Innovative ways to supply fish to Bamenda despite Cameroon’s anglophone crisis

Fishers in Lake Bambalang in north-western Cameroon. Some creative entrepreneurs are finding ways of supplying fresh fish to Bamenda that do not come out of the lake. © WikimediaCommons CC Mbahshie

Entrepreneurs in Cameroon's anglophone region have found a way to provide local, fresh fish to customers, despite a lack of a river and an ongoing armed rebellion. Their efforts could be a game changer for Cameroon's fisheries sector, which faces numerous challenges.

Bamenda, the capital of the north-western anglophone region of Cameroon, is landlocked, and for six years the region has been roiled by an armed rebellion of militias seeking to separate the Anglophone areas from the French-dominated central government.