Cameroon: Mungo bridge, business as usual

Two weeks after the new bridge was inaugurated, small traders and people in other activities around the bridge are still very active.

Before the Mungo Bridge collapsed three years ago, the Wulango area had been a quiet place with few inhabitants trying to irk a living along the banks of River Mungo. Their main activity was extracting sand for buyers from the South West and Littoral. After the bridge collapsed, most of the young men who were involved in sand business used their initiative to ferry passengers across, from one end to the other, with their canoes. It was the only means of transport then until the pontoon bridge was placed over the river. Apart from this, some smart business persons quickly opened restaurants and bars in the area.

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