Dematerialisation: ECTN now payable by mobile money in Cameroon’s ports

June 26, 2020

Electronic payment goes operational

ECTN now payable via mobile phone

Effective from 15 May 2020, export and regularisation Electronic Cargo Tracking Notes (ECTNs) are payable electronically through mobile money. This important measure is part and parcel of the strategy put in place by the CNSC to check the spread of Covid-19. "In addition to combating the pandemic, the CNSC would like to reaffirm its determination to irreversibly commit to dematerialising all its services," Auguste Mbappe Penda, CNSC General Manager said. A dematerialisation committee chaired by the Deputy General, Mr. Younouss Soungui is working to implement the process.

This initiative forms part of the process of dematerialisation of foreign trade procedures underway at the CNSC and recommended by the government of Cameroon at the Cameroon Business Forum. The ECTN is now payable using the mobile phone at the ports of Douala, Kribi, Idenau, Tiko and Bota, the airports of Douala and Yaounde as well as at the Cameroon-Equatorial Guinea border. "This is the first step in a series of measures to dematerialise CNSC services," the General Manager added. "We welcome this measure which guarantees efficiency and fluidity in services, thus limiting contact and movement," a shipper acknowledged. In the near future, access tickets for the Douala Maritime Museum and services of the Dibamba Trucker accommodation centre shall also be paid for electronically.

VARIOUS METHODS OF PAYMENT

Bank (deposits, transfers and certified cheques)

BANKS	ACCOUNT NUMBER
BICEC	10001- 06800- 33946300001-23
SOCIETE GENERALE CAMEROUN	10003- 00100- 22010540660-58
AFRILAND FIRST BANK	10005- 00002- 03280861001-95

MTN MOBILE MONEY

Location	TELEPHONE NUMBER	CODE
CNSC Head Office (Centre des Affaires Maritimes de Bonanjo)	675 648 629	12611675 648 629montantcode pin#
Douala Airport	675 648 639	12611675 648 639* amount * pin code #
Yaounde Airport	675 648 955	12611675 648 955* amount * pin code #
Kribi	675 648 612	12611675 648 612* amount * pin code #
Bota	675 648 906	12611675 648 906* amount * pin code #
Idenau	675 648 626	12611675 648 626* amount * pin code #
Tiko	675 648 954	12611675 648 654* amount * pin code #
Kye-Ossi	675 648 920	12611675 648 620* amount * pin code #