The road to the emerging industrial zone at Mile 6 Nkwen-Bamenda is no longer the rough route residents once knew.

The rain had stopped. But along the banks of a swollen stream in Bamenda II Municipality, hope was fading.

Dust rose into the air as the bucket of a bulldozer tore into an ageing building in the heart of Bamenda.

As bulldozers reshape major roads, bridges rise across strategic corridors and inner-city streets undergo rehabilitation,…