{"id":3057,"date":"2018-08-20T12:29:20","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T17:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.us.wordcamp.org\/?p=3057"},"modified":"2018-09-06T22:06:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T03:06:09","slug":"community-spotlight-cameroon-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/community-spotlight-cameroon-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Spotlight: Cameroon, Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Our events are diverse with trainings, meetups, conferences, shows, talks, aperitifs, barbecues, and WordCamp!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3184\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/community-spotlight-cameroon-africa\/wordpress-cameroon-mainteam\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/wordpress-cameroon-mainteam-e1534782000939.jpg?fit=1016%2C765&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1016,765\" 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2018.us.wordcamp.org\/files\/2018\/08\/wordpress-cameroon-mainteam-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Find them online: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Douala-WordPress-Meetup\/\">Douala Meetup<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/fr-FR\/Buea-WordPress-Meetup\/?a=pcmg2\">Buea Meetup<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/2018.buea.wordcamp.org\">WordCamp<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wpcameroun\">WP Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WordCampBuea\">WC Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WordCampCmr\/\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpcameroun.com\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<aside class=\"statBox\">\n<header class=\"statHead\">\n<h2>Cameroon at a glance<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<section><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3198\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2017.us.wordcamp.org\/files\/2017\/08\/WCUS-transparent_Community-Bazaar-300x98.png?resize=300%2C98&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"98\" \/><strong>2&nbsp;<\/strong>Meetups\/Month<br \/>\n<strong>2016&nbsp;<\/strong>Year Meetup Established<br \/>\n<strong>200+<\/strong>&nbsp;total Meetup members<br \/>\n<strong>1 <\/strong>WordCamp\/year: WordCamp Buea<br \/>\nEstablished 2017<br \/>\n<strong>March 2019<\/strong> Upcoming WordCamp<\/section>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3187\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/community-spotlight-cameroon-africa\/img_5136\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/IMG_5136-e1534782894201.jpg?fit=4898%2C2461&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4898,2461\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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href=\"http:\/\/www.ifcameroun.com\/\">French Institute of Cameroon<\/a> in Douala by the trainer Olivier Gobet giant <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gd6d.fr\/\">SARL GD6D<\/a>&nbsp;in France and member of the WordCamp Paris organization.<br \/>\nSince then we travel through Cameroon&#8217;s tourist cities to promote and evolve the ecosystem WordPress, Web, and Digital in Cameroon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3189\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/community-spotlight-cameroon-africa\/img_9189-cr2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/IMG_9189.CR2_.jpg?fit=4897%2C3264&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4897,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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