Can the planet's most aged leader retain the title and attract a nation of young voters?
The planet's oldest leader - 92-year-old Paul Biya - has promised Cameroon's voters "the future holds promise" as he aims for his eighth straight presidential term this weekend.
The 92-year-old has remained in office since 1982 - an additional seven-year term could extend his reign for half a century until he will be almost 100.
Campaign Issues
He resisted broad demands to leave office and has been criticised for only showing up for a single campaign event, devoting much of the campaign period on a 10-day unofficial journey to the European continent.
Negative reaction regarding his reliance on an artificial intelligence created election advertisement, as his challengers actively wooed supporters directly, prompted his quick return to the northern region on his return home.
Young Voters and Joblessness
This indicates for the vast majority of the people, Biya remains the sole leader they experienced - above sixty percent of the nation's 30 million people are below the 25 years old.
Young advocate Marie Flore Mboussi strongly desires "new blood" as she believes "prolonged leadership naturally results in a type of inertia".
"With 43 years passed, the citizens are exhausted," she declares.
Young people's joblessness has become a specific talking point for the majority of the candidates running in the election.
Almost forty percent of youthful citizens between 15 and 35 are without work, with twenty-three percent of recent graduates encountering difficulties in securing regular work.
Rival Candidates
Apart from young people's job issues, the voting procedure has generated dispute, particularly regarding the exclusion of an opposition leader from the election contest.
His exclusion, confirmed by the legal authority, was widely criticised as a tactic to prevent any strong challenge to the incumbent.
Twelve aspirants were authorized to contest for the presidency, featuring a former minister and a previous supporter - the two ex- Biya associates from the north of the nation.
Voting Difficulties
In Cameroon's Anglophone North-West and South-West regions, where a long-running rebellion persists, an poll avoidance lockdown has been established, stopping economic functions, transport and learning.
Rebel groups who have enforced it have warned to harm individuals who casts a ballot.
Starting four years ago, those seeking to create a independent territory have been battling official military.
The violence has to date caused the deaths of at minimum 6k individuals and forced nearly 500,000 others from their homes.
Election Results
Once polling concludes, the legal body has two weeks to declare the results.
The security chief has earlier advised that none of the contenders is authorized to declare victory beforehand.
"Candidates who will seek to reveal findings of the leadership vote or any unofficial win announcement in violation of the laws of the republic would have crossed the red line and should be ready to encounter retaliatory measures matching their offense."