Addis Ababa - Nairobi - Mombasa Road Project Nears CompletionSeptember 10, 2017 - A high-level delegation of the African Development Bank (AfDB), the financier of the Addis Ababa - Nairobi - Mombasa road project, visited the progress of the project on the Ethiopian side. The Addis Ababa-Nairobi-Mombasa road project is an important section of the Cairo-Cape town trans-African highway, which will traverse nine African countries. Upon completion, the road connects Ethiopia and Kenya and will enable Ethiopia access the Mombasa port for its import-export trade. He added that the Ethiopian government is doing its work excellently for the implementation of the project. Chief Transport Engineer Ethiopia Country Office, Mumina Wa-Kyendo said the project involving 700 km Hawassa-Moyale road, and the 300km Hageremarima-Moyale road has already been completed.

Source: Ethiopian News September 10, 2017 16:52 UTC