The Bangou agro-food processing plant, located in the Hauts-Plateaux department of Cameroon’s West Region, was officially inaugurated on Friday, June 26, 2026, by Trade Minister Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana.
Promoted by META INVEST, owner of the Denky brand, this industrial unit was launched in the presence of Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriel Mbairobe, along with administrative authorities, business operators, and local residents who turned out in large numbers to mark the occasion.
Built on a three-hectare site generously granted by the Cameroonian state, the factory is designed to process maize, potatoes, and fruits grown in the region, with an annual capacity of 5,200 tonnes and a product range of five consumer goods. Its promoter, Lisette Claudia Tame Soumedjong, aims to distribute these products across all 360 districts of Cameroon, as well as in the sub-region and on the continental market of the African Continental Free Trade Area (ZLECAf). The venture is expected to generate more than 100 direct jobs and nearly 450 indirect positions.
Managing Director of META INVEST, Lisette Claudia Tame Soumedjong, is no stranger to such projects. This latest achievement adds to an already impressive track record: the cocoa processing plant in Mbankomo, on the outskirts of Yaoundé, inaugurated on January 15, 2025 under the Africa Processing Company, followed by the Dimako plant in the East Region, inaugurated on November 28 of the same year.
“This operation, like the previous ones, is in line with the structural transformation policy of our economy, prescribed by the Head of State, H.E. Paul Biya, which is based on the industrialisation of Cameroon through, among other vectors, the local transformation of our raw materials, particularly agricultural, with a view to adding value,” said Trade Minister Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana. He added that this new unit contributes both to the import-substitution policy and to judicious regional planning, two orientations dear to the Head of State.
The Minister also highlighted the strategic importance of this industrial tool in the context of the ZLECAf, which makes Africa—with its 1.3 billion inhabitants—just behind China and India and far ahead of the European Union or the United States, a single borderless market. In other words, thanks to this factory, products from Bangou can now be consumed throughout Africa and beyond. Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana noted that this initiative by META INVEST represents an inexhaustible source of opportunities: development of regional agricultural production in the wake of the second-generation agriculture advocated by the Head of State, job creation for youth to combat rural exodus and unemployment, training in new more rewarding trades, wealth sharing according to the trickle-down theory, conquering niche markets, and promoting the “Made in Cameroon” label.
