Gia Group

GIA Group (GLOBAL INDUSTRY AFRICA) is a Cameroon-based group headquartered in Douala. Its website states it was founded in 2009 and has strong roots in the CEMAC sub-region. It presents itself as a diversified group built around six activities: import-export and commodity trading, e-commerce, engineering (project studies and design), building and housing construction, public works and land development, and B2B and public-private partnerships.

On the property side, which is what this listing covers, the group says it builds buildings and housing of social, medium and high standard. It also cites land development and external works such as roads and networks. Its homepage mentions a project called GIA CITY, described as a smart-city scheme, without stating so far where it would be located, how many homes it would include or when it would be delivered.

• Stated activities: import-export and commodities, e-commerce, engineering, construction and housing, public works, subdivisions, roads and networks, B2B and public-private partnerships.
• Founded: 2009, according to the company website.
• Head office: Douala, Cameroon (postal address 13073 Douala on the website).
• Published contact details: [email protected], +237 672 96 97 99 and +237 658 71 19 71.

What is not published. The website gives no price, no floor area, no number of homes for sale or rent in Cameroon, and no delivery date for any scheme open to buyers. The project references quoted by the group (housing in Gabon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon) are investment amounts reported by the company itself; they are not schemes offered for sale on Imonga. To obtain a price, a floor plan or a schedule, ask the developer for written documentation using the contact details above.

Before committing. Cameroon is not part of the WAEMU: the currency is the BEAC franc CFA (XAF), and land law, title registration and sale rules are Cameroonian, and differ from those in Togo, Benin or Côte d'Ivoire. Before paying anything, ask the developer for its trade register number, the land title or development permit covering the plot, and have any reservation contract reviewed by a Cameroonian legal professional.