2025 Inter-Company Football Tournament

Honors, tributes, and emotions at their climax

Reflecting on a day full of excitement and color, the 01st of November 2025 marked a memorable day for The National Social Insurance Fund (NSIF), who as usual, had an outstanding impact at the end of the Football tournament ceremony. Spot lights on the day's best moments.

The Annex Stadium No.1 of the Olembe Sports Complex hosted a thrilling encounter between the 2024 Champions (The NSIF Football Team) and the ANOR Team. It was before a large and vibrant crowd of supporters that ‘the bronze medal match’ got off to a flying start, powered by a red-hot attack from the NSIF Team. Their fluid play, in addition to a well-elaborated strategy enabled them to crush all resistance from their opponent and dominate possession.

First half (CNPS 2-0 ANOR)

The deadlock was broken in the 11^th minute when Moctar Tachini- who emerged as the Tournament's leading goal scorer- made a brilliant run down the wing and calmly fired a left-footed shot in the net, hence giving his team the lead. The goal signalled the beginning of hostilities. The 2024 Champions extended their lead with a superb assist from the Captain and Playmaker, Noël Alain Olivier Mekulu Mvondo Akame to Michel Ngaffi, who had provided the assist in the previous move; making it 2-0 at half time.

The NSIF Athletics Club takes centre stage

 At half-time, the youngsters from the NSIF Sports Academy exhibited their racing potential in a 60m, 80m and relay competition. These forty talented young athletes (aged between 4 and 14) earned rapturous applause from the audience, who welcomed the Institution's Top-management's initiative to set up a conducive environment focused on fostering tomorrow's champions.

Second half (NSIF 4-0 ANOR)

Both teams started the second half with great energy, trading blows as they sought to take the lead. But the NSIF captain's vast experience proved decisive, as he delivered a pinpoint pass to Michel Ngaffi for his second goal (3-0), followed by Roger Batoum's goal nine minutes before the end (4-0). ‘We’re truly happy and proud of this win, especially against such a tough team. The result was never guaranteed, and winning a match of this calibre brings us great satisfaction. We equally extend our congratulations to our opponents for their excellent performance’, said the triple passer in the mixed zone.

Tributes to El Hadj Ousmane Mey

This edition of the Inter-Company Football Tournament was dedicated to El Hadj Ousmane Mey, the former President of the Board of Directors of the NSIF (from the 18^th of December 1991 to the 20^th January 2016, editor's note). To honour the memory of the renowned leader, the ceremony included a stadium lap by the NSIF Athletics Club’s young athletes, a reading of his biography, a song, and one minute of standing ovation.

A shower of honors for the NSIF

During this season, NSIF’s flagship football team once again excelled in the 2025 inter-company tournament, made even more competitive by a greater number of participants. Its results are as follows: Gold medal of the championship, Bronze medal cup, Best player of the tournament (Ngaffi), Top scorer (Tachini, 14 goals), and the prize awarded to the patron of this edition: the NSIF Director General, who immediately passed the torch to the Vice-Governor of the BEAC.

This moment served as a reminder of NSIF’s sporting ambitions for 2026: ‘Our objectives remain unchanged. We aim to win both the championship and the Cup. This year, we secured one, but next year we’ll be back to claim both.’