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Sub-Saharan Africa
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EPAD and the African
Development Bank are
aiming at tackling the
continent's infrastructural gap.
Their core objective is to ensure that
regional projects and programmes
can address the infrastructural
challenges that continue to
undermine Africa's competitiveness
in the global market.
They also present a framework for building the much-needed infrastructure
necessary for energy, ICT, integrated
transport and trans-boundary networks
to boost intra-African trade and stimulate growth.
Africa's extensive population growth
projections mean that by 2040, transport volumes will increase six to eight
50
times (even up to Fourteen times in
some countries), while port throughput
will rise to more than 2 billion tonnes.
The vision for the transport sector is
an integrated African continent where
transport infrastructure and services
enable the free movement of goods
and passengers through the provision
of efficient, safe, secure, reliable and
seamless transport options at affordable rates, to support environmentally
and economically sustainable regional
development.
Transport projects are intended to
link the continent's major production and consumption centres and
major cities. Port-and rail-related
projects are based on the least costly
hubs and routes in order to open up
landlocked countries for improved
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regional, continental and ultimately
global trade. There are 24 priority
transport projects, which will focus on
enhancing inter-regional connectivity, corridor modernisation, as well as
the improvement of the continent's
port, railway and air transport systems.
Transport costs will be reduced significantly through the implementation of
these projects, which in turn will boost
regional and global trade. Throughout
2014, Africa’s remarkable growth trajectory is projected to remain above five
per cent.
The lack of infrastructure in Africa
has resulted in transport costs being
amongst the highest globally, in most
cases it cost more to deliver a load from
the port of arrival to its neighbouring
landlocked country then it does to ship