Cameroon

Cameroon sanction telcos over quality of services

MTN, Orange, Camtel and Nexttel will cumulatively pay fines amounting to $9.8 million.
Amindeh Blaise Atabong
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Cameroon, Plan International give girls digital boost

Plan International, mobile operators and government this week committed to advocate for girls’ equitable access to ICT.
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Monday

Cameroon’s Nexttel searching for new investors

The telco intends to expedite new investments in infrastructure as it  seeks to overtake MTN, Orange and Camtel.
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18 May

Cameroon grants MTN payment services license

MTN will now  be independently offering services including cash deposits, transfers and withdrawals.
1:20

Cameroon’s Buyam bags $10,000 pre-seed funding

The start-up intends grow its presence in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community and Francophone Africa.
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Cameroon’s maritime sector gets digital boost from US outfit

The support package includes equipping Cameroon with a software and training maritime staff.
1:50

Cameroonian fintech Nkwa secures seed fund to scale operations

The startup backed by Cameroon’s Ministry of Finance will use the seed funding to on-board more customers and scale operations.
1:50

MTN Cameroon hastens network buildout in response to protests

From this week MTN subscribers will now be refunded for unused or lost data in the event of network unavailability.
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State telco Camtel to launch mobile money service in Cameroon

Blue Money offering will be coming into a market already dominated by MTN Mobile Money and Orange Money.
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Cameroon preps youth for the next disruptive technologies

Cameroon tech agency held a two-day intensive hands-on training for some 100 youth on digital and modern-day entrepreneurship skills.
2:10
Apr 28, 2023

Cameroon telcos make fresh pledge to fix network hurdles

Camtel, MTN and Orange made the pledge to address network challenges during a meeting chaired by the minister.
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Apr 26, 2023

Cameroon targets 3.5 million tourists yearly with online platform

The Hotel and Tourism Industries Employers' Union of Cameroon unveiled the platform yesterday.
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Apr 25, 2023

Cameroonians protest over poor mobile networks

Subscribers switched their devices to “Flight Mode” between 12pm and 2pm to express disapproval with quality of service.