(Business in Cameroon) - The Cameroonian government has just launched a special telecommunications fund with a total of 400 million FCFA, to modernise digital infrastructure in the nation’s public universities. This took place during a session of the University Coordination Commission on April 30, 2015.

The fund will facilitate the acquiring of an adequately broad bandwidth to spread internet usage in Cameroonian universities.

Due to the high cost of bandwidth, the penetration rate for internet usage remains very low, including in universities. According to the Minister of Postal Services and Telecommunications, only around 400,000 Cameroonians currently use the internet. This represents around 5% of the total population compared to the continental average of 18%.