The government of Cameroon is mulling over a Draft 2023 Finance Bill which, if passed, will compel MNOs to disconnect imported mobile phones and other digital devices that bypass customs clearance. If vetted by parliament, the law will be enforced from 1 January 2023 and accordingly, MTN Cameroon, Orange Cameroun, Nexttel and Camtel will have...
Cameroon’s telecommunications industry regulator, the Telecommunications Regulatory Board (TRB) has warned MNOs to restore optimal provision of services without delay or they will be fined. The TRB has served notices to Camtel, MTN Cameroon, Orange Cameroun and Viettel (Nexttel). In a statement released by the regulator, TRB General Manager Philemon Zoo Zame said the watchdog...
In partnership with companies for the exploitation of fiber optics over which it has a monopoly, Camtel would help to increase the penetration rate of fixed and mobile broadband Internet in Cameroon, which is stagnating at 22% since 2016, according to the International Finance Corporation. Camtel, the incumbent telecom operator in Cameroon, has launched the...
Nigerian multinational pan-African banking group United Bank for Africa (UBA) has launched a new mobile money solution M2U Money in Cameroon. In 2018 UBA announced its intention to collaborate with Viettel Cameroon SA (Nexttel) to launch a solution and engage the Cameroon market. The company secured authorisation from the Central African Banking Commission (COBAC) to...
Mitwa Ng’ambi, who took over office from Stephen Blewett on 1 September as the new CEO of MTN Cameroon, has met with several telecommunication industry stakeholders as part of a campaign to gage the level of industry support, activity and cooperation. Ng’ambi met with the CEO of IHS Towers Cameroon Abdallah Al Chammas during which...
US-based global telecommunications infrastructure and digital platform Universal Broadband and Technology Services (UBTS) International is investigating opportunities to tap into the Cameroon market through its local affiliate UBTS Cameroon S.A. After obtaining a licence last year from the country’s telecommunications regulator to establish and operate terrestrial radio networks, a delegation of UBTS executives is in...
After its competitor Orange, the telecom operator MTN is in the process of creating a payment institution dedicated to financial transactions via mobile in Cameroon. In an interview published Thursday, August 11 in the public-owned daily Cameroon Tribune , the Minister of Finance, Louis Paul Motaze, reveals: “ Orange Money Cameroon recently obtained its approval, and that of MTN Mobile Money...
The Cameroon Telecommunications Company (CAMTEL) has signed an agreement with the country’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Development to deploy broadband infrastructure and services The agreement, signed by the Minister of Housing and Urban Development Celestine Ketcha, will see newly constructed houses connected to the broadband services. Although neither the government nor the telco have...
Current CEO of MTN Rwanda, Mitwa Ng’ambi, has been appointed as the new CEO of MTN Cameroon effective 1 September 2022, as announced by the company’s Chairman Colin Mukete. Ng’ambi will take over from Stephen Blewett, who has led the telco’s operations in Cameroon since 1 August 2020. Blewett is leaving the MTN Group. The...
MTN Cameroon, in partnership with Huawei, has entered into a partnership with the country’s Rural Electrification Agency (AER) according to which it will deploy antennas and relay stations in rural regions. MTN Cameroon is already using AER-produced solar energy to power some of its pilot sites in the West and Littoral regions. The company plans...
