The Abidjan-Lagos transport corridor is the major east-west transport corridor in West Africa, connecting the capital cities of five countries (Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria). Travel along the corridor is recognized as critical to the socio-economic development of the region, but it also offers opportunities for the fast transmission of communicable diseases, including HIV/AIDS.
Upon the request of the World Bank, Norway's Institute of Transport Economics appraised the road safety situation and road safety work in five African countries: Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.
The REC Transport Coordination Committee (REC-TCC) met on October 15-19, 2012 in Cotonou, Benin.The objectives of the meeting were to build on the cooperation between donors, RECs and corridors revived in the previous REC-TCC meeting held in Mombasa. ALCO hosted this REC-TCC workshop meeting. More specifically, the workshop aimed to:
