The economic capital, Douala, last Monday December 12 became the first city to have an optical fibre ring. The ring that measures over 50 kilometres cost some FCFA 3 billion entirely funded by the Telecommunications Special Fund. It ushers the "First Smart City" in particular and Cameroon in general into a society of information and knowledge.
Presiding at the inauguration ceremony, the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Jean Biyiti bi Essam, said the major accomplishment in the telecommunications sector translates government's will to stimulate and accelerate economic growth using Information and Communication Technologies, ICTs.
Read more: CM: Optical Fibre Network - Douala Becomes First Smart City
Ambassador Hosung Lee further disclosed to the press that Korean Members of Parliament will soon be visiting Cameroon. This, he said, follows the creation of an association of Korean and Cameroonian parliamentarians. House Speaker, Hon. Cavaye Yeguie Djibril and Ambassador Hosung Lee also discussed the situation in the Korean Peninsula, specifically relations between North and South Korea.
Read more: CM: South Korea To Donate Computers to Cameroon's Parliament
Telemedicine is a rapidly developing application of clinical medicine where medical information is transferred via telephone, the Internet or other networks.
Read more: Cameroon to launch telemedicine programme in February
The centre known as Genesis Telecare was inaugurated in Yaounde yesterday 21st April 2009 by the Secretary General in the Ministry of Public Health, Professor Fru Angwafor III.
Prof. Fru Angwafor III said the initiative is a major step towards reducing longstanding problems in the health sector. Telemedicine provides a timely remedy to the numerous difficulties encountered by medical practitioners and patients, he noted.
It will be hard to achieve the Millennium Development Goals without fully integrating the Information and Communication Technology component. This is the key idea that came out from the visit to Cameroon of Hamadoun Toure, Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Read more: Cameroon: Can ITU Help Bridge the Digital Divide?