Egypt is set to to develop joint projects with
African countries including a land road between Cairo and Cape Town.
Egypt’s Minister of Transport Hisham Arafat said
that the project is one of the ministry’s bids to restore the river
transport system, after it was harmed by oil subsidies.
The Cape to Cairo Road project was a proposal
since 1890s. The road will be 10,300 km long, starting from Alexandria Port on
the Mediterranean Sea then to Cairo, Sudan, Southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania,
Kenya, Zambia and finally South Africa.
A section of the road running from Egypt to
the border with Sudan, has already been accomplished and is ready for
operation.
Egypt, assuming the chairmanship of the African
Union in 2019, is leading efforts to develop Africa and has the potentials to
do so, the most important of which is water, the minister noted.
Additionally, Minister Arafat pointed out that a river connection project between Alexandria and Lake Victoria will make the country become a gateway for river transport to Central Africa through the Nile River. He added to the parliamentary committee that international finance institutions are willing to bankroll road connection projects in Africa. The project should cost about US $18bn.https://constructionreviewonline.com/2019/02/egypt-to-develop-africa-through-the-cairo-cape-town-road-project/
