Camwater Smart/Prepaid Water Metering Program
Camwater, Cameroon's public water utility, has pursued smart/prepaid water metering for its Yaoundé and Douala networks since 2020, when it ran a restricted international tender and presented a pilot phase covering 3,000 meters split between the two cities — aimed at replacing manual meter reading with phone- or card-based prepaid recharging to cut billing disputes and revenue losses. A 2021 press report questioned whether the pilot had stalled, and no source confirms how many meters were actually installed in Yaoundé from that round. In June-July 2026 Camwater issued a new international tender (budget ~1 billion FCFA, financed through the Ministry of Water and Energy's Public Investment Budget under the PFORR IMPACT program) for supply, installation and commissioning of an intelligent metering system, with a 200-day implementation window after award.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Camwater Smart/Prepaid Water Metering Program” — Yaoundé, Cameroon. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/yaounde-camwater-smart-water-meters/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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