The first editions
The first national public speaking competitions in Cameroon organised by the CDA and its partners date back to 2010 at the University of Buea. COCAM is the result of the merger of national and regional public speaking competitions organised by the CDA, the umbrella organisation for Cameroonian public speaking, from 2009 to 2015, then from 2019 to 2021, namely: CANUDC 1, 2, 3 and ORATORIUM 1 and 2.
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: COCAM, 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 of COCAM or an international CDA event, please contact us by email at the following addresses: office@debatecameroon.org and cocam@debatecameroon.org with the subject “CO-ORGANISATION OF COCAM”. WhatsApp: +237 6 20 35 17 86
Report on previous editions
COCAM 2023 (download here)