PIPRA Cameroun S.A. — Made in Cameroon
Camtrade Pass™ gives every product a unique digital identity — secure QR Code, blockchain record, GS1 standardisation — to fight counterfeiting, falsification and illicit trade.
Camtrade Pass™ — « For Security and Transparency in Trade! »
The mission
The initiative's General Report describes Camtrade Pass as "the technological foundation of the government policy promoting Made in Cameroon", designed under the high patronage of the Ministry of Trade, in response to the National Development Strategy (SND30) and the Industrialisation Master Plan.
Its stated mission: securing trade, guaranteeing product quality, protecting consumers' purchasing power and health.
Source : [R1]
The journey
Scroll to follow the Camtrade Pass value chain, from producer registration through to consumer verification.
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The company joins the platform, declares its product references and is assigned a dedicated Account Manager.
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A unique, secure QR Code is generated then applied to the product or batch, backed by GS1 standardisation under prefix 617.
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Production, transfers and inspections are recorded immutably. For sensitive products, IoT sensors add geolocation, temperature and humidity.
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Through the Trust Network, the product stays tracked from distributor to courier-seller, all the way to home delivery.
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Camtrade Pass Money ties the payment to the traced product — Mobile Money, card or foreign currency for the diaspora — with no commission for the producer.
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A single scan is enough to view the product history, its regulatory compliance and its authenticity.
The programmes
The traceability platform is the foundation. Three extensions build on it: collection, credit and distribution.
Generation of unique QR Codes, end-to-end traceability, targeted producer-to-consumer communication, dedicated Account Manager.
For whom : Local producers, importers
Learn moreSource : [R2, R6, R8]
Digital payments — MTN and Orange Mobile Money, cards, diaspora in foreign currency — through the Flutterwave technical partnership. Payment links without a website; the producer receives 100% of the price, fees are borne by the end customer.
For whom : Producers wanting to digitalise collection
Learn moreSource : [R5, R9]
Turns sales and traceability history into alternative credit scoring, enabling access to credit without physical collateral. Agreement signed in April 2026 with CCA BANK.
For whom : SMEs seeking working capital or industrialisation funding
Learn moreSource : [R1, R10, R11]
A structured distribution ecosystem — producers, relay-point distributors, courier-sellers, e-commerce platforms, courier placement companies — with traceability of every product delivered to the door.
For whom : The entire local distribution chain
Learn moreSource : [R3]
The foundations
Immutable recording of traceability events — production, transfers, inspections — designed to prevent after-the-fact manipulation of data.
The alliance with GS1 Cameroun gives products a Cameroonian identity recognised on international markets, lifting certain non-tariff barriers.
Predictive market analysis, real-time industrial mapping, geolocation, temperature and humidity sensors for sensitive products.
Applied to each product or batch, it gives access to its history, its regulatory compliance and its authenticity.
Source : [R1, R10]
On the ground
Key figures
Figures from the PIPRA General Report (updated 09 April 2026). These are company statements, not audited by an independent third party.
118
member organisations
Organisations and service providers declared as members.
[R1] — Self-reported figure
4,500
entrepreneurs mobilisable
Estimated potential through partner groupings, cooperatives and associations.
[R1] — Self-reported figure
+2,500
product references
References registered on the platform.
[R1] — Self-reported figure
+31,000
QR Codes generated
Unique codes issued for products or batches.
[R1] — Self-reported figure
+8,386
compliant scans
Verifications returning a compliant product.
[R1] — Self-reported figure
Ecosystem
The partnerships declared in the General Report and on the initiative's official blog.
Source : [R1] — PIPRA self-reported figure, to be validated before publication.
Producer, importer, distributor, courier-seller, tourism site or partner designer: each profile has its own onboarding path.