Trans-Saharan Highway : a project of approximately 10,000 km for stability and inclusive growth in the Maghreb and the Sahel

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It has been more than 52 years since this project began, this Trans-Saharan Highway is almost finished. Almost 10,000 kilometers long, between Tunisia , Algeria , Mali, Niger , Nigeria and Chad.

It is part of a road network linking the 6 African countries to strengthen regional integration and to promote trade between the north and south of the Sahara, it is coupled with a fiber optic cable.

The financial envelope allocated by Algeria to this mega multinational Highway program is estimated at more than 3 billion dollars which began in the 1970s at the initiative of the African Economic Commission (ECA).

The technical and financial partners present noted with interest that the African Development Bank Group , through the ADF "African Development Fund", contributed to this mega program more than 120 million dollars, the equivalent of 23.3% of the total estimated cost (515 millions of dollars).

ADF financing is distributed as follows, 41.3 million for Chad, and 36.23 million for Niger.

In addition to the ADF, the Trans-Saharan Highway also benefits from the support of 6 other donors, namely the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) , the Banque de Développement des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale (BDEAC) , the Kuwait Fund, the fund OPEP and the Saudi Fund.

Impact :

It should be noted that there are economic repercussions on the development of this project, there are exceptional development potential of optical fiber on the backbone of the Trans-Saharan Highway which will be able to connect the north of Nigeria, Niger, Algeria and Tunisia to Europe. In addition, there are ongoing reflections on the association of the energy sector through the construction of a gas pipeline also along the Trans-Saharan Highway which would go from northern Nigeria to Algeria to have access to the European market.

The Trans-Saharan Highway will be linked to the Algerian port of Djendjen and the Tunisian port of Rades, which are the most important ports at the Mediterranean-North African level with the Highway link connecting these ports to the East-West Highway. This penetrating will allow to have the possibility of importing and exporting the goods of the 6 countries concerned by the Trans-Saharan Highway. It will also allow the landlocked countries of the Sahel, in particular Chad, Niger and Mali, to have direct access to the Mediterranean.

And there is an enormous potential and opportunities for inclusive growth and job creation, especially for young people, offered by the Trans-Saharan Highway, particularly in the sectors of agriculture and livestock farming, water, as well as solar and wind energy (clean and renewable sources of energy), and Saharan eco-tourism.

Dayo Obisan Biola Alabi Kazeem Tewogbade Brian Odhiambo Gbolade Okeowo SEGUN COLE Apekhade Idogho Wole Ayodele Andrew Garza Victor Ndukauba Dr. Reginald Aziza Chamberlain Usoh Victoria Fabunmi, ACS, ACSI Dimeji Sofowora Tosin Faniro-Dada, CPA Anders Einarsson Don Jazzy Charles Okaformbah Olukayode Olusanya Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola Fiyin Ogunlesi Toni Dada Robert Karanja Akinkunmi Obakeye Oluebube Anele Lami Adekola Chibuzo Opara Etop Ikpe Fola Odufuwa Segun Adeyemi Ose Osundeko Olukayode Olusanya Damian Umeasala Olufemi Olanipekun Charles Okaformbah Mope Abudu Anna Ekeledo Fabiano Di Tomaso Kazeem Tewogbade Christian Wessels Ashim Egunjobi Gbolade Okeowo Julian Flosbach Temitope Omotolani Idowu Akinde Lami Adekola Ife Ojobanikan Dare Idowu Hakeem Onasanya El Hadj Djitteye Ousmane MA?GA Brahim Ahabbane Alioune Badara GUEYE Ibrahim Mahamane MAR Gaoussou Doumbia Bilaly DICKO Mamadou Ismaila Mahamadou CAMARA Mody Adama KAMISSOKO El Hadj Djitteye Wise Nzikie Ngasa Ahoua Idrissa Ly mohamed mokhtar Amadou Diawara Manon Laplace Boubacar Youma LAM Kassoum Coulibaly Matias Meier Cheick Tidiane Kouyate Nawel Abed Mourad Benhamadi Afnane Zeroug Lars Flocke Larsen Mohamed Mekki MAALEJ Yazid Taalba Michel BISAC Ilham Warda Tahraoui épse Kara Slimane Chabane Amine Yasmine BOUKHATEM adel kouidri Farid HAMITI Tadjeddine BACHIR Yacine Oualid KAHINA KHALFAOUI Nour Brahimi Wassila Knatef épouse Arab rhiad amour Fadel Zoubir hamza badaoui Tanguy Leriche Mohamed Sebti Pierre Chevallier Pierre Bérégovoy Seddik Cheriet Younes Sabeur Chérif Amine OUANES Sofiane TAOUI hayet magtouf Merzak Houanti Othmane Benali Anis Ababsia Sid Ali Zerrouki Moncef ABDELAZIZ Mohamed Salah TOURAB IDRES Hania Sofiane FELFLI Fouad Salah Faouzi MAALLEM Abderrahmane HADEF TAREK BENAZZOUZ Fatah Miloudi Yazid BENMOUHOUB DIAFAT NASSIM Assia B Leila Benyoucef ?????? Hamid Bakli Sarah MEDDI Omar HASNAOUI AMIRA SAID Daroui Mohammed Kamel Madani Mohamed Laid Benamor Faical Hawamdi Mahamane Maharazou SANI ANGO Haoua Moussa SAFIATOU ISABELLE JACKOU Soufiane Arfaoui Professor Mohd Sanusi Magaji FMESRI, PhD Daouda HAMADOU Amina Mohamed Mohamed Jallouli wiem NOURI Ep BEN AMOR Ahlem Ghorbel Imed Madhi, PhD Yazid SELLAOUTI Koubeyl El abed Mongi ABASSI aymen ben ayed Rakia Guezmir Mehrez AYARI Taha Cabani Hajer Oufensou Ghassen Dkhili Dhekra KHELIFI Elyès Mahouachi, PMP? Georges Joseph Ghorra NABIL GUETTITI Wassim Ben Larbi Fakher TOUKABRI Patrick Herrmann Anouar Aouadi Asma Jaziri Emna Harbaoui Emira Sahraoui Housseini Dara Anis Jaziri Thierry Millet Wahib Abdelmoula Rafik HADDAD Nadia Yaich Cyrine Ben Fadhel Kyane Kassiri Inès Echeikh Ahmed Zairi Souha Bouhlel Haythem El Mir Akram Ben Gamra Kazoula Faouzi Aymen Talbi Ezzedine Gargouri Afef BOUABDI Nizar Yaiche Jalel EL GHOUL Oliver Mary Mohamed KOUBAA Youssef Ben Haj Ahmed Ghali Manoubi hatem boulabiar Yannick Bigot Mohamed Dahmani ridha boubahri Hamdi KSI?A Habib Karaouli Akrem HADDAD Philippe Alberto Arwa Guesmi (she/her) Ahmed Gadrib Slim MEDDEB Mohamed Zmandar Norchen Mezni Nizar CHADDED Héla BEN FAYALA

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