The meeting, which began March 1, 2017, expects experts to give an update about implementation status of the highway. The highway referred to as “Dakar-Abidjan Road Corridor,” begins from Dakar, Senegal to Abidjan, the Ivory Coast, is estimated at US$13 billion. Countries to benefit along the West African coast will include La Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, The Gambia and Senegal. This project, according to Dr. Antoinette Weeks, Commissioner for Infrastructure for ECOWAS Commission, is part of the Trans-Africa Highway that begins from Lagos, Nigeria to Abidjan. The other side of the Trans-Africa Highway, which has already been constructed, covers Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Togo and Nigeria.

Source: Daily Observer March 03, 2017 00:56 UTC