The Fiber Optic Association – FOA, a globally recognized authority in fiber optic certification, has officially issued a letter of recognition to Judith Yah Sunday Achidi, the Director General of CAMTEL.
This international honor highlights her visionary leadership and steadfast commitment to elevating Cameroon’s telecommunications infrastructure. The acknowledgment directly follows CAMTEL’s successful initiative to train and certify 130 local technicians as Certified Fiber Optic Technicians – CFOT, marking a major milestone for the national telecom provider on the global stage.
This strategic training initiative is designed to significantly strengthen local expertise, driving the acceleration of fiber optic deployment and faster Fiber-to-the-Home – FTTH connections across the country.
By aligning network installations with strict international standards, the newly certified workforce will directly improve day-to-day network operations and maintenance. Ultimately, this investment in human capital aims to substantially enhance the end-user customer experience, ensuring more reliable, high-speed connectivity for homes and businesses alike.
By fostering a highly skilled local workforce, CAMTEL is actively accelerating the digital transformation of Cameroon and promoting home-grown engineering excellence. This international recognition from the FOA confirms a powerful, long-term ambition championed by leadership: to build a world-class, high-quality network that delivers seamless, premium digital services.
Through these modernized capabilities, CAMTEL continues to solidify its position as the bedrock of Cameroon’s emerging digital economy.
About Judith Yah Sunday Achidi
Judith Yah Sunday Achidi is a seasoned Cameroonian corporate executive with over three decades of experience in public enterprise governance, currently serving as the General Manager of Cameroon Telecommunications – CAMTEL. She is the first woman to lead a first-category public corporation in the country.
Holding an academic background that includes a PhD in Economics from the University of Yaounde II, she began her career in 1994 as an internal auditor before climbing the ranks through regional commercial management. Since her presidential appointment to the helm of CAMTEL in late 2018, Dr. Achidi has championed structural modernization and customer-centric reforms, notably overseeing the launch of the “Blue” mobile network, the restructuring of the company into specialized business units, and the expansion of the national fiber optic backbone.
Her leadership extends internationally as well, serving as the President of the Association of Central African Telecom Operators and the Chairwoman of the African Regional Satellite Communications Organization – RASCOM.
