The document lists 27 approved regional infrastructure projects in Africa. The projects span multiple sectors including energy, ICT, transport, water and involve many African countries and regional economic communities. Some of the major projects include the LAPSSET crude oil pipeline between Kenya and South Sudan, the Egypt and Libya regional electrical interconnection, fiber optic connectivity projects in Central and West Africa, and standard gauge rail developments in East Africa. All projects have been validated for their regional impact.
The document lists 27 approved regional infrastructure projects in Africa. The projects span multiple sectors including energy, ICT, transport, water and involve many African countries and regional economic communities. Some of the major projects include the LAPSSET crude oil pipeline between Kenya and South Sudan, the Egypt and Libya regional electrical interconnection, fiber optic connectivity projects in Central and West Africa, and standard gauge rail developments in East Africa. All projects have been validated for their regional impact.
The document lists 27 approved regional infrastructure projects in Africa. The projects span multiple sectors including energy, ICT, transport, water and involve many African countries and regional economic communities. Some of the major projects include the LAPSSET crude oil pipeline between Kenya and South Sudan, the Egypt and Libya regional electrical interconnection, fiber optic connectivity projects in Central and West Africa, and standard gauge rail developments in East Africa. All projects have been validated for their regional impact.
Project Sector Sub-sector Member States Region REC Validated
Modernisation of water Trans- Smart Water Mauritius Eastern SADC Yes infrastructure through boundary management Africa implementation of a Water telemetry, supervisory control and data acquisition system (SCADA) for Mauritius LAPSSET Crude Oil Energy Petroleum Gas Kenya, South Eastern EAC, IGAD Yes Pipeline: Lamu to South Pipelines Sudan Africa Sudan Establishment of a Transport Water Transport Burundi, Central COMESA Yes Navigational Line Democratic Africa, between Lake Victoria Republic of Northern and the Mediterranean Congo, Egypt, Africa, Sea-Feasibility Study Ethiopia, Kenya, Eastern Phase 2 (VICMED) Rwanda, South Africa Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda INTECONNEXION DES Energy Transmission Angola, Congo Southern ECCAS Yes RESEAUX ELECTRIQUES Lines Republic, Africa, ENTRE: INGA – CABINDA Democratic Central et POINTE-NOIRE Republic of Africa Congo CONSTRUCTION DU Trans- Multipurpose Central African Central ECCAS Yes BARRAGE ET boundary Dams Republic, Congo Africa AMENAGEMENT DE LA Water Republic, CENTRALE Democratic HYDROELECTRIQUE DE Republic of PALAMBO Congo Transborder Submarine ICT Terrestrial Ethiopia, Kenya, Eastern IGAD Yes Fiber PoPs and Regional Connectivity Somalia, South Africa Smart Hub Facility and Infrastructure Sudan, Tanzania, Data center Uganda Modernisation de la RN01 Transport Road Algeria Northern AMU Yes (transaharienne)entre Africa Ghardaia et Tamenrasset Beira Port Development Transport Port Mozambique Southern SADC Yes Africa Praia-Dakar Shipping and Transport Water Transport Cape Verde, Western ECOWAS Yes Maritime Services Project Cote d’ivoire, Africa Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone Water Supply Project in Trans- Water Supply Madagascar Eastern SADC Yes Antanambao boundary (includes climate Africa Manampotsy (Atsinanana Water resilience water Region) resource management components) Liaison maritime entre les Transport Port Comoros Eastern CEN-SAD, Yes Iles Comores Africa COMESA, SADC Development of a Transport Air All Countries Continental AMU, Yes Project Sector