The Bafut Eco-village 2020 Project is the most pressing sustainable development challenge facing the Bafut community and its strategy of building capacity by linking with Global Ecovillage Network GENAfrica, ICLEI and other international organisations in developing educational and public awareness programmes with respect to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity The project in its sudden success and expansion internationally dispels the myth about the ineffectiveness of African systems and is contributing to essential approaches to sustainable development intimately connected with equity.