The two Anglophone regions of Cameroon comprise what was former British Southern Cameroon. They are the South West and North West Provinces. These areas are very backward in terms of development and access to educational opportunities.

The two provinces have a population of about six million people and people depend on farming and petty-trading for their livelihood. A small number work for the public service.

However the majority of them, either graduates or other unemployed young people, have taken to travelling abroad in a bid to seek greener pastures, and prosperity, a thing they cannot find back at home.