Sub-sector Member States Region REC Validated continental aviation CEN-SAD, infrastructure master plan COMESA, including a seamless EAC, airspace architecture ECCAS, ECOWAS, IGAD, SADC Egypt and Libya regional Energy Transmission Egypt Northern COMESA Yes electrical interconnection Lines Africa as the first stage of the completion of the regional electrical interconnection of the North African Region. Egypt and Sudan Energy Transmission Egypt Northern COMESA Yes electrical grid as the first Lines Africa stage of the continental electrical interconnection using the right way of Cairo – Cape Town Road. Sudan section of the Fiber ICT Terrestrial Central African Central COMESA, Yes optic connectivity Connectivity Republic, Chad, Africa, ECCAS component of the Port Infrastructure Ethiopia, South Eastern Sudan to Douala corridor Sudan, Sudan Africa El Fasher – Kabkabiya – Transport Road Chad, Sudan Central CEN-SAD, Yes El Geneina – Adri Africa, COMESA, Eastern IGAD Africa Rihaid El Birdi – Om Transport Road Central African Central CEN-SAD, Yes Dafug Republic, Sudan Africa, COMESA, Eastern IGAD Africa Inga 3 Transmission Energy Transmission Democratic Central SADC Yes Interconnector Lines Republic of Africa Congo Extension of National ICT ICT Terrestrial Tanzania Eastern SADC Yes Broadband Backbone Connectivity Africa (NICTBB) to DRC by Infrastructure construction of optical fibre cable across Lake Tanganyika and point of presences (PoPs) for providing connectivity with DRC TRANS-SAHARAN OPTIC ICT Terrestrial Algeria, Niger, Northern CEN-SAD, Yes FIBRE BROADBAND Connectivity Nigeria Africa, ECOWAS PROJECT, (LAGOS – Infrastructure Western KONGOLAM, KATSINA) Africa NIGERIA – ZINDER, REPUBLIC OF NIGER – ALGIERS, ALGERIA Angololo Multipurpose Trans- Multipurpose Kenya, Uganda Eastern IGAD Yes Water Resources boundary Dams Africa Development Project Water (Angololo Dam) NELSAP Masaka – Mwanza Energy Transmission Tanzania Eastern EAC Yes Transmission Line Project Lines Africa Construction to standard Transport Rail Kenya, Rwanda, Eastern EAC Yes gauge of the Mombasa – South Sudan, Africa Project Sector Sub-sector Member States Region REC Validated Nairobi – Malaba – Uganda Kampala – Kigali line (with Malaba – Nimule – Juba spur) Juba – Nairobi Fiber Optic ICT Fiber Optic Cable Kenya, South Eastern IGAD Yes Link Sudan Africa LAPSSET RAILWAY Transport Rail Ethiopia, Kenya, Eastern IGAD Yes South Sudan Africa Akagera River Transport Transport Water Transport Rwanda, Eastern EAC Yes Tanzania, Africa Uganda Construction of Central Transport Rail Burundi, Central EAC Yes Corridor Standard Gauge Rwanda, Africa, Rail (SGR) of the Dar es Tanzania Eastern Salaam – Isaka – Africa Mwanza and Isaka – Kigali / Keza – Gitega – Musongati / Tabora – Kigoma/Uvinza – Musongati ‐ Gitega (with extension to Eastern DRC) Dawa River Multi-purpose Trans- Multipurpose Ethiopia, Kenya, Eastern IGAD Yes Dam boundary Dams Somalia Africa Water Construction of 287 MW Energy Generation – Burundi, Central EAC Yes Rusizi IV Hydropower Hydro Democratic Africa, project Republic of Eastern Congo, Rwanda Africa Barrage à usages Trans- Multipurpose Burkina Faso, Western ECOWAS Yes multiples de NOUMBIEL boundary Dams Cote d’ivoire, Africa Water Ghana WAPP Regional Solar Energy Generation – Mali Western ECOWAS Yes Power Park Project in Mali Solar Africa Praia-Dakar-Abidjan Transport Road Cape Verde, Western ECOWAS Yes Multimodal Transport Cote d’ivoire, Africa Corridor Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone Construction of Amilcar ICT Terrestrial Cape Verde, Western ECOWAS Yes Cabral submarine cable Connectivity Gambia, Guinea, Africa system Infrastructure Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Sierra Leone 3,050 MW Mambillla Energy