Cameroon Academy of Sciences wakhala membala kuyambira 1999.
Kutsatira malingaliro a Council for Higher Education and Scientific Research mu 1972 ndi 1982 motsatana, Cameroon Academy of Sciences potsiriza idapangidwa mu 1990 ndi akatswiri angapo aku Cameroonia omwe adakumana ku Douala, Cameroon, pamsonkhano waulimi ndi kafukufuku waulimi m'magawo ang'onoang'ono. Sahara Africa. Cholinga cha Academy ndikulimbikitsa kupita patsogolo kwa sayansi ndi ukadaulo pakukula kwachuma, chikhalidwe, ndi chikhalidwe cha Cameroon. Zolinga zenizeni zikuphatikiza: kulimbikitsa kafukufuku ndi maphunziro aukadaulo pamlingo wapamwamba; kuthandizira chitetezo cha sayansi ndi chilolezo cha asayansi; kulangiza okhazikitsa mfundo za dziko ndi mayiko pa nkhani zokhudza sayansi ndi luso lamakono pothandiza anthu; kukulitsa ubale wasayansi ndiukadaulo ndi magawo opindulitsa pazachuma chadziko; ndi kulimbikitsa mgwirizano wa sayansi ndi luso lazopangapanga m'malo omwe si a boma. Monga bungwe lomwe si la boma, limagwirizana ndi Unduna wa Sayansi ndi Kafukufuku waukadaulo komanso Unduna wa Maphunziro Apamwamba. Sukuluyi ili ndi makoleji atatu, omwe ndi College of Biological Sciences, College of Social Sciences, ndi College of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Umembala wapano uli pa 45.
