On December 3, 2025, the city of Douala hosted the inauguration of the headquarters of the CEMAC Pink Card National Bureau, during a ceremony presided over by the Minister of Finance, Louis Paul Motaze. This event marks an important milestone in the modernization and structuring of the Pink Card regional mechanism.
A Modern Infrastructure Dedicated to an Essential Community Mechanism
The new building, located in the Bali district of Douala, is now the official headquarters of the National Bureau responsible for managing the Pink Card in Cameroon. The structure reportedly comprises four floors, built on a footprint of approximately 400 m².
This modern building aims to provide the necessary standards for reception, file processing, institutional coordination, and cross-border claims management.
A Strategic Investment to Strengthen Cross-Border Claims Management
The total construction cost of the headquarters is estimated between 2.5 and 2.7 billion FCFA, according to recently published sources.
The first recourse for victims of claims involving foreign drivers — a symbolic place where the State materializes, administrative justice takes shape, and community solidarity is expressed.
“The Minister also recalled that the National Bureau is not itself an insurer, but a community guarantee mechanism — which excludes joint seizures by simple assimilation between system guarantee and contractual liability.
An Important Step for Sub-Regional Integration
The CEMAC Pink Card mechanism was established in 1996, to allow motorists insured in one member country to travel freely in other member states without having to take out new insurance.
- ● Strengthening of national structures necessary for the proper functioning of the mechanism
- ● Improvement of the quality of service offered to users
- ● Consolidation of CEMAC regional integration
During his speech, the Minister stated that this infrastructure constitutes “an act of sovereignty, stability and regional integration”, aligned with the vision of the heads of state of the sub-region for a united Central Africa.
A Clarified Institutional Framework
History and Evolution of the National Bureau
The Cameroonian National Bureau of the Pink Card was initially created by ministerial decree on May 3, 1999. At its launch, it benefited from a public guarantee intended to secure the mechanism and protect users.
With this new headquarters, Cameroon now has a concrete institutional framework — a physical location — to centralize functions related to “trans-CEMAC” motor liability insurance, claims in the event of accidents, arbitration, and coordination between insurers and national and regional authorities.
