  To bridge the digital divide between the urban and rural regions, the
government of Cameroon has launched the Multipurpose Community Telecentres
(MCT). But this project does not seems to sustain the local development. The
aim of this study is threefold: to determine the ICT penetration in rural
Cameroon and Internet adoption; to evaluate the impact of MCTs in rural region
and to provide some recommendations for both the network planning and the
development of suitable services. The study considers two rural communities in
Cameroon. The results show that despite low incomes, and MCTs that are missing
their goal, there is some readiness of local populations to welcome ICT
projects in order to improve their daily life and activities. To design
sustainable ICT projects for those regions, we provide some recommendations
from network design to business strategy.
