Original disclosure @ AFDB website
Updated in EWS Jul 30, 2024
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The Lamu Port South – Sudan Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor Project is the single largest, Integrated, Transformative, and Game-Changer infrastructure Project in Africa. The Project focuses on inter-connecting the East African countries of Kenya, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Uganda amongst others. Among others, the project will entail the following: (i) A port at Manda Bay, Lamu; (ii) A standard gauge railway line to Juba in South Sudan and Addis Ababa in Ethiopia; (iii) Road network; (iv) Oil pipelines (Southern Sudan and Ethiopia); (v) An oil refinery at Bargoni, Kenya; (vi) Three airports; and (vii) Three resort cities. The planned investment resources are equivalent to half of Kenya’s GDP (core investment). In fact, conservative feasibility statistics show that the project will inject between 2% to 3% of GDP into the economy. The LAPSSET Corridor Project will make a tremendous contribution into Kenya’s economic growth, with projections ranging between 8% and 10% of GDP. The project components are spread over a large part of Kenya and will open up the northern parts of the country and relieve strain on the Mombasa Port.
This project is part of the Programme for Infrastructure Development In Africa (PIDA)
Elvire Amélie NJONKOU KAMTCHIN
a.njonkou@afdb.org
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