Asafor Ndifor
The Youth as Architects of Economic Change in Cameroon
This essay argues that Cameroon's economic stagnation—rooted in a consumer economy, weak industrial capacity, and colonial-era educational systems—can only be reversed through deliberate action by the youth. The writer calls for a shift from job-seeking to job creation, and from raw material extraction to local production and innovation.
Most Big Progress Can Only Be Done By You, the Youth
The writer argues that Cameroon's economic stagnation stems from a consumer-dependent economy and an educational system that trains job-seekers rather than innovators and producers. Positive change, the piece contends, requires the youth to reject imported dependence, build local industry, and overcome the psychological barriers—inferiority complex, lack of institutional support, and misaligned taxation—that strangle homegrown enterprise.