Both teams were jittery early on, with Malawi repeatedly sending early balls in behind for Temwa Chawinga—an approach that had served them well in their semifinal win over Algeria.
The breakthrough arrived when Sikelo misread a right-wing cross from Eto. Grace Mendoua nodded the ball back across goal, and the Malawi keeper tipped it onto the bar.
Ngah Manga reacted quickest to stab home the rebound from close range, and Cameroon—ranked 82 places higher—seized control from there.
The Indomitable Lionesses made it 2-0 after Malawi failed to clear a corner, as Eto swiveled and guided a first-time shot into the bottom-right corner.
For the third, Sikelo arguably erred by charging off her line to cut out Genevieve Ngo Mbeleck’s through ball. Eto got there first, reached the byline, and crossed for Ngah Manga to head into an unguarded net from point-blank range.
Appointed only in June, coach Valentine Nguele has fashioned a well-organized Cameroon side that stunned Nigeria 1-0 in the quarter-finals and then edged hosts Morocco on penalties in the semis.
Bihina was the standout in both ties, producing nine saves against the Super Falcons and then stopping an extra-time penalty plus three attempts in the shootout against the North Africans.
In the final, the 22-year-old Benfica goalkeeper was rarely troubled as Malawi’s threat ebbed away.
Cameroon nearly added a fourth late on, but Sikele saved well from Eto’s tight-angle strike, and Mendoua then headed a corner across the face of goal and wide.
In stoppage time, substitute Gabrielle Onguene tapped in, only to be denied by the offside flag and booked for removing her shirt in celebration.
In the stands at the Moulay Hassan Stadium, federation president Samuel Eto’o celebrated each goal with gusto, and at the final whistle Cameroon’s bench and officials raced onto the pitch to savor a first Wafcon title after losing finals in 2004, 2014, and 2016—all to Nigeria.