On Thursday, September 19, African ministers and government officials in charge of infrastructure and transport launched an appeal to the African Bank of development, to strengthen its support and leadership so that the continent is better integrated in order to achieve the largest free trade area in the world.

As part of a high-level panel organized at the end of the second edition of the Transport Forum, several African ministers and government officials in charge of infrastructure and transport said that they are calling for greater involvement of the African Development Bank. development . Luc Sorgho, Minister of Infrastructure and Development of Burkina Faso, said that they congratulate the Bank “but it must go further and bring partners together to achieve the objectives of the Forum, to focus on corridors and the rail network. We must be given the means to move forward with the recommendations.”

A en croire le vice-président du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement , load& Professor of the Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization, Solomon Quaynor, the strategic importance of cross-border corridors is an imperative for all countries, as they facilitate the movement of goods and people and strengthen the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and strengthen the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to achieve its intra-African trade goals that will make the continent the largest free trade area in the