Given the situation expressed above, youths are not only filled with frustrations to achieve their dreams and exhibit their talents; they languish in poverty and misery, disappointment, with no hope for the future and turn to sort out to alcoholism, illegal activities(like dubbing commonly called “scamming”) criminality as a way of life.
There is a myth in the minds of Cameroonians that it is abnormal to see a wealthy youth. It is thought he/she could have either obtained his/her wealth through illegal means or from a cult or is a “bushfaller” (that is someone who is hustling in one of the western industrialized countries).
Cameroon has a weak private sector with a lot of government dominance, thus most people depend on the government for employment which scarcely come by or is marred at times by allegations of bribery and corruption not meritocracy.
Although, some push-full youths obtain employment with the government, or are engaged in petty trading and farming, the realistic situation remain that youth are always positioned at the bottom of the social and economic class. AC-YA believes this is not an ideal picture for the Cameroonian youths who are full with a lot of talents and ingenuity to offer for sustainable development/innovations.