As part of ongoing negotiations with Arise IIP for Cicam’s revival, the state plans to set aside key public contracts—primarily for school uniforms and hospital garments—for local production. The plan would rely on a partnership with the cotton company Sodecoton for raw material supply and on Cicam for processing and distribution. To achieve this, Arise plans a 200 billion CFA franc investment to modernize factories, install new production lines, and recapitalize the company. Today, Cicam holds only about 5% of the national cotton-textile-garment market, largely undermined by Chinese imports and the booming secondhand clothing market. China alone controls nearly 80% of the Cameroonian textile and clothing market, intensifying pressure on local producers.