N-Ways
N-Ways in Cameroon
Find any place in Cameroon.
Yaoundé, Douala, Bamenda or Garoua: search a place or a business and N-Ways takes you to the door, in English or French. It knows the official taxi fares, the bendskin bans, and which language the North West and South West speak.
- Capital
- Yaoundé
- Money
- F CFA Central African CFA franc
- Clock
- WAT UTC+1, same as Nigeria
- Drives on the
- Right
- Languages
- English, French Both official
- Car insurance
- Carte rose CEMAC, not the ECOWAS Brown Card
What works in Cameroon
Two languages, one map.
English and French are both official in Cameroon. N-Ways speaks English to accounts that start in the North West or South West, French elsewhere, and you can switch in Profile. Here's what you get on Cameroon's roads.
Search by name or Plus Code
Places, streets and businesses in all ten regions. Most addresses are a quarter and a landmark, so search by the name of the place or the quarter, or type a Plus Code.
In English or French
Spoken directions, lane arrows and road signs, with the region on the map as people write it: “North West · Cameroon” in English, “Littoral · Cameroun” in French.
Official taxi fares
A seat in a shared taxi is 350 F CFA by day and 400 at night; a taxi to yourself in town, the dépôt, is 3,000 by day and 3,500 at night. N-Ways shows them with the bendskin and bus fares.
Bendskin, where it's allowed
Choose Bendskin for a moto-taxi route that keeps out of the zones where moto-taxis are banned in Yaoundé and Douala.
Fuel in F CFA
Tell N-Ways your car once and every trip shows its litres and what they cost at the national pump price.
Police, rights and crash alerts
“Police ahead” from other drivers' reports, the Cameroon Human Rights Commission's number, and crash alerts that offer the ambulance on 119, the fire service on 118, the police on 117 and the gendarmerie on 113.
Main cities
The regional capitals, from the coast to Lake Chad. Search any of them, or a street or business inside.
- Yaoundé Centre
- Douala Littoral
- Garoua North
- Maroua Far North
- Ngaoundéré Adamawa
- Bertoua East
- Bafoussam West
- Bamenda North West
- Buea South West
- Ebolowa South
Checked 18 October 2026. Sources: Constitution of Cameroon (capital, languages), Journal du Cameroun (official fares), Bureau National de la Carte Rose, Cameroon Human Rights Commission, Government of Canada (emergency numbers), IANA time zones.
Codes
A code for every compound, from Douala to Maroua.
The name of your quarter or village and a number of at most five digits, unique in the whole country: Bonapriso 14 01 leads a courier, a moto-taxi or an ambulance to your gate. On a coded street of Yaoundé or Douala the official street comes first. Names are in French or English, the language of the arrondissement. Codes start provisional and are confirmed by the people who live there.
Open N-Ways at home, tap Get my code, and share it in one tap.
Get my code Read the research paper
For developers: look codes up, find the code at a point or decode them with the home codes API guide. No key is needed.
Host it yourself: every code, the areas, the engine and a ready-made server are open at github.com/n-ways/open-addresses-cameroon, free to run on your own servers under their licences (data ODbL 1.0, engine Apache 2.0). Credit when you use it: N-Ways Addressing for Cameroon, © N-WAYS LIMITED (nways.ng)
YaoundéBendskin and the bans
Where a bendskin can take you.
Moto-taxis are banned from parts of Yaoundé and Douala, and bikes found there are impounded. N-Ways knows the zones and takes bendskin trips round them.
- Yaoundé: no moto-taxis in the central zone, from Mvog-Mbi and Olézoa to Bastos, Ngousso, Essos and the Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium, under the city's order of 12 January 2012.
- Douala: no moto-taxis in Bonanjo at any hour, and none in Bonapriso and Bali from 18:00 to 06:00, under the Wouri prefect's order of 13 August 2024.
- Fares: agree the price with the rider first. The shortest bendskin ride in Yaoundé went from 100 to 150 F CFA in February 2024; Douala's city buses cost 200 F CFA.
Checked 18 October 2026. Sources: Camerlex (Yaoundé order), Journal du Cameroun (Douala order), Cameroon Tribune (bendskin fares), EcoMatin (Douala buses).
Borders with Nigeria and Gabon
A new zone: bring different papers.
Cameroon is in CEMAC, not ECOWAS. N-Ways names the border post in your steps, says whether you stop once or twice, and lists the papers to bring.
- Mfum–Ekok on the road from Ikom to Mamfe: separate posts. The ECOWAS travel certificate and ECOWAS ID card are not valid in Cameroon: bring your passport. Nigerian passport holders are listed as visa-exempt.
- Eboro–Eking on the road from Bitam to Ambam: separate posts.
- Insurance: the ECOWAS Brown Card does not cover Cameroon. Cars insured in a CEMAC country carry the Carte rose; others need Cameroonian third-party cover.
- Bring a yellow fever card, a driving licence and the car's papers.
Checked 18 October 2026. Sources: Visa policy of Cameroon, Bureau National de la Carte Rose.
What N-Ways does in Cameroon
Every screen here is the real app in Cameroon. Swipe through each row.
Find what’s near
Pharmacies around Douala, with their opening hours.
