Cameroon
People Reading on Mobile Phones in Cameroon: 9,246
People Reading on E-Readers in Cameroon: 200
Book Languages Available: Arabic, English, French, Hausa, Luo (source: Ethnologue)
Cameroon Population: 23.34 Million
Cameroon GDP: $28.82 billion
Languages Spoken: Afade, Aghem, Ajumbu, Akoose, Akum, Ambele, Arabic, ShuwaShow More, Atong, Awing, Baba, Babanki, Bafanji, Bafaw-Balong, Bafia, Bafut, Baka, Bakaka, Bakoko, Bakole, Baldemu, Balo, Bamali, Bambalang, Bambili-Bambui, Bamenyam, Bamukumbit, Bamun, Bamunka, Bana, Bangandu, Bangolan, Bankon, Barombi, Basaa, Bassossi, Bata, Batanga, Bati, Beba, Bebele, Bebil, Beezen, Befang, Bekwel, Bikya, Bishuo, Bitare, Bokyi, Bomwali, Bonkeng, Bubia, Buduma, Bulu, Bum, Bung, Busam, Busuu, Buwal, Byep, Caka, Chungmboko, Cuvok, Daba, Dama, Dek, Denya, Dii, Dimbong, Doyayo, Duala, Dugun, Dugwor, Duli-Gey, Duupa, Dzodinka, Ejagham, Elip, Eman, English, Esimbi, Eton, Evant, Ewondo, Fali, North, Fali, South, Fang, Fang, Fe’fe’, French, Fulfulde, Adamawa, Fulfulde, Mbororo, Gavar, Gbaya, Northwest, Gbaya-Mbodomo, Ghomálá’, Gidar, Gimme, Gimnime, Giziga, North, Giziga, South, Glavda, Gude, Gvoko, Gyele, Hausa, Hdi, Hijuk, Hya, Iceve-Maci, Ipulo, Isu, Isu, Iyive, Jimi, Jina, Jukun Takum, Kako, Kamkam, Kanuri, Central, Karang, Kare, Kemedzung, Kendem, Kenswei Nsei, Kenyang, Kera, Kol, Kolbila, Kom, Koma, Koonzime, Korop, Koshin, Kuk, Kung, Kuo, Kutep, Kwa’, Kwaja, Kwakum, Kwanja, Kwasio, La’bi, Lagwan, Laimbue, Lamnso’, Lefa, Leti, Limbum, Longto, Luo, Mada, Mafa, Majera, Makaa, Malgbe, Malimba, Mambai, Mambila, Cameroon, Manta, Masana, Maslam, Matal, Mazagway, Mbembe, Tigon, Mbo, Mbo’, Mbonga, Mbudum, Mbuko, Mbule, Mbum, Medumba, Mefele, Mendankwe-Nkwen, Mengaka, Mengisa, Menka, Merey, Mesaka, Meta’, Mfumte, Mina, Mmaala, Mmen, Mofu, North, Mofu-Gudur, Mokpwe, Moloko, Mom Jango, Mono, Mpade, Mpiemo, Mpumpong, Mser, Mundabli, Mundang, Mundani, Mungaka, Mungbam, Musey, Musgu, Muyang, Naami, Nagumi, Naki, Ncane, Ndai, Ndaktup, Nda’nda’, Ndemli, Ndoola, Ngamambo, Ngambay, Ngemba, Ngie, Ngiemboon, Ngomba, Ngombale, Ngoshie, Ngwe, Ngwo, Nimbari, Njen, Njyem, Nkongho, Nomaande, Noone, Nubaca, Nugunu, Nyokon, Nyong, Nzakambay, Nzanyi, Oblo, Oku, Oroko, Osatu, Pam, Pana, Parkwa, Peere, Pévé, Pidgin, Cameroon, Pinyin, Pol, Psikye, Samba Leko, Sari, Sharwa, Suga, Swo, Tibea, Tikar, Tiv, To, Tsuvan, Tuki, Tunen, Tuotomb, Tupuri, Twendi, Usaghade, Vame, Vemgo-Mabas, Vengo, Vute, Wandala, Wawa, Weh, Wumboko, Wushi, Wuzlam, Yamba, Yambeta, Yangben, Yasa, Yemba, Yeni, Yukuben, Zhoa, Zizilivakan, Zulgo-Gemzek, Zumaya (source: Ethnologue)
Adult Literacy Rate in Cameroon: 71%
Learn about our e-reader programs in Cameroon:
Nascent Solutions
Location: Bui Division, Northwest Region, Cameroon
Sponsoring Organization: Nascent Solutions Inc.
Launch Date: February 2016
Approximate number of students and teachers: 145
Number of devices: 50 Kindle 7’s
Students’ grade level: Primary 2
Types of books: Storybooks, early reading materials, phonics materials, and leveled readers
Deployment model: Classroom
Do students take devices home: No
The Story: Nascent Solutions is dedicated to strengthening the capacity of the vulnerable in rural Africa to achieve self‐sufficiency. Through a food program for local primary schools in Northwest Cameroon, now coupled with a literacy program and the introduction of digital reading, they hope to improve the impact of education in the area.