Lapsset project adopted by AU in move to boost continent’s free trade area
Berth number 1 at the Lamu port is complete. Lapsset comprises roads, railways, ports, pipelines and special economic zones. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Kenya’s mega Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (Lapsset) Corridor Programme has been adopted as an African Union project and redesigned to link the Lamu port on the eastern African Coast of the Indian Ocean to Douala port in the western Africa Atlantic Ocean.
The adoption means it is now under the African Union and elevates the project’s status to attract foreign direct investment and other financiers compared with its status during the launch in 2012. It also means the implementation will now be a regional affair under the AU, and will be important to the realisation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
