In many Sub-Saharan African countries, the efficiency of the road maintenance system is not, or is no longer adequate to preserve the network, and provide users with a durable, appropriate level of service in relation to the investments made. Road projects are all too frequently condemned to inadequate or non-existent maintenance, which means that they are reduced to nothing long before the corresponding anticipated economic return has been generated. To address this issue, more and more countries on the African continent are considering the creation of a "second generation" Road Maintenance Fund (RMF). The general principle underlying the creation of these second generation funds is that of the “commercialization" of road maintenance. The aim is to consider road maintenance as a commercial service, no longer financed from the State budget but from road utilization fees intended specifically for road maintenance, paid directly by road users and administered appropriately under their own control.

To this end, the note reviews the interactive Tariff and Traffic teaching game. The basic idea, using the simulation tool provided by the game (enabling simulation of long-term changes and joint decision-making) is to identify problems encountered in the sector, and the corresponding logic, while encouraging the exchange of ideas and different approaches through a well-structured discussion framework.