CAMTEL gets new commercial director as NEXTTELL is launched

The Cameroon Telecommunication company, Camtel has appointed, Mafor Achidi Achu Yaah Judith Sunde, formerly Director of Urban Development at CAMTEL as Commercial Director.

Her appointment comes at same time that a new Communication company NEXTTEL is being launched nationwide.

NEXTTEL being the first 3Generation network in Cameroon will definitely put up a strong competition in the telecommunication sphere in Cameroon.

NEXTTEL which it is alleged that Northwest Based Business Mogul Baba Danpullo is a major shareholder seems to have its strongest base in the Northwest Region.

That is the reason why, pundits are quick to say that Mafor Achidi Achu who hails from the same region is the right person to face any such competitions.

Before commissioning Mafor Achidi Achu Judith into her new function as Commercial Director, David NKOTO EMANE described her as an astute telecommunication top cadre.

It should be noted that Achidi Achu Judith is the first Anglophone to occupy that top job and the first female as well. The heavily attended installation ceremony that took place in Yaounde was attended by her former collaborators from Camtel Yaounde, Douala, Bamenda and Buea. She is described by many as “Madame Transparency” for her out-rightness in handling issues.

Mafor Yaah Achidi Achu Judith Yaah Sunde it is worth mentioning is a woman of extra qualities.

Her educational background coupled with her devotion to be perfect has made her to transform the principle of education for work into the principle of education through work. Reasons why she puts youths ahead in all her actions and also believes that by empowering the rural women and youths she would be an avenue par excellence to change lives through work.

In the Littoral and South West regions where she served as Regional Director of CAMTEL, she left an indelible mark of greatness that speaks positively and confirms the aptitude of women in leadership positions.

In the Southwest Region she succeeded in putting in place the optic fiber. In the North West, she is also noted to have transformed the entire service into a bee hive of activities.

Putting CAMTEL to the forefront by putting in place new installations at Jakiri, Wum, Nkambe and Oku as well as the terminal optical fibre at the University of Bamenda before her workaholic nature moved her to the head office in Yaounde where she was Director of Urban Development at CAMTEL.

NEXTTELL which is the third licensed mobile company in Cameroon as said it will one thousands people after its launch that took place on September 18, 2014.

According to Vu Khanh Duy, NEXTTEL Cameroon’s Managing Director, who made this announcement, the massive recruitment should incidentally increase the number of direct jobs created by the company, the number potentially “increasing to 5,000” according to him.

For the time being, the head of the telecommunications company, which has a 3G monopoly in Cameroon, stresses that they have a staff of 800, including 173 Vietnamese.

This specification is a response to the accusations made by Vietnamese shareholders and local partners that the company has been importing labour massively import from Vietnam, to the detriment of the 6,300 local jobs promised by the company when it signed the contract with the Cameroonian government in late 2012.

During the launching in Bamenda, many people were spotted at the new agencies buying the Sim Cards which were selling at FCFA 100 plus beginning communication credits.