Right to the door
The last metres on foot, to the entrance of Bonanjo.
Turn-by-turn in Douala
Every turn called with the street’s own name, on Douala’s roads.
Potholes, lane by lane
Know which lane the pothole is in before you reach it, across Douala.
Police ahead
Other drivers’ reports warn you before a checkpoint in Douala.
Your rights in Cameroon
Cameroon’s emergency numbers and where to report misconduct, one tap away.
Ask while you drive
“How far to Bonabéri?” Tap the mic and ask, in English or French.
Maps without data
Save the Douala map area once and it works with no signal.
What it fixes for you, free.
The everyday problems of getting around, and what N-Ways does about each. No subscription, no account needed.
“Call me when you reach the junction.”
Addresses that don’t exist on any map. Search a postcode, a digital address or a landmark, and N-Ways walks you to the door.
See howData finished halfway there.
Save the map for offline use and keep going with no signal. It tidies itself when storage is short.
See how
Works with Apple CarPlay.
Connect your iPhone and N-Ways opens on your car’s screen: the same map and voice as on the phone, with big buttons made for driving. A trip you started on the phone carries on in the car.
The next turn onto Ikorodu Road with its green road sign, fuel for the trip in litres and the arrival time.
The map turns dark when your car switches to night.
Each route’s time and distance before you set off, then Go.
Bad road ahead, in time to slow down.
Places, businesses and postcodes, picked from a list.
Look around, then one tap brings the map back to the car.
Shown on a drive in Lagos.
- Turn by turn
- The distance, the road’s name and its green sign, and on iOS 18 the lane to be in.
- Spoken directions
- Through the car’s speakers, turning your music down while it talks.
- Warned in time
- Potholes, bad road, crashes, traffic lights, tolls and borders ahead. “Still there?” takes one tap.
- Find your way there
- Places, businesses and addresses, or Home, Work and your recent trips.
- Pick your route
- Time and distance for each before you go, and a faster way offered on the road.
- Report from the wheel
- Crash, police, traffic, roadworks, hazard or closure, from six big buttons.
Part of the N-Ways app for iPhone. You need an iPhone and a car with CarPlay.
Also on iPhone, in testing: your next turn, the road sign and your lane on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island.
Your trips, your data.
Your trips stay yours
We don’t sell where you go, and ads never get your trip history.
No account needed
Search and drive without signing in. Sign in only to keep places and points on another phone.
Recordings stay on your phone
A checkpoint video is never uploaded unless you choose to back it up.
Delete it all
Remove your account and everything in it at any time. Privacy policy
Building an app for Cameroon?
The N-Ways Maps Platform: the maps, address search and routes behind the app, as APIs and SDKs for the web, Android and iOS. Free calls every month, then prices in your own currency.
Your business, on the road to it.
A short billboard shows to drivers heading your way, only when they’re stopped or slow, never near a turn. Pay for the days you choose.
Questions about N-Ways in Cameroon
Which language does N-Ways speak in Cameroon?
English and French are both official in Cameroon. N-Ways speaks English to accounts that start in the North West or South West and French elsewhere, voice included, and you can switch in Profile.
How do I find an address in Douala or Yaoundé?
Most addresses are a quarter and a landmark, so search by the name of the place or the quarter, or type a Plus Code. N-Ways covers all ten regions.
How much is a taxi in Yaoundé or Douala?
A seat in a shared taxi is 350 F CFA by day and 400 at night; a taxi to yourself in town, the dépôt, is 3,000 by day and 3,500 at night. The shortest bendskin ride in Yaoundé went from 100 to 150 F CFA in February 2024, and Douala’s city buses cost 200 F CFA.
Where are bendskins banned in Yaoundé and Douala?
In Yaoundé, the central zone, from Mvog-Mbi and Olézoa to Bastos, Ngousso, Essos and the Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium. In Douala, Bonanjo at any hour, and Bonapriso and Bali from 18:00 to 06:00. Bikes found there are impounded, so choose Bendskin in Directions and N-Ways takes the trip round these zones.
What number do I call after a crash in Cameroon?
N-Ways’s crash alerts offer the ambulance on 119, the fire service on 118, the police on 117 and the gendarmerie on 113.
Is the ECOWAS Brown Card valid in Cameroon?
No. Cameroon is in CEMAC, not ECOWAS: cars insured in a CEMAC country carry the Carte rose, and others need Cameroonian third-party cover.
Is there a free GPS app that works offline in Cameroon?
N-Ways is free, and it can save a city for when there’s no signal; maps you stop using tidy themselves away when your phone runs low on space. The map works in your browser at map.nways.ng.
How do I cross into Cameroon by road?
From Nigeria, Mfum–Ekok on the road from Ikom to Mamfe has separate posts; the ECOWAS travel certificate and ECOWAS ID card are not valid in Cameroon, so bring your passport (Nigerian passport holders are listed as visa-exempt). From Gabon, Eboro–Eking on the road from Bitam to Ambam has separate posts. Bring a yellow fever card, a driving licence and the car’s papers.
Where are you going in Cameroon today?
Type a place or a business. N-Ways does the rest, in English or French.