Jobs in Douala

Jobs in Douala | Job Opportunities in Douala

Douala is the biggest city in Cameroon and the capital of Cameroon’s Littoral Province. The city contains the biggest port and its main international airport is the Douala Airport. The city is the commercial capital of the country. As a result it handles most of the country’s main exports like oil, cocoa and coffee, timber, metals and fruits. It is the wealthiest city in the whole CEMAC region of 11 countries. The city is situated on the banks of the Wouri River, the two sides connected by Bonaberi Bridge. The estimated population of the city was about 3,000,000 in 2008. The climate of the city is tropical.


Douala has a monsoon climate, with relatively consistent temperatures all through the year. The city typically features hot and moist conditions. Douala sees plentiful precipitation during the course of the year, experiencing on average roughly 3850 mm of rainfall per year. Its driest month is December where on average 33 mm of precipitation falls while its wettest month is August when on average nearly 800 mm of rain falls. Portuguese first visited the area in about 1472. By 16th century, it had become the town formed by migrants from the interior who spoke the Douala language and during the eighteenth century it was center of the transatlantic slave trade. Prior to come in to German rule in 1884, the town was called Cameroons Town; thereafter it became Kamerunstadt (“Camaroon City”), and made the capital of German Kamerun. It was renamed Douala in 1907 and became part of the French Cameroons in 1919. From 1940 to 1946, it was the capital of Cameroon.

The main city is divided in to four sections Akwa and Bonanjo being the most vital with Akwa being Douala’s nightlife center and Bonanjo its administrative center and main center for commerce. It contains Cameroon’s best restaurants, coffee houses and French-style patisseries; along the waterfront, many bars and bistros may be found, commanding views of the Gulf of Guinea and close by mangrove swamps.

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7 Responses to “Jobs in Douala”

  1. ASHU ROSELINE BESSONG on September 6th, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    I AM A HOLDER OF A HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT FROM THE SIANTOU UNIVERSITY COMPLEX.

  2. need a job i am a manager by profession

  3. massango ndumbe j on September 29th, 2011 at 1:39 pm

    I AM AN ACCA FINALIST AND I AM PUTTING MY SERVICES UP FOR HIRE.

  4. Am so suprised that such a webpage is existing for jobs in Douala when graduates are still unable to pick up mean jobs as sales men or simply put “store boys’. Are u copying what goes on in other places or there are real jobs opportunities in Douala- Cameroon?

  5. menang blessing on January 6th, 2012 at 12:39 pm

    am a holder of higher national diploma in banking and finance and need any type of job as far as finances is concern.also i can fit in anywhere only if i’m taught how to do it

  6. tebong walter acho on January 20th, 2012 at 7:07 pm

    i am a part one ACCA holder looking for salesman job

  7. Longla Brian Nkam on January 22nd, 2012 at 6:58 pm

    Sir/Madam,
    its with great pleasure that i am applying for a job in your company. I am a Bsc holder in Economics from the university of Buea and a computer literate. I am looking for a job i the acounting and Banking field.
    I will be very happy if my application is granted. While awaiting your favorable reply, I remain,
    your scincerely

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