The first editions
The First Editions
The first editions of national public speaking competitions in Cameroon, organized by the CDA and its partners, date back to 2010 at the University of Buea. In 2023, the CDA launched COCAM. COCAM was created through the merger of the national and regional public speaking competitions organized by the CDA, the umbrella organization for Cameroonian oratory, from 2009 to 2015, and then from 2019 to 2021, including CANUDC 1, 2, and 3, and ORATORIUM 1 and 2. In 2024, the CDA organized the “Little Geniuses of the Francophonie” competition under the auspices of the French Institute of Yaoundé. In 2025, the Brainball project was launched and held in all 10 regions, in 13 cities.
History of national competitions
2010: CANUDC, University of Buea, Buea
2011: CANUDC, University of Dschang, Dschang
2015: CANUDC, Université des Montagnes, Bangangte
2019 : ORATORIUM, Commune of Dschang, Dschang
2020: ORATORIUM, Commune of Dschang, Dschang
2023: COCAM, CEGOSE & Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaoundé
2024: Les Petits Génies de La Francophonie, IFC, Yaoundé
2025 : COCAM 2, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé
Hosting the next edition
If you are a public or private university with a campus in one of the following cities (Yaoundé or Douala) and would like to host the next edition CDA national or international events, please contact us by email at the following addresses: office@debatecameroon.org with the subject “CO-ORGANISATION CDA”. WhatsApp: +237 6 20 35 17 86
Report on previous editions
COCAM 2025 (download here)