Largest Shopping Mall in Central Africa Opens in Douala, Cameroon

The largest mall in Cameroon recently opened in Douala. The Douala Grand Mall which looks like a museum and an airport, is home to 160 shops, supermarkets, amusement parks and cinemas. They expect about 300,000 visitors every month and to create about 4,500 direct and indirect jobs.

The Douala Grand Mall is a commercial center with 18 000 Sqm of leasable area. The mall has a multiplex of 5 cinemas that seat 1000 people, a Carrefour Supermarket, 160 shops and stores, 22 restaurants, a spa, 640 parking places on the first phase. The second phase, the Business Park, will be having a five-star hotel and offices. The project dubbed “The Douala Grand Mall and Business Park” is a grade-A mixed use infrastructure, developed by Actis in the local subsidiary “Douala Retail and Convention Centre”, DRCC.

Occupying one of the most strategic sites in the Economic Capital of Cameroon, the Douala Grand Mall is located at the immediate vicinity of the International Airport. The mall is expected to service at least 4 million inhabitants in and around the Douala area.