The Potential of Cameroon’s Diaspora-driven Cyberspace

It is no surprise that the internet, which is the primary tool of communication among Cameroonian communities in the Diaspora and between Cameroonians in the Diaspora and Cameroonians at home, would become an area of focal concern for the government of Cameroon. Simply put, the Biya regime has never viewed Cameroonian cyberspace as a viable space for civic engagement and public discourse, instead, it sees it as a threat to the regime – a space that must be controlled, co-opted, contained, or simply coerced into submission.