When some customers apply for their connection, they are told that they cannot be connected because there are no networks in their neighborhoods. What is Eneo planning to do here?

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With the expansion of cities on the outskirts, the need for network expansion is indeed a constant concern. Through the implementation of its distribution network expansion plan, Eneo Cameroon has since 2014 contributed to the growth in the access to electricity in Cameroon with an average of +2% annually. Since 2014, about 90 000 households and businesses on average annually have had safe access to electricity. This momentum was relatively slowed down since 2019 due to the difficulties faced in the supply of wood poles because of the security crisis in the North West, which is the main source of wood poles in Cameroon.

Eneo is working with the State to find alternative solutions in the West region. With the approval of the Ministry of Forestry, the company has just started logging wood in the Baleng forest in Bafoussam. Negotiations are underway to expand the supply with logging other forests in the West.

In the meantime, Eneo launched its concrete-pole-manufacturing project, in partnership with local investors. A dozen factories are operational in the different regions, and the concrete poles produced are injected progressively into the network, either to strengthen the existing networks, or build the required extensions to grant new households and businesses access to the network.