Cameroon’s state-run telecoms operator, CAMTEL, has approved a $5.2 million (326 billion Francs) budget for 2025, alongside a three-year strategic plan to achieve stable growth and consolidate its market position.
Mohamadou Saoudi, Chairman of the Board, stated that the budget reflects CAMTEL’s commitment to modernizing its infrastructure, improving service quality, and enhancing its competitive standing.
“This budget reflects CAMTEL’s ambition to modernize its infrastructure, improve the quality of its service, and consolidate its position in the market,” said Saoudi.
The newly adopted 2025-2027 performance plan focuses on diversifying services, optimizing management, and promoting transparency and good governance. Saoudi emphasized the importance of these reforms, noting that they aim to position CAMTEL as a key telecommunications player in Central Africa. He pledged the board’s support for management in executing the initiatives.
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The board also recognized management’s efforts to secure essential facilities and address vandalism, which has threatened the network’s integrity. Enhanced monitoring and maintenance strategies are expected to support the company’s modernization goals further.
Despite holding a monopoly on the deployment and operation of Cameroon’s national optic fiber backbone, which it leases to competitors and clients, CAMTEL remains third in the market behind MTN Cameroon and Orange Cameroon. The new strategy seeks to strengthen Camtel’s market position and capitalize on its infrastructure dominance to regain a competitive edge.
