Every country has a unique story in how it began sports reporting. Regular news reporting holds less intriguing stories as the information is and was always in demand. But, sports reporting began after general news and different cultures of different countries made for interesting stories on how they began. Once the demand for sports reporting became prominent, more and more countries saw the need for it and fulfilled it. Where there is money to be made, people will make it. This was the case for sports reporting in many countries, including, Cameroon. Cameroon is one of the oldest countries in Africa.

Essentially, sports reporting first aired in Cameroon in the 1960s. The radio station was called Radio Diffusion du Cameroon or Radio Cameroon. Two sport reporters rapidly brought in the listeners and created fame for the station in the 1970s when they went to Sudan to report on the African Nation’s Cup. Their names were Peter Essoka and Abel Mbengue.

Actual sports reporting in a newspaper was a different for Cameroon. The first newspaper in Cameroon to cover sports was the Courrier Sportif du Benin. This began in 1955 and stayed in print until 1974.

The sports reporting history of Cameroon did not include women as women were not very active in reporting sports and were more involved in regular news. But, in 1988, one female reporter made a debut as the first female sports reporter on television in the country. Her name was Pamela Messi. There were others like, Judith Ngale, Christiana Nkup Ufenyi, who also did a good job at reporting. But, up until this time, women sports reporters in the country were unheard of. It was in 2004 when Magdalene Soppu Kotto, a journalist became the first woman to take the title of Chief of Sports Desk a the Cameroon Radio Television national station.

Like every country, Cameroon has its own tale of reporting the news in sports.