Cameroon received CFAF70.2 billion in dividend income in 2025, with CFAF58.8 billion coming from the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) and the National Hydrocarbons Corporation (SNH). Together, the two institutions accounted for 83.8% of the state’s dividend receipts, according to the 2025 budget execution report published by the Directorate General of Budget on 2 November 2026.
Dividend receipts rose by CFAF14 billion, or 24.9%, from CFAF56.2 billion in 2024. The increase brought revenue closer to the CFAF74.3 billion budget target, although the final amount reached 94.5% of that forecast.
The regional central bank provides more than half
BEAC, the central bank shared by the CEMAC countries, contributed CFAF38.8 billion to Cameroon’s Treasury, or 55.3% of total dividend income. SNH followed with CFAF20 billion, equivalent to 28.5%. A further CFAF4.1 billion came from SCB Cameroun, taking the combined payments from the three institutions to CFAF62.9 billion.
Those three contributors supplied 89.6% of state dividends, leaving CFAF7.3 billion from other holdings.
How dividends compare with the wider budget
Dividends accounted for 20.4% of Cameroon’s CFAF344.6 billion in non-tax revenue in 2025. Against total budget revenue of CFAF5,087.5 billion, their share was about 1.4%, while tax receipts stood at CFAF4,016.4 billion.
The same budget report records CFAF38.6 billion in oil transit fees against a CFAF78.6 billion target. This revenue category reached 49.1% of its annual forecast, compared with 94.5% for dividends.