CFHEC

China First Highway Engineering Corporation (projets au Cameroun)

Former names : CFHEC

China First Highway Engineering Corporation (CFHEC) is the Chinese state company that built Phase 1 of the Yaoundé-Douala motorway and was awarded Phase 2 — distinct from CRBC (discrete road works), with which it is often confused.

Sector
Construction
Ownership
Foreign subsidiary
Established media or researchJournal du CamerounPublished 12 Jan 2024Verified 4 Sept 2026

Key facts

  • CFHEC executed Phase 1 of the Yaoundé-Douala motorway (60 km, completed 2022) and was awarded Phase 2 (141.1 km, Bibodi-Douala) under a framework agreement signed 12 January 2024, worth about 880 billion FCFA (source: journal-du-cameroun, 2024-01-12).
  • CFHEC also won a 41 billion FCFA contract to build 10 km of riverbank roads along the Wouri in Douala (source: investir-au-cameroun, read 2026-09-04).