Par Axel Toubson
#TechFriday n°3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ – Issue of 04/09/2026
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This week, Cameroon takes center stage: a digital uprising against femicide, phones facing shutdown from September 1st, and Moulinex battling manual grinders. Then discover braille’s six-dot genius, and Snapchat’s nostalgic Flashback feature. CAMTEL anchors public data, Google gifts Gemini to African students, Côte d’Ivoire digitizes its nurses, Sierra Leone fights mobile money fraud, and Liberia legislates on cybersecurity. Welcome to your #TechFriday!
Cameroon femicides: How social media became the court of public opinion 🇨🇲 📱
Fourteen cases of femicide in three weeks have sparked an unprecedented online campaign in Cameroon. Artists, female sportspersons, ministers and politicians are using Facebook, X and TikTok to denounce this scourge, forcing the government to respond and raising the question of a future specific law. Click here for full story
Cameroon to cut off unregistered phones from networks starting September 1 📵 🇨🇲
From 1 September 2026, some unregistered mobile phones may be blocked on Cameroonian networks. Owners affected are advised to check the status of their device using its IMEI number and to regularise their situation with the Customs authorities. Click here for full story
In Cameroon’s kitchens, the blender hasn’t beaten the hand mill ⚙️🇨🇲
Whether it’s a hand mill, a grinding stone, a Moulinex or a blender, Cameroonians are adopting culinary technologies in different ways. Whilst electrical appliances offer speed and versatility, traditional methods remain popular for their simplicity, affordability and the fact that they are not affected by power cuts. Click here for full story
Six dots, 64 combinations: Braille, the code that outsmarted the alphabet 🔵
Snapchat’s flashback feature keeps resurfacing your past 🥹📸⏳
With its ‘Memories’ feature, Snapchat regularly brings old photos and videos back to the surface. In Cameroon, these ‘Flashbacks’ provoke laughter, nostalgia or emotion by reminding users of friendships, relationships, events and different stages of their digital lives. Click here for full story
Why CAMTEL just became Cameroon’s digital backbone 🇨🇲⚙️
In response to the fragmentation of public digital systems, Cameroon is relying on CAMTEL’s infrastructure (fibre-optic networks, international capacity, hosting) to build national interoperability. The CEMAC QR Code, MINFI, the One-Stop Maritime Service and I-CEMAC are examples of projects already underway. Click here for full story
Google AI Plus goes free for students across Africa, Cameroon included 🎓🤖
Google is offering Google AI Plus free of charge for 12 months to eligible students in 27 African countries. The offer includes Gemini Omni, 400 GB of storage and a range of study tools such as revision notebooks, quizzes, interactive visualisations and Gemini Live. Click here for full story
Côte d’Ivoire’s nurses can now register with their professional order online 🩺🇨🇮
The National Order of Nurses of Côte d’Ivoire is launching a digital registration platform. The tool aims to simplify procedures, reduce processing times, improve traceability and enhance transparency in the management of the Order’s register. Click here for full story
Sierra Leone’s identity fraud is outrunning mobile money defenses 🇸🇱🔐
Fake WhatsApp accounts, cloned profiles, phishing: Sierra Leone is organising a two-day national workshop to draw up a technical roadmap to combat mobile money fraud. Orange has already rolled out an alert system, but coordination between operators, the regulator and the central bank has yet to be established. Click here for full story
Liberia signs cybercrime and data protection laws, but capacity gaps remain 🇱🇷
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That’s it for this week. We wish you a good weekend and look forward to hearing from you in the comments.
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