CM — Cameroon

Cameroon is often called 'Africa in miniature' for its geological and cultural diversity, with coastline, mountains, rainforest, desert, and savanna all within its borders. It is officially bilingual in French and English, a legacy of its colonial history under both France and Britain. Yaoundé is the political capital while Douala is the economic center. Cameroon uses the Central African CFA franc (XAF), shared with five other CEMAC member states. For developers, the CM country code maps to both fr-CM and en-CM locales, making Cameroon important for testing bilingual African applications. The .cm domain has gained attention because typos of .com often resolve to .cm domains. The +237 dialing code is used for Cameroon's rapidly growing mobile network. Cameroon's bilingual nature and its role as a bridge between Francophone and Anglophone Africa make it a key market for pan-African applications requiring robust multilingual support.