total)

7 500 jobs

Comment on jobs created (total)

According to 2012, environmental and social assessment report and the company provided direct sustainable employment for 7,000 – 8,000 individuals and indirect employment for several thousand other individuals operating small-and medium sized businesses;

Number of domestic jobs created

Jobs created (domestic)

Yes

Planned number of jobs (domestic)

1 200 jobs

Current domestic number of jobs/employees/ daily/seasonal workers

[2008, current] 900 workers

Comment on jobs created (domestic)

The company has been ordered to pay $4.6 million by a court in Cameroon over alleged discrimination in its hiring practices. Allegations of non-payment of salaries have been raised against the company. All employees in the Mundemba, Toko and in Ndian Division have been laid off. Employees at the Limbe office have also been laid off.