Given the expansion plans at both Abidjan and Tema ports in nearby Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the rollout of several new public-private partnership (PPP) facilities offers vital potential to significantly improve operations at Nigeria’s ports. Indeed, the picture in recent years is one of improving infrastructure and port capacity. “Soft...
As anyone who has spent time in a Lagos go-slow will attest, transportation can be a complicated issue in Nigeria. Underinvestment has led to a shortage of capacity for a country of nearly 170m people, and as GDP growth continues to surpass 7%, the resulting increase in both consumption and production means there is sizeable scope for investment in...
Infrastructure deficits are a problem that has become increasingly common in frontier and emerging markets, and addressing the issue through public-private partnership (PPP) investment deals is a common prescription. Indeed, infrastructure drives based on PPPs are increasingly the preferred method for governments looking to minimise the fiscal...
As any visitor to Cairo can attest, transportation in Egypt is a complicated issue. A number of government strategies have proliferated in recent years, with mixed results, although as of mid-2013 a number of government-led initiatives have the potential to significantly improve Egypt’s transport sector. The Ministry of Transportation (MoT) is...
Egypt is home to one of the oldest air transport sectors in the Middle East and Africa. Egypt Air, the nation’s flag carrier, was established in 1932. It was the first commercial airline in the region – and only the seventh in the world – to join the International Air Transport Association, the dominant industry organisation. Over the past 80 years...
With nearly 10,000 km of track, more than 700 stations and around 500m passengers on an annual basis, Egypt’s national rail network is one of the largest in the Middle East. Due to low levels of public investment in rail infrastructure since the late 1970s, as of mid-2013 the system was in a state of disrepair. The widespread lack of network upkeep...
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