(Business in Cameroon) - On July 3, 2014 in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon, the Chinese telecommunications product supplier, Huaweï opened its very first store in the country. The store will sell the supplier’s products and provide post-sale services.

According to a representative of the Chinese company’s Cameroonian subsidiary as quoted in the government’s daily publication, the opening of this space in a mall in the economic capital “marks the beginning of the mass market in Cameroon,” with the aim being to become number one in the promotion and sale of smartphones in the country.

Established in Cameroon since 2006, Huaweï, which is among the world’s top three ICT solutions providers and suppliers, has staked out a place for itself in Cameroon with the launch of the CTphone, a project carried by the public phone company, Camtel. Camtel is a partner alongside which Huaweï has also contributed to the laying of the 6,000 Km of fibre optic cables that Cameroon now possesses.