Will this planet's oldest leader retain his title and attract a nation of young voters?
The planet's oldest leader - nonagenarian Paul Biya - has promised the nation's voters "better days are ahead" as he seeks his eighth straight term in office on Sunday.
The elderly leader has stayed in power since 1982 - another 7-year term could keep him in power for half a century reaching almost 100.
Election Issues
He ignored widespread calls to step down and drew backlash for only showing up for one rally, using the majority of the election season on a ten-day personal visit to the European continent.
Criticism over his reliance on an computer-generated political commercial, as his challengers courted supporters on the ground, prompted his quick return to the northern region after coming back.
Youth Voters and Joblessness
Consequently for the large portion of the people, Biya remains the sole leader they experienced - more than sixty percent of the nation's 30 million residents are under the 25 years old.
Youthful advocate Marie Flore Mboussi strongly desires "fresh leadership" as she believes "prolonged leadership naturally results in a kind of complacency".
"With 43 years passed, the people are tired," she says.
Employment challenges for youth has been a particular discussion topic for most of the contenders running in the vote.
Almost forty percent of young Cameroonians aged from 15 and 35 are jobless, with twenty-three percent of recent graduates encountering difficulties in obtaining formal employment.
Rival Contenders
Apart from young people's job issues, the election system has also stirred controversy, especially with the disqualification of an opposition leader from the presidential race.
The removal, confirmed by the Constitutional Council, was widely criticised as a ploy to stop any significant opposition to the incumbent.
A dozen contenders were authorized to contest for the leadership position, comprising an ex-government official and Bello Bouba Maigari - the two former Biya associates from the north of the country.
Election Difficulties
Within the nation's English-speaking Northwest and Southwest territories, where a long-running separatist conflict persists, an voting prohibition closure has been enforced, stopping commercial operations, travel and learning.
Insurgents who have enforced it have threatened to attack individuals who does vote.
Beginning in 2017, those seeking to create a independent territory have been clashing with official military.
The conflict has so far resulted in at minimum 6k lives and forced nearly five hundred thousand people from their residences.
Vote Outcome
Once polling concludes, the Constitutional Council has fifteen days to reveal the findings.
The security chief has already warned that no aspirant is authorized to declare victory in advance.
"Candidates who will try to declare outcomes of the political race or any unofficial win announcement contrary to the laws of the country would have crossed the red line and must prepare to encounter penalties commensurate to their violation."