Cameroon Crypto Statistics 2026: Owners, Mobile Money & Data

Last updated: June 2026.

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Cameroon shows that crypto can grow even without a currency crisis. The CFA franc is pegged to the euro and inflation stays in the low single digits, so this is a mobile-money and remittances story. Around 480,000 people (1.8%) own crypto, riding on top of a mobile-money base of more than 15 million accounts — and they do so despite an openly hostile central bank.

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Why crypto adoption is rising in Cameroon

Cameroon is a mobile-money market with a regulatory twist. MTN MoMo and Orange Money dominate everyday payments, and the diaspora — mostly in France, Belgium and Germany — sends home a rising stream of remittances. Because the CFA franc is euro-pegged and stable, demand is driven by cheap transfers and savings access rather than hedging.

The friction comes from the regulator. The Bank of Central African States (BEAC) has barred financial institutions from dealing in crypto and is instead backing a sovereign digital CFA franc to keep dollar stablecoins out. Cameroon has no dedicated crypto law, and the 2026 Finance Law did not criminalise individual ownership but tightened reporting around it. Most users buy peer-to-peer, funding wallets from MTN MoMo or Orange Money.

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This page is part of our Africa Crypto Adoption 2026 report — the full 14-country comparison with charts you can reuse.

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