Heads of state who attended the recently concluded African Union Assembly have endorsed a host of priority infrastructure projects in line with the African Development Bank’s Program for Infrastructure Development.
The projects and their locations are as follows: - Missing Link of the Trans Sahara Highway Project and the Optical Fibre Project in the same region, Algeria.- Kinshasa-Brazzaville Road Rail Bridge Project, The Democratic Republic of Congo.- Water Management, River and Rail Transport Infrastructure projects, Egypt.- Nigeria- Algeria gas pipeline project, Nigeria.- ICT Broadband and Link to Fibre Optic Network into neighbouring states, Rwanda.- Dakar-Ndjamena-Djibouti Rail and Road project, Senegal.- The North South Corridor Rail and Road Projects, South Africa.
PIDA is a regional program that aims to develop priority regional and continental integrated infrastructure networks and services in the sectors of transport, energy, information and communication technology, and transboundary water resources. It was launched at the 16th African Union heads of state and government summit in July 2010.
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