(Business in Cameroon) - Following a Board meeting held December 29, 2018, in Yaoundé, the Board Chairman of Cameroon’s national power transmission company (Sonatrel), Gaston Eloundou Essomba (photo), announced that the company “approved the transfer of transport personnel from Eneo [the power utility] to Sonatrel”.

This transfer is in accordance with the memorandum of understanding signed on 24 November 2017 between the state-owned company and Eneo, Actis' Cameroonian unit, which used to handle this part of the market.

Sonatrel welcomed about 230 employees who retain the same level of compensation and benefits as within Eneo.

Let’s recall the government withdrew on December 31, 2018, from Eneo, the power transmission contract which is now awarded to Sonatrel. The latter, operational since January 1, 2019, was created in 2015 with support from the World Bank.

Sonatrel is expected to finalize the master plan for production, transmission and distribution by June 2019.

Sylvain Andzongo