Cameroonian subscribers call for Orange and MTN boycott
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Mimimefoinfos
Cameroonian content creators are calling for a boycott of Orange Cameroun and MTN Cameroon on 30 October 2026 to protest at mobile internet prices and quality. A gigabyte costs an average of 956 CFA francs in Cameroon, according to Cable.co.uk figures, compared with 117 CFA francs in France, 229 in Nigeria and 235 in Ghana.
Cameroonian content creators, including Céleste Victorien, are urging subscribers to boycott Orange Cameroun and MTN Cameroon on Friday 30 October 2026. The organisers are asking consumers to use Camtel, the state-owned operator, instead, in protest at the cost of data packages and the quality of internet connections.
The subscribers taking part in the campaign are complaining in particular about unexplained data loss. Some say a 4-gigabyte package bought for 30 days can run out in less than 30 minutes. Traders who sell their products on social media say they spend up to 40% of their profits on internet packages, according to the campaign organisers.
The average cost of a gigabyte of mobile data in Cameroon is 956 CFA francs, compared with 117 francs in France, 229 francs in Nigeria and 235 francs in Ghana, according to figures from Cable.co.uk. A ranking based on 2025 data from the International Telecommunication Union puts the cost at 939 CFA francs in Cameroon, compared with 757 francs in South Africa and 645 francs in Ghana.
The commercial offers cited by consumers underline the disparity they are highlighting. In France, the Sosh brand offers, among other deals, 100 gigabytes for 9,180 CFA francs a month, while in Cameroon Orange charges 10,000 CFA francs for one gigabyte per day for 30 days and MTN charges 21,000 CFA francs for 60 gigabytes over the same period.
