(Business in Cameroon) - On 15^th and 16^th April, 2015, some forty Cameroonian journalists met under the auspices of the Cameroon Economic Press Association (Press Eco) to be trained by the local subsidiary of the Orange telecom group on the theme “Mobile Finance: The stakes, practices and opportunities for Cameroon”. For two days, the media professionals received information from the Cameroonian authorities, heads of Orange and leaders of GSMA the international body for telecom companies.

Though Cameroon’s Communications Minister, Issa Tchiroma, stressed the need for journalists to get beyond advertising and get training, especially about hot topics such as mobile finance.

“In Cameroon, we have seen an increase in this form of payment. This ecosystem will grow in keeping with our ability to establish efficient partnerships to expand the availability of this method of payment in the spirit of financial inclusion,” stated Elisabeth Medou Badang, the Managing Director of Orange Cameroon who presented mobile finance as a “path to financial inclusion”.