$32 billion trans-African highway network proposed

By Wallace Mawire The African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) are working together to plan the development of a trans-African highway network, according to information revealed by the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA). According to CCA's projects in the pipeline initiative, although the corridors largely remain unconnected to one another, planners estimate that about 7,000 km of added roadways and 10,000 km of added railways will be needed to complete the highway network at a total cost of roughly $32 billion.   The project is to be showcased at the  Corporate Council on Africa’s 2016 U.S.-Africa Infrastructure Conference on Building Blue Economies in October 16 to 18, 2016 in  New Orleans, Los Angeles.