(Business in Cameroon) - Viettel Cameroon (known as Nexttel) has just won a CFA94 million contract under the World Bank-financed husbandry development project (Prodel) in Cameroon.

Under the contract, Nexttel will provide digital tablets and a communication fleet to the project's staff charged with epidemiological surveillance. Viettel's Cameroonian subsidiary was selected ahead of MTN and Orange Cameroon. MTN’s bid of CFA49 million, however being the lowest, was found non-compliant regarding the technical characteristics of devices which work under android 6.1 system instead of a 7.0 system.

Orange Cameroon was also rejected, despite its CFA58.19 million bid, over low battery power (3000 Ah instead of 3200 Ah required). In addition, the camera of the device was 5 megapixels (MP) while a minimum of 8 MP was required.

In June 2017, the World Bank granted a $100 million loan (about CFA60 billion), to finance the Husbandry Development Project. The 6-year project aims at improving the productivity of targeted breeding systems and the marketing of its products. The project targets six sectors including bovine milk and meat, small ruminants (sheep and goats), pigs, poultry (eggs and meat) and honey.

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