From an estimated funding gap of $93 billion a year up to 2020, Africa's infrastructure financing needs were further revised to $130–$170 billion annually. The Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa Priority Action Plan projects were estimated to gulp $68 billion and an estimated...

The challenge of decrepit and deficit infrastructure across all sectors in the ECOWAS sub-region is symptomatic of the problems faced by sub-Saharan African countries and indeed the developing world. This paper analyses two critical infrastructure components in the regional community: transport...