An article in the Mail & Guardian Online describes it as having "no telephone connection to the outside world, and a single access road that is little more than a forest trail".

While previous employment came from the logging industry currently the town is near an important cobalt and zinc mining project.

Lomié has a number of interesting historical buildings, dating from the German and French era.

Roads from Lomié lead north to Abong-Mbang via Mindourou, east to Messok and Yokadouma and south to Ngoila.

Lomié is situated in the immediate periphery of the Dja Faunal Reserve, Cameroon's only UNESCO World Heritage Site.