DIGITAL ECONOMY
Cameroon: IFC partners with Atlantic group to boost digital financial inclusion
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank's private investment arm, announced November 21 it has signed a $1.6 million (nearly CFA1...Cameroon : 14.4% of companies’ turnover in 2016 came from Internet orders (INS)
In 2016, Cameroonian companies met 14.4% of their turnover through orders received via the Internet, the National Statistics Institute (INS) revealed in a...25% of the remittances sent to Cameroon via WorldRemit were from the United States
On July 26, 2018, while signing a partnership agreement with Express Exchange, a Cameroonian company specialized in money transfer, WorldRemit, leader of...CEMAC :The volume of electronic transactions has more than tripled in 2017
The Bank of Central African States (BEAC) has just published a report on the state of financial transactions within CEMAC in 2017. In the report, BEAC...Maibeta Inc dreams of helping improve the life of 500,000 construction technicians in Cameroon
Maibeta Inc, a startup located at Silicon Mountain in Buéa, officially launched a fundraising campaign to mobilize $35,000 (a little more than CFA19...Microsoft will support startups coached by OIC
The technopole Ocean Innovation Center (OIC) has signed a convention agreement with Microsoft. This was announced on February 28, 2018 by Jacques...Kerawa merges with Afrimalin to become the leader of classified ads in Francophone Africa
The Cameroonian classified ads website kerawa.com announces that it has signed a merger agreement with Afrimalin. The website that bought Leportail.ci...Telecom regulator set to suspend Vodafone’s activities in Cameroon for having no operating license
Accused of operating illegally in Cameroon since it began its activities in 2016, Internet Service Provider (ISP) Vodafone Cameroon’s situation is getting...After Yaoundé and Douala, Vodafone Cameroun moves into internet market in eight other cities
Vodafone Cameroun, internet service provider (ISP) who came to shake up traditions in the local internet market in 2016, recently made its 4G LTE network...MTN Cameroon lines up poor performances in first 6 months 2017
For the first time since the launch of its 3 and 4G networks in 2015, data revenues of the Cameroonian subsidiary of the South African telecoms group MTN...Cameroon: Telecoms regulator seeking consultancy firm to audit quality of mobile operator services
The telecommunications regulatory body (Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications - ART) issued, on 21 August 2017, an international call for...Mobile number portability will take effect in Cameroon from 1st September 2017
Announced for November 2016, then April 2017 by the regulatory body in the telecommunication sector in Cameroon, mobile number portability will finally...Cameroonian government organises “ICT holiday camp” for digital initiation of youth
Minette Libom Li Likeng, Minister of Posts and Telecoms, just closed in the Southern region of Cameroon, the very first edition of the “ICT holiday camp”,...Rapidly growing Mobile Money service increased appetites of MTN and Orange in Cameroon
It was a message received on 31 July 2017 by some Orange Cameroun customers, which alerted subscribers to the Mobile Money service. Since 1 August 2017,...Cameroon: the government wishes to control USSD code pricing by telecoms operators from now on
Like the pricing of telephone communication and other SMS, telephone companies operating in Cameroon will henceforth have to submit to the regulator, for...In Cameroon, 4G subscriptions will increase by 71% over the 2017-2021, according to Ericsson
The momentum noted in the mobile telephony market in Cameroon for some years now is still going strong. According to Swedish equipment manufacturer...Mobile Money: BEAC bans transactions by telecoms operator MTN Cameroun outside CEMAC zone
In a letter dated 19 June 2017, the Governor of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC), issuing institution for the six CEMAC States which are...Cameroonian application “Je parle le bassa 2.0” is a pioneer in online African languages training
Cameroonian Stéphie-Rose Nyot Nyot launched, on 24 June 2017 in Paris, the application called “Je parle le bassa 2.0”(I speak Bassa 2.0), which offers...Cameroonian insurer Zenithe Insurance becomes first digital company in 15 CIMA zone countries
Maxwell Ndecham, Director and CEO of the insurance company Zenithe Insurance, is formal: the launch, last May, of the digital platform of this Cameroonian...
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