Generation – Nigeria Western ECOWAS Yes Hydroelectric Power Hydro Africa Project Centrale Hydroelectrique Energy Generation – Cote d’ivoire Western ECOWAS Yes de Louga 1 et 2 (246 MW) Hydro Africa PROJET REGIONAL DE LA Transport Rail Benin, Burkina Western ECOWAS Yes BOUCLE FERROVIAIRE Faso, Cote Africa ABIDJAN- d’ivoire, Niger, OUAGADOUGOU-NIAMEY- Togo COTONOU-LOME Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Transport Road Benin, Cote Western ECOWAS Yes Highway Development d’ivoire, Ghana, Africa Project Nigeria, Togo Projet d’Aménagement du Trans- Multipurpose Guinea Western ECOWAS Yes Project Sector Sub-sector Member States Region REC Validated barrage à buts multiples boundary Dams Africa de Fomi Water Implementation of a ICT Internet Exchange Cote d’ivoire Western ECOWAS Yes Regional Internet Points Africa Exchange Point ZIZABONA Transmission Energy Transmission Botswana, Southern COMESA, Yes Power Interconnector Lines Namibia, Africa SADC Zambia, Zimbabwe Noordoewer-Vioolsdrift Trans- Water Transfer/ Namibia, South Southern SADC Yes Dam boundary Dam Africa Africa Water Construction of Standard Transport Rail Tanzania Eastern SADC Yes Gauge railway from Africa Mtwara – Mbamba Bay railway with/and spurs to Liganga, and Mchuchuma. Luapula Hydropower Energy Generation – Democratic Central SADC Yes project Hydro Republic of Africa, Congo, Zambia Southern Africa Baynes Hydropower Energy Generation – Angola, Namibia Southern SADC Yes Project Hydro Africa Lesotho Botswana Water Trans- Water Transfer Botswana, Southern SADC Yes Transfer boundary Lesotho, South Africa Water Africa Extension of National ICT ICT Terrestrial Tanzania Eastern SADC Yes Broadband Backbone Connectivity Africa (NICTBB) to Mozambique Infrastructure by construction of optical fibre cable and point of presences (PoPs) for providing connectivity with Mozambique Lesotho Highlands Water Trans- Multipurpose Lesotho, South Southern SADC Yes Project Phase II boundary Dams Africa Africa Water SADC Regional Carrier- ICT Data Centers Angola, Southern SADC Yes Neutral Data Center Botswana, Africa, Comoros, Eastern Democratic Africa, Republic of Central Congo, Eswatini, Africa Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe Libyan Alternate Freeway Transport Road Libya Northern AMU, Yes Africa COMESA Autoroute reliant la partie Transport Road Morocco Northern AMU Yes terminale de l’autoroute Africa Project Sector Sub-sector Member States Region REC Validated Fès-Oujda à l’autoroute Est-Ouest Algérienne Using solar and wind Trans- Using solar and Libya, Tunisia Northern AMU Yes energy to extract boundary wind energy to Africa groundwater in the Water extract pastoral wells in the groundwater western region of the Jafara Plain Dédoublement de la RN06 Transport Road Algeria Northern AMU Yes entre Mascara et Bechar Africa sur 500km et la RN50 entre Bechar et la fontière Algero- Mauritaniene sur 1700km Autoroute Bousalemn en Transport Road Tunisia Northern AMU Yes Tunisie aux frontieres Africa Algériennes Réhabilitation et création Transport Logistique Algeria, Libya, Northern AMU Yes des centres Mauritania, Africa transfrontaliers en zones Morocco, logistiques Multi-services, Tunisia dans le cadre de l`aménagement du Corridor Trans-Maghrébin Réhabilitation, Transport Rail Morocco Northern AMU Yes modernisation et Africa amélioration des prestations de la ligne de chemin de fer Trans- Maghrébin Operacionalização das Trans- hidrologia: gestão Sao Tome and Central ECCAS Yes estações hidrométricas boundary das bacias Principe Africa de São Tomé e Príncipe. Water hidrográficas e emissão de alerta dos eventos extremo Eastern Africa Green Energy Transmission Ethiopia, Sudan Eastern COMESA, Yes Power transmssion Lines Africa EAC, Network Project 6 – ECCAS, Guba(Ethiopia)-Kahrtoum ECOWAS, (Sudan) IGAD Mobilisation et Transfert Trans- Water Transfer Cameroon, Central ECCAS, Yes des Eaux du barrage Bria boundary Central African Africa, ECOWAS au Lac Tchad Water Republic, Chad, Northern Libya, Niger, Africa, Nigeria Western Africa Etudes de Faisabilité et Trans- Water Transfer Cameroon, Central ECCAS, Yes Approfondies sur boundary Central African Africa, ECOWAS l’Aménagement du Lac Water Republic, Chad, Western Tchad Niger, Nigeria Africa Grand INGA Phase 1 Energy Generation – Democratic Central COMESA, Yes Hydro Republic of Africa ECCAS, Congo SADC CONTINENTAL AFRICA Trans- Multipurpose Benin, Western AMU, Yes WATER INVESTMENT boundary Dams, Water Cameroon, Africa, ECCAS, SUPPORT PROGRAM Water Transfer, Tunisia, Uganda, Central ECOWAS, (AIP) ON Regulatory Dams, Zambia Africa, IGAD, TRANSBOUNDARY Irrigation Dams, Northern SADC Project Sector Sub-sector Member States Region REC Validated WATER INVESTMENT Water Africa, PROJECTS: INTEGRATED Management Eastern TRANSBOUNDARY AND Information Africa, REGIONAL Systems, Water Southern INVESTMENTS IN Supply and Africa WATER-HEALTH-ENERGY- Sanitation FOOD SECURITY (WHEF). Infrastructure Développement des ICT Data Centers Angola, Burundi, Southern ECCAS Yes Infrastructures des Data Cameroon, Africa, Center sous-tendant Central African Central l’économie numérique Republic, Chad, Africa, Congo Republic, Eastern Democratic Africa Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe Aménagement des sites Energy Generation – Cameroon, Central ECCAS Yes hydroélectriques de Hydro Congo Republic, Africa BOOUE et de TSENGUE- Equatorial LELEDI, et construction Guinea, Gabon des lignes de transport associées Aménagement des sites Energy Generation – Central African Central ECCAS Yes hydroélectriques du BAC Hydro Republic, Chad, Africa et de LOTEMO sur la Congo Republic, rivière Lobaye, et Democratic ouvrages connexes en Republic of RCA Congo Interconnexion des ICT Terrestrial Angola, Burundi, Southern ECCAS Yes réseaux Large Bande des Connectivity Cameroon, Africa, Etats membres Infrastructure Central African Central Republic, Chad, Africa, Congo Republic, Eastern Democratic Africa Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe Aménagement du site Energy Generation – Cameroon, Central ECCAS Yes hydroélectrique de Hydro Central African Africa CHOLLET et des lignes de Republic, Congo Transport associées Republic Programme de soutien à Trans- utilisation et Angola, Southern ECCAS Yes la facilitation du transport boundary gestion des Cameroon, Africa, par voies d’eau Water ressources en Central African Central intérieures, à la eau Republic, Congo Africa sécurisation de la transfrontaliere Republic, navigation fluviale et à la Democratic gestion durable des Republic of ressources en eau dans le Congo, Gabon bassin du Congo Construction d’un pont Transport Road Burundi, Central Central ECCAS Yes sur la rivière Oubangui, African Republic, Africa, Project Sector Sub-sector Member States Region REC Validated d’aménagement des Democratic Eastern chaînons manquants Republic of Africa dans les corridors routiers Congo, Uganda Bangui-Kisangani- Kampala & Kisangani- Bujumbura, et de facilitation des transports, du commerce et du transit le long des deux corridors Projet de construction du Transport Bridge Cameroon, Central ECCAS Yes pont sur le fleuve Ntem Equatorial Africa situé sur la Route Guinea Transnationale Kribi- Campo-Bata reliant la République du Cameroun et la République de Guinée Equatoriale
Statement by President Uhuru Kenyatta During the Signing Ceremony for the Construction of the First Three Berths of Lamu Port Contract Between the Kenya Ports Authority and China Communication Construction Company at State House, Nairobi