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Sign 1: Your Website Looks Like It’s From 2010 If your site has tiny text, cluttered layouts, flash animations, or that classic “web 1.0” aesthetic, customers notice immediately. Design trends evolve, and outdated websites signal that your business is behind the times. Modern websites in 2026 feature clean layouts, plenty of white space, high-quality images, […]

Local Mobile Money Solutions: The Foundation Mobile Money dominates Cameroon payments. If your business serves local customers and doesn’t accept MTN Mobile Money or Orange Money, you’re automatically excluding millions of potential buyers. MTN Mobile Money MoMo The biggest player in Cameroon mobile payments. Nearly everyone with a phone has MTN MoMo, making it essential

Let me walk you through exactly how to launch your online business step by step, from idea to first sale. Step 1: Choose Your Niche and Validate Your Idea Before spending money on websites or inventory, figure out what you’re actually selling and to whom. The businesses that fail usually skip this step and jump

Cybersecurity isn’t just for banks and big corporations anymore. Small businesses in Akwa, Bonaberi, Bastos, and across Cameroon get targeted daily because hackers know most have weak protection. Your business might seem too small to attract attention, but that’s exactly what makes you an easy target. Why Cameroon Businesses Are Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks Outdated

CRM Tools: Stop Losing Track of Customers Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools help you organize every customer interaction, track sales, and never forget to follow up. No more searching through old messages wondering what you promised someone. HubSpot CRM (Free)Perfect for startups and small businesses in Douala or Yaoundé just getting organized. Track contacts, deals,

You spent good money building a beautiful website. It launched perfectly, customers loved it, everything worked smoothly. Then six months later, forms stop working, the site gets hacked, pages load slowly, and potential customers start complaining. What happened? Your website is like a car. You can’t just buy it, drive for years without maintenance, and

Someone walked into our office in Douala last month and said, “I want to spend 50,000 FCFA monthly on digital marketing and become the biggest business in Cameroon.” I had to be honest with them: that budget won’t even cover basic Facebook ads for a week, let alone build a dominant online presence. On the

Here’s something most Cameroonian business owners don’t realize: when someone in Bonanjo searches “restaurant near me” or “plumber in Douala,” Google shows three businesses at the very top, above all the regular search results. That’s the Map Pack, and if your business isn’t there, you’re invisible to customers actively looking for what you sell. I’ve

Last week, someone called our office and said, “I need a website by tomorrow for my event.” When I explained that’s impossible, they got upset and said their friend told them websites take just a few hours to build. This happens more often than you’d think. The internet is full of ads promising “website in

Your website can be the most beautiful thing on the internet, but if it’s hosted on the wrong server, nobody will ever see it. I’ve watched too many Cameroonian businesses lose customers because their website takes forever to load or goes offline during peak hours. The problem? They picked the cheapest hosting without understanding what