This performance marks an increase compared to the profit of 12.7 billion Francs CFA recorded in 2024, validating the management restructuring policy implemented by the general management led by Judith Yah Sunday Achidi. The company's global turnover shows a similar dynamic, rising to 235 billion Francs CFA (compared to 217 billion Francs CFA in the previous period), illustrating the expansion of revenue for an entity whose turnover was only 108 billion Francs CFA in 2018.

The improvement in operational profitability is due to the digitization of payment circuits and the overhaul of fixed commercial offers to counter the erosion of traditional landline telephony. The public operator now relies on high-speed internet and enterprise connectivity via a 12,000-kilometer fiber optic network, supported by several coastal cable landing stations under public monopoly. The mobile telephony segment, however, remains modest in the face of competition from multinational companies Orange Cameroon and MTN Cameroon, which capture the majority of a mobile market valued at 631 billion Francs CFA in revenue in 2024. The in-house "Blue" brand remains lagging, limiting the state-owned company's ability to transform its national data transport infrastructure into highly profitable retail market shares.

The major challenge now lies in translating accounting profitability into improved user experience, often altered by service interruptions. To address this, the company is executing a multi-year investment plan exceeding 145 billion Francs CFA, initiated in 2021, to modernize its technical infrastructure. The effort is being deployed through the raising, during the 2026 fiscal year, of a syndicated financing of 44,884 billion Francs CFA from the Commercial Bank Cameroon (CBC). The budget envelope finances the first phase of the "Mobile Network Expansion" program, aimed at densifying the coverage of 2G, 3G, and 4G networks in major urban centers, university towns, and rural industrial hubs.


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