The Cameroon Local Materials Promotion Authority inaugurates its headquarters built with local materials

The Cameroon Local Materials Promotion Authority (Mipromalo) inaugurated last November 29 its headquarters in Yaoundé. The ceremony was presided over by Madeleine Tchuinté, the Minister of Scientific Research and Innovation. The particularity of this two-story building, built on a little more than 800 m2, is that it is made from local materials. It is built with stabilized clay bricks, covered by a wooden frame and tiles called “micro-concrete”, the fruit of the research of the Mipromalo. “This building highlights different types of materials, which is likely to provide thermal and acoustic comfort to its occupants. Comparative economic gains have been…