Better World Cameroon Organises Summer Camp 2016

Better World Cameroon is organising yet another Summer camp this August 2016. The International Summer Work Camp is an annual event. It aims at bringing together youth from different parts of the world to promote solidarity and and foster cultural exchange.They are inviting 20 Youth change makers from Cameroon as well as abroad to come together to explore options for the future from different viewpoints so that we all can grow in our vision. Here'
s where to go to know more.

Cameroon's Kiro'o Games is taking the gaming industry by storm

Many Cameroonians (especially boys) who grew up in the early 90s, spent obscene amounts of time and money in arcades playing video games. Many would use their food and taxi money to get a chance at beating the high score in such titles as Final Fight, Street Fighter, the King Of Fighters series, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs and other memorable titles. 

We have come a long way from those days when we used to hit buttons and push joysticks to a very wide-ranged and sophisticated, billion dollar gaming industry. 
Most Africans and Cameroonians in particular have always taken it for granted that video games are something foreign which come mainly from the U.S and Japan but the tables have turned much in the last couple of years.
Kiro'o Games,  is a Cameroonian video game, animation, development and publishing company founded in 2003 by Madiba Olivier, and headquartered inYaoundé. Based in the green hills of Yaoundé, Cameroon’s capital, Kiro’o Games is not only breaking ground for software developers in its home country—it’s also among the first companies in the world to create an African-themed role-playing game.Their debut title is Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan.

 According to The Wall Street Journal's website,"The player controls Enzo Kori-Odan, an African prince, and his fiancée, Erine. They are victims of a coup by Kori-Odan’s brother-in-law, who exiles them on their wedding and coronation day. The royal couple then travels through a fantasy world, recruiting allies and fighting to regain their rightful command. Players battle amid thatched roofs, lush green settings, percussive music and colorfully robed tribal characters —far from the usual Game of Thrones fare."
This completely changes the paradigm in video game development and proves that Africans are capable of the most extraordinary feats, given the right environment and resources. The game is available on Steam and needs to be downloaded and installed. So check it out and let's know what you think. Meanwhile you can enjoy some screenshots from the game:

Is the Stanley Enow/Jovi feud finally over?

Stanley Enow and Jovi, the two Kamer hip-hop front runners who are known for their sour attitude towards one another as much as for their music, seem to have posed together probably for the first time ever.
 In past months the pair have thrown jabs at each other on Twitter and have made allusion to that in their songs.
Does this mean  that the Bayangi Boy and the self proclaimed Mboko god have finally decided to bury the war hatchet and look forward to a more positive relationship?

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Buea tech guys Making Cameroon Proud

Some tech start-ups in Buea are putting the town on the map of  relevant places to watch for future innovation. Infact the BBC recently did a short documentary on the companies making great strides in technology and that have the potential to become the next big thing. You can watch the Video here:

“Chasing Tails” – A Movie To Be On The Lookout For [Trailer]

Sire Nation and Blue Rain entertainment will be unveiling its new masterpiece “Chasing Tails” come June 4 at the Buea shopping mall, in partnership with W Cinema.


This movie has as cast prominent Kamer actors like Frank Sire, Desmond Wyte, Syndy Emade and Ade Kelly, who enact the little games both men and women play in the arena of love.


Produced by Frank Sire and edited by Awemo Pizaro, this movie strikes it all, from the wardrobe, location, image quality and great actors.

Children and Smartpones: The dilemma

Children are using smartphones at an increasingly youger age. This has gotten many people (especially parents) worried about the negative health and psychological issues that may ensue. Many argue that smartphones are convenient, of course, but they also alter the parent-child relationship, creating a constant connectivity that can often be mistaken for a genuine connection. It can weaken your authority and ability to bond, and in the hands of children whose judgment isn’t yet fully developed, smartphones can lead to the fast-track to bad choices and even worse consequences.

Smartphones hinder parent-child relationships

 According to school behaviour expert Tom Bennett Children should not be allowed smartphones until they are 16 and teachers should not allow them unless absolutely necessary.
But others still will say that kids need smartphones because they help keep track of the child and help them in their intellectual growth:
So who is right?

UB Takes Centre Stage in Renewable Energy Development

In the near future, every home in Buea may be equipped with a solar panel and the exorbitant electricity bills which Cameroonians pay may soon be a thing of the past. This is as a result of a convention that was recently signed between the university of Buea, college of Technology and Addax petroleum with Mayors of the South West Region.

According to the convention, South West mayors will provide funds to the college of Technology, UB, while the school will in turn provide the various councils with renewable energy sources. Addax petroleum on its part provided equipment worth Millions of francs CFA to the College to help train technicians and mining experts who could one day work in the company.

  As a result of the partnership agreement, on entering the university of Buea campus, one can see that there are new solar lamp posts alongside the regular ones. Around U-block, there are wind turbines and a solar panel. The technicians at the Faculty of Engineering Technology say that these are just baby steps that will lead to achieving the not too distant plans of making the University of Buea completely autonomous in terms of energy supply. The engineering and technology students use these facilities to study and practice how to harness the power of the wind and the sun and convert them into electricity for use in homes, companies and industries.

It is hoped that this generation of students will use the knowledge acquired to contribute towards taking Cameroon to emergence by 2035.