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Advancing Maritime Single Windows in Francophone Africa: From Fragmented Procedures to Coordinated Clearance

 

Efficient ports are essential to Africa’s economic connectivity and trade facilitation. Yet in many countries, ships still face fragmented reporting requirements, paper-based procedures, and duplicative controls across maritime administrations, port authorities, customs, and border agencies. These fragmented processes add time and uncertainty to port calls and complicate vessel clearance.

WEBINAR: Embracing Informal Transport - A New Paradigm for Urban Mobility

 

Urban mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa is at a crossroads. Rapid urbanization, population growth, and limited formal transport infrastructure have made informal public transport (IPT)—including minibuses, shared taxis, motorcycle-taxis, and other locally adapted modes—the backbone of daily mobility for millions. Despite its critical role, IPT is often marginalized in policy and planning, viewed as a temporary solution until formal systems can be expanded.

Embracing Informal Transport: A New Paradigm for Urban Mobility

This SSATP technical report calls for a paradigm shift in how Sub-Saharan African cities approach informal public transport (IPT), recognizing its central role in meeting urban mobility needs. Based on case studies from 14 African cities, the report examines the complexities of the sector, the challenges of reform, and the potential for improvement through collaboration rather than replacement.

The strategic game "Tariff & Traffic": Lessons from successful tests in Madagascar, Guinea and Rwanda

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.

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