As part of the Implementation of the Governmental Programme to construct 10,000 social housing units and to develop 50,000 building plots, the Mbanga-Bakoko site was chosen in the city of Douala on a total area of 30 hectares. To this end, the Government of Cameroon, through the Chinese cooperation, has made available a land base to be developed. Following investments which made Mbanga-Bakoko a real new town, an undeveloped area of seven (7) hectare had been reserved to promote a social mix through constructions of different standings. Following the release due to illegal occupation, MINHDU, the project owner of this program, launched a call for project proposals both from the LRAs, the private and semi-public sectors for a coherent enhancement according to the Government’s vision.

Thus, at the end of the examination of various offers, MINHDU Technical Services and the Urban and Rural Land Development Authority (MAETUR) worked together and agreed for a joint development to the tune of nearly 5 billion purpose of the memorandum of understanding signed on 20 August 2024. In fact, a working group has been set up to prepare and examine the draft convention, the program outline and the institutional framework likely to govern such agreement.

The purpose of this agreement is to define the contractual framework by which the MINHDU and the MAETUR pledge to develop a land base with a surface area of approximately seven (7) hectares located in MBANGA-BAKOKO for the creation of a mixed and multifunctional housing area comprising:

• Areas of collective housing plots intended for real estate promotion;
• Areas for commercial and service activities;
• Major and local community facilities:
• Educational and health facilities;
• Religious and cultural facilities;
• Treatment plant;
• Green and leisure spaces.

Content of work

For the planned services, MAETUR will be responsible for:

• – Project management including:
• The technical and financial set-up of the project;
• The search for funding;
• General project management.
• – The execution of various studies:
• Hydrological studies;
• Geotechnical studies for planned roads;
• Excavation studies;
• Development studies including:
• Topographic surveys;
• Urban planning studies with production of a sub-division file (in order to obtain the subdivision permit) and a 3D rendering in computer-generated images;
• Technical studies of roads and various networks (VRD) (supply of drinking water, electricity and optic fibre, waste water Treatment, etc.);
• Environmental and Social Impact Assessments.

Development works shall include:

• Site cleaning and earthworks;
• Construction of drinking water and electricity supply networks with the support of network dealers;
• Road networks:
• The coating of the primary roads with bituminous concrete, secondary in tri-layer and tertiary in bi-layer;
• Rainwater drainage with gutters and reinforced concrete discharge structures- Electricity supply;
• Drinking water supply;
• Wastewater treatment by a collection network and treatment plant;
• Demarcation of plots and preparation of technical files;
• Development of green spaces.
• Monitoring and control of development work;
• The marketing of developed plots.

Secondary, tertiary and quaternary roads and RVNs will be financed by the beneficiaries of the land bases, namely Real Estate Developers, through the purchase of plots in a future state of completion.

The MAETUR will take care of:

• The mobilization of the necessary funds to launch work;
• Recovery of funds from the beneficiaries of the land bases.

 The above-mentioned services will take place over a period of twenty-four (24) months from the date of registration of the convention.

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