Cameroonian company Micasa by MCG Sarl plans to build an industrial facility in Douala dedicated to producing wooden doors, office furniture, modern kitchens and other wood products.
To implement the project, the company on February 19, 2026, signed an agreement in Yaoundé with the Investment Promotion Agency (API).
The agreement grants Micasa tax and customs exemptions for periods ranging from five to ten years under Cameroon’s April 2013 law on private investment incentives. The law, first amended in 2017, was revised again by presidential ordinance on July 18, 2025, with stronger emphasis on job creation and local processing of raw materials.
Micasa’s project aligns with that objective by transforming locally sourced Cameroonian wood into industrial-scale finished products. The company plans to create 350 direct jobs in the first phase and about 1,000 jobs in the long term.
Supporting Import Substitution
The project also fits within the government’s import-substitution policy, which seeks to boost local production and reduce imports that contribute to the country’s widening trade deficit.
In the wood sector, President Paul Biya has since 2023 instructed, through annual budget preparation circulars, that locally manufactured furniture be prioritized in public procurement instead of imported products.
To reinforce that policy, the 2024 finance law introduced a 25% excise duty on imports of wood products, metal office furniture, wooden kitchen furniture and plastic furniture.
These measures aim to make imported furniture more expensive and steer public demand toward products manufactured by local industrial units such as the one planned in Douala by Micasa by MCG Sarl.
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