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B Oosting E Conom Ic G Row Th in a Frica Through Infrastructure D Evelopm Boosting Economic Growth in Africa through Infrastructure Development : Japan’s TICAD and G8 plans Koro Bessho Director-General, International Cooperation Bureau, MOFA, Japan ① Major Economic Corridors in Africa TAH: Trans African Highway #14 EthiopiaEthiopia----SudanSudan Tunisia Corridor #1 AgadirAgadir----CairoCairo Development Morocco （（（TATATAHTA HHH:Cairo:Cairo:Cairo----GaboroneGaborone Corridor AGADIR CorridorCorridor)))) CAIRO Algeria Libya Egypt #2 TAH : Dakar －－－NNN’N’’’djamenadjamena #15 Northern Corridor Corridor (TAH : LagosLagos----MombasaMombasa Western Corridor) Sahara #3 SenegalSenegal----MauritaniaMauritania Mauritania #16 TAH: CairoCairo----GaboroneGaborone Corridor Mali Niger Chad KHARTOUM Eritrea Corridor DAKAR Senegal N’DJAMENA Sudan #4 Takoradi Development Guinea Gambia Djibouti Burkina Faso Corridor Bissau Guinea Benin Nigeria ADDIS ABABA #17 Central Corridor Togo Ethiopia #5 TAH : Dakar –––Lagos Sierra Leone Ghana Central African R. Cote Corridor Liberia D’Ivoire LAGOS Somalia Cameroon #18 Tazara Corridor TAKORADI Uganda #6 TAH : LagosLagos----MombasaMombasa Kenya Corridor Rep. Gabon Congo Rwanda D.R. MOMBASA #19 Mtwara Corridor #7 TAH: TripoliTripoli----WindhoekWindhoek Congo Burundi Corridor Tanzania DAR ES SALAAM LUANDA #8 Malange Corridor MTWARA LOBITO Malawi #20 Nacala Corridor Angola Zambia #9 Lobito Corridor NAMIBE LUSAKA NACALA HARARE #10 Namibe Corridor Zimbabwe Namibia BEIRA #21 Madagascar SDI Botswana Mauritius WALVIS BAY Mozambique Madagascar #11 TransTrans----CCCCapriviaprivi Corridor WINDHOEK Swaziland JOHANNESBURG #22 Beira Corridor #12 Walvis Bay Corridor Lesotho DURBAN South Africa #23 NorthNorth----SouthSouth Corridor #13 TranTranssss----KalahariKalahari Corridor ② OnOnOn-On ---goinggoing Projects and Missing Links on Major TAH: Trans African Highway Economic Corridors : Paved Road #1 Agadir --- Cairo Development Tunisia : Paved Road Corridor : Missing Link Morocco : OnOn----goinggoing project AGADIR #2 TAH : Dakar ---N- NNN’’’’djamenadjamena CAIRO : OnOn----goinggoing project (Japan) Algeria Libya Corridor Egypt #3 Senegal ---Mauritania Corridor Western Sahara #14 Ethiopia ---Sudan Corridor （（（TATATAHTA HHH:Cairo:Cairo --- #4 Takoradi Development Mauritania Mali Gaborone CorridorCorridor) ))) Corridor Niger Chad KHARTOUM Eritrea DAKAR Senegal N’DJAMENA Sudan #15 Northern Corridor #5 TAH : Dakar ---Lagos Guinea Gambia Djibouti (TAH : Lagos ---Mombasa Burkina Faso Bissau Guinea Corridor) Corridor Benin Nigeria ADDIS ABABA Togo Ethiopia Sierra Leone Ghana Central #16 TAH: Cairo ---Gaborone-Gaborone #6 TAH : Lagos ---Mombasa Cote African R. Liberia D’Ivoire Corridor Corridor LAGOS Cameroon Somalia TAKORADI Uganda Kenya Rep. ●OSBP (Namanga) #7 TAH: Tripoli ---Windhoek #17 Central Corridor Gabon Congo D.R. #17 Central Corridor Corridor Rwanda Congo MOMBASA Burundi Tanzania #8 Malange Corridor DAR ES SALAAM #18 Tazara Corridor LUANDA MTWARA LOBITO #9 Lobito Corridor Malawi #19 Mtwara Corridor Angola Zambia NAMIBE LUSAKA NACALA HARARE #10 Namibe Corridor #20 NacalaCorridor Zimbabwe #20 Nacala Corridor Namibia BEIRA Botswana Mauritius WALVIS BAY Mozambique Madagascar #11 TransTrans----CCCCapriviaprivi Corridor #21 Madagascar SDI WINDHOEK Swaziland JOHANNESBURG Lesotho DURBAN #12 Walvis Bay Corridor #22 Beira Corridor South Africa #13 TranTranssss----KalahariKalahari Corridor ●OSBP (Chirundu) #23 NorthNorth----SouthSouth Corridor ③ Donor ’s Support on Nacala Corridor Other Donors (In Review) Japan (Study) EU (Completed) ④ Power Pools in SubSub----SaharaSahara Africa Tunisia Morocco Algeria Libya Egypt Western Sahara Mauritania Mali West Africa Niger Eritrea Chad Power Pool Senegal Sudan Guinea Gambia Djibouti Burkina Faso Bissau Guinea Benin Nigeria ADDIS ABABA Eastern Africa Togo Ethiopia Sierra Leone Ghana Central Power Pool Cote African R. Liberia D’Ivoire Cameroon Somalia Uganda Kenya Gabon NAIROBI Central Africa Rwanda Rep. D.R. Burundi Power Pool Congo Congo Tanzania DAR ES SALAAM LUANDA Malawi Angola Zambia Southern Africa Power LUSAKA Pool Namibia Zimbabwe Mauritius Botswana Mozambique Madagascar WINDHOEK MAPUTO JOHANNESBURG Swaziland Existing Lesotho Proposed South Africa Hydro Station Thermal Station ⑤ Power Pool in South Africa H Kenya Gabon Congo Dem Rep of Congo Nairobi Rwanda Brazzaville Burundi Kinshasa Hydro Energy Resources H Tanzania H H Dar es Salaam H Luanda H Angola Malawi Zambia H H Mozambique Lilongwe H Lusaka H H H H T H H H H H T Harare H Gas Namibia H Zimbabwe Botswana T H Windhoek T Gaborone T TT H T T T T Pretoria T T T Maputo Johannesburg T T Mbabane T P Swaziland Coal H Lesotho South Africa H Hydro H Hydro station N P Pumped storage scheme Cape Town P T Thermal Station ⑥ Power Pool in East Africa Energy Expansion Plan Ethiopia-Sudan-Egypt Bujagali Hydro 200MW Ethiopia-Kenya Uganda-Kenya Uganda-Rwanda Tanzania- Kenya Rwanda-Burundi Zambia-Tanzania ⑦ Framework for Energy Sector Regional Cooperation Development of Energy Conservation Power Generation Regional Capacity Interconnections Development Interconnection Harmonization and Cooperation of between Utilities in SAPP and EAPP Member’s Countries.
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