After ten years of hard work, journeys and advocacy across thirty-eight countries to promote a culture of legal intelligence, the African Center for Competitive Intelligence (CAVIE) has reached an important milestone. We now have the privilege of teaching enhanced competitive intelligence at Cameroon’s prestigious National School of Administration and Magistracy (ENAM), opening a pathway towards New Public Management (NPM).
At the invitation of its Director General, I had the honor of delivering the inaugural lecture on August 14, 2026, in the school’s Grand Amphitheatre. Before around five hundred students from all divisions and fields of study, we discussed the critical issues of competitive intelligence in Africa. Addressing future administrative and judicial leaders of several nationalities, my message was grounded in one deep conviction: information is the engine of our future power.
Our arrival at ENAM is not a personal achievement or an end in itself. Rather, it is part of the transformations required in public management. The principles of NPM, which are particularly important to me, remind us that our institutions must constantly pursue efficiency, transparency, management by objectives and unwavering adaptability in the face of global and technological change.
On our continent, the most underestimated vulnerability remains information asymmetry. A State such as Cameroon may have abundant resources, a vibrant youth population and a promising market, yet still lose major arbitrations because it failed to anticipate risks or master strategic data. By teaching future leaders to structure effective intelligence monitoring systems and combine the acceleration offered by artificial intelligence with human ethical judgment, we are laying the foundations for an enhanced public administration.
Far from being a summit, this milestone is simply a beginning. If the arrival of our courses at ENAM represents a modest step at the scale of the institution, I am convinced that it sets in motion a decisive movement for the future of our public and judicial administrations. By equipping our youth with the tools to protect our assets and guide public action with clarity, in pursuit of competitiveness, we are building our global sovereignty together, step by step and with humility.
Guy Gweth