The British investment fund signed the Wednesday November 19, 2025 in Yaoundé the act of sale of Eneo which will launch the nationalization of the electricity operator. The deal amount is fixed at $119. million euros or about 78 billion FCFA.

The Cameroonian state takes over a plagued company to debts. According to data compiled in the recent Compact Energy report Country emanating from the Ministry of Water and Energy (Minee), the situation of Eneo Cameroon, a subsidiary of the British fund Actis, is considered critical. The company At the end of 2024, had a global debt of 800 billion CFA francs.

Between 2014 and 2022, Eneo has only invested 320 billion CFA francs, an amount that the company itself considers it insufficient to modernize its aging network. The authorities have developed a recovery plan by 2026. The idea is aimed at both a financial and operational restructuring of Eneo, with several measures: Actis shares repurchase: The State plans to buy 51% of the capital owned by the British investment fund